I love the new nibs that I bought from a local art shop. It’s very, very rare to find them — they are very old, and came all the way from England. They have etchings on them that says “Kingsley Inks Wells & Co”, with numbers that I can’t really make out.

I spent a few hours engrossed with them — dipping them into drawing ink that I got from Japan (really beautiful black, waterproof ink). I covered about 5 pages in my sketchbook and my journal.

I am in love with how organic the lines are — and how it’s easier to control than brushes. From now on, these will be my main mode of inking. And it’s hard to describe, but when I held the pen in my hand, I had this feeling that the phantom tool that I had long searched for had finally become real.

Knitting isn’t really my forte although I’m working on it. This practice on my moss stitch will soon become a belt (or something resembling one). I’m more of a crochet person rather than a knit wit, but the book Stitch and Bitch: A Knitter’s Handbook was the one book that taught me in a way that I could understand. There’s tension, gauge, stitch markers and a whole plethora of tools that I love to touch but don’t know what the heck they are for.

I need to move on beyond this stitch, but it feels like I’m jumping off a cliff!

Keri Smith’s artist’s survival kit is a cute way to find your creativity again if you think you’ve lost yours.

Her blog is also a great resource for people who want to find ways to unleash their creativity. Hope you find the link useful Chen! :)