Lean In to What You Love

I had to run some errands today and one required that I go to my local art supply store, Blick Art Materials. While there, I wandered down the pen aisle and remembered why I love shopping at art supply stores. First, there are individual pens and pencils available for purchase and scrap paper to test the colors and nib widths. The staff and clientele all love pens, paper, ink and other creative tools so they are always fun conversationalists. And finally, it is instant gratification for just a few dollars. I looked for new and unusual colors in the felt tip pen aisle — one of my favorite types of pens. Since I was able to swatch the colors, I was able to get colors I actually liked (I put several back because they were too light, too similar or not unique enough from my collection) from my favorite brands: Staedtler Triplus Fineliner, Stabilo Point 88 , Faber-Castell Pitt Brush Pens and Marvy LePens. All pens tested on 68 gsm Tomoe River paper I grabbed a few fun colors. I…