I was twenty minutes early for a physiotherapy appointment, and luckily had my Hobonichi (with a new book of blank paper after finishing up my planner), and a great view of leaves in mid autumnal colour change. I always want to do more plein air sketching, but you know… #fountainpen #watercolour #hobonichi

dare I dream at least? This red Pilot Elabo fountain pen has a flexy nib and great ink flow using Pilot’s only (to my knowledge) waterproof ink - Tsuwairo Black, along with my tiny travel watercolour set and a Pentel white ink pen…which might be intended for correction fluid type work, but I’m pleased with...

Beware the Ides of Inktober…wait, that’s not how that goes. Anyway… October is approaching fast, and I am in the remaining few pages of my 2025 Hobonichi planner after finishing up December with only a handful of plain graph paper pages left. TWSBI diamond fine nib fountain pen, and watercolour from my tiny travel palette....

I drew this one quite a few years ago. As you know, I like to draw Zilla, but I also love the traditional Japanese art of woodblock printing, known as ukiyo-e. I tried to bring some of that feel, along with the traditional colour palette to this one. I highly recommend looking up Kawase Hasui,...

Sakurajima, one of Japan's most active volcanoes, erupted before dawn, sending ash and smoke up to 4,400 meters into the sky.