New Water Soluble Kuretake Pens

Paige is our resident guru on pens. I asked her to feature some of her new favorites. It was hard to narrow down, so she decided to feature a number of the new water soluble Kuretake pens we have brought it.

Each of these pens is available in-store to try out.

KURETAKE "MAN-TAKU" FUDE PEN NO. 8 BLACK

Fine bristle tip great for extra fine to thick line weights. 

Comes with two ink cartridges. 

Refillable and water soluble.

KURETAKE CLEAN COLOR REAL BRUSH GREEN GRAY

Available in a wide variety of colors. 

Fine bristle brush tip good for fine to thick line weights. 

Water soluble but not refillable.

KURETAKE BRUSH PEN NO.7

Small flexible felt tip pen good for a variety of medium weight lines. 

Comes with two ink cartridges. 

Refillable and water soluble.

KURETAKE DUAL TIP BRUSH PEN NO.55

Dual felt tip- one small and rigid for fine lines, the other big and flexible for a variety of expressive line weights. 

Water soluble but not refillable.

KURETAKE FUDEGOKOCHI XF BRUSH PEN

Extra fine flexible felt tip capable of hairline mark making and fine lines. 

Water soluble but not refillable.

Come in and try these pens out yourself and thanks for supporting your local art supply store!

New To Stock: Noodler's Ink

We have been adding a lot of new items to our inventory since our big move to Carolina street. We’re very proud to announce the arrival of a long awaited item: Noodler’s Ink!

Noodler’s Ink offers high quality ink for fountain pen and fine art use. They are famous for their low cost-to-volume pricing and unique color selection. Customers have been asking us about Noodler’s for a long time, so we were especially excited to see this shipment arrive.

Made in the USA, Noodler’s Ink is 100% handmade and locally sourced whenever possible. Distinct names like “Dragon’s Napalm”, “Heart of Darkness”, and “Blue Nose Bear” are paired with wild imagery on each bottle. Noodler’s claim to fame comes from the interesting properties that are specific to each ink. They stock inks that are waterproof, UV resistant, anti-feathering, freeze-resistant and even “bulletproof”. (Bulletproof is a Noodler’s term for waterproof, bleach proof, lightfast, and archival qualities). The Noodler’s Black, now in stock, is an example of one of these “bulletproof” inks.

We are currently stocking 8 of the Noodler’s inks with plans to bring in more of their exclusive colors. Come check them out today!

The AlumiDrafter

Invented by a practicing architect, the AlumiDrafter gives designers all the advantages of a traditional triangular scale, but in a flat and ultra-portable new shape. This multi-use tool allows you to measure and scale drawings as well as create precise circles, arcs, angles and triangles — with more calibration that the standard triangle scale. The durable photo anodized finish guarantees that measurements won't rub off.

Calibrations include 16, (1/8, 1/4), (1 1/2, 3), 1/16, (3/32, 3/16), (1/2, 1), (3/4, 3/8) and 1/3.