Pebble Stationery make affordably priced notebooks with Tomoe River paper. This paper is particularly well suited to drawing and painting with inks. Especially fountain pen inks, because it shows off their full sheening and shading potentials.

Kim talks to co-founder Lois Ho about creating a stationery brand from scratch via Kickstarter, their matching pencils, and charity work.

Tomoe River paper is also used in the Hobonichi diaries/journals. Many people use them for combined art and bullet journalling because the paper handles inks well, many different pens, and even light watercolour.

However, it is very thin paper. There is a lot of show-through, and the paper will go wavy when wet. Fans of the ultra-thin 52 gsm paper like it for its crinkly feel.

Future Art Supply Posse guest Candace Milner uses Tomoe River paper for her pattern drawings.

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Matt Vergotis is known for his hand lettering work, creating company logos using brush pens. Matt chats with Kim about his process, favourite pens, and joining a band.

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To see Matt in action, check out some of his YouTube videos.

If you want to learn hand lettering using brush pens, then Matt’s Skillshare class is highly recommended. He goes into detail about all his art supplies and which brush pens are best for beginners.

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Sara McNally talks to Kim about snail mail, letterpress printing, and writing in both the bad and the good times.

Sara McNally is a snail mail enthusiast, letterpress printer, stationery shop owner, and designer.

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Sara runs her own stationery shop in Seattle, Washington together with currently four employees.

Visit Sara‘s YouTube channel to get an idea of the diverse activities she gets up to. Hear her read out snail mail letters, and get a view inside her shop with its large printing press.

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This interview with letter writing enthusiast, and all round creative person Naomi Bulger, is a realist’s take on becoming an artist. It’s very refreshing and inspiring. Give it a listen!

Audio note: this interview was recorded via Skype, before we were able to improve our audio quality.

Naomi Bulger is a writer, illustrator and teacher from Melbourne, Australia. Her love for illustration started with reading illustrated children’s books. However, that kind of art was discouraged during her school days. It took a long time for her to find her way back to illustration.

Naomi has worked in journalism and copywriting, and continues with creative writing in different forms. Mail art is what finally got her back into illustrating. It was a creative outlet during a stressful time. In this interview she tells her story, and shares her thoughts on making your creative pursuits a career. She describes some “dos and don’ts” about creative work and how to get started as an illustrator.

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• Naomi’s start as an illustrator

• Other creative outlets before illustration

• Going from journalism to illustration and freelancing

• The positive impact of the Internet

• Making your creativity a career

• Pressure and creativity

• Making time for creativity in everyday life

• What teaching gives back

• Preferred mediums

• Mail art

• How to get started in illustration

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A talk about combining analogue and digital art, using the Procreate app, with Brooke Glaser.

Have you ever scanned your analog artwork, only to be disappointed because the textures and imperfections that made it special have disappeared or been smoothed out?

Have you tried to create textured backgrounds, like watercolours, with software? This is particularly true for hand lettering imported to vector apps, which tend to make everything look the same.

Brooke is an illustrator, surface designer, and art teacher. She tells us how particularly the Procreate app has changed the way she creates illustrations, and compares it to the “olden days“ using Photoshop.

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Procreate is currently only available for the iPad, where it has become the most popular drawing application among professionals. It’s so affordable though at $10 currently that anyone who can afford an iPad can also afford the app. Photoshop costs more than that per month.

Brooke has several classes, currently on Skillshare. She has an excellent beginners introduction to Procreate, and a class showing how to combine analogue with digital art in Procreate.

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Credits

Interview by Kim Cofield.
Audio editing and show notes by Marcus Clearspring.

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