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The Mission Arts Foundation did a great job of getting the word out, but a lousy job of picking a weekend. Mission Open Studios this year competed with KFOG Kaboom on Saturday and Mother’s Day on Sunday. After a fantastically busy start Friday, there was very low traffic on

[http://ghostdev.splicer.com/content/images/wordpress/2007/05/dsc_2855.jpg]I’ve long been a fan of Parker fountain pens, but have always had modern Parkers. Come to think of it, until recently I don’t think I’ve ever owned a pen manufactured before I graduated from

(My apologies for getting this posted so late… I wrote it out yesterday and came home to find it still sitting unpublished. Whoops!) Please come by my studio this weekend and see some of the work I’ve done in the last few months! This Spring the Mission Arts Foundation

[http://ghostdev.splicer.com/content/images/wordpress/2007/04/dsc_2857.jpg]Regular readers of Monochromatic Outlook will recall that I’ve recently written a bit about the lower-end Parker fountain pens that hold such a dear place in my heart. By coincidence, my studio partner asked if I would

I finally got around to writing in the Clairefontaine notebook I bought back when I started this whole investigation into notebooks and Moleskines and all this fun stuff that goes along with having good pens. First the complaints: it’s ruled too wide. 8mm per line makes me feel like

Worked in the studio today. Hot as blazes here in SF. I’ve been unhappy with the pencils of this drawing for a while and sort of stuck in place, unable to move forward. I think I’ve jarred myself free on this piece. I’m working loose pen sketches