In this week’s show, we continue our inquiry into ink. We ask expert Deborah Basel from Pen World International how to select the right waterproof ink to use in a fountain pen so we can safely watercolor over the lines we draw in our sketchbooks without harming our pens — or our drawings. What’s your favorite kind of ink?

Watercolor Magic!
by David Pyle Art-making stuff Finding joy vs. being ‘good’ (whatever that is) I know this sounds trite, but it really IS all about the process. In my 40 years of active painting, I’ve gradually come to understand that the real joy comes when I’m fully ‘in the moment,’ working outside of anything that feels