Hi Tammy:

I’m so happy you are interested in fountain pens. Koosje Koene has a fabulous little video where she shows how to fill the fountain pen here. Cheers!

Hi Stephanie – I totally hear you! It’s a process, like everything else. Sometimes I do well in one area of my life with plastics, then something changes, and I do not as well again. With art supplies, I’ve just chosen to explore working with *mostly* sustainable, earth friendly materials for now. I’m exploring. I still sell classes that use acrylics, I still fly, wear plastic clothes, buy shampoo in bottles. There’s a lot of room for improvement, but I think if I approach it bit by bit – switching the majority of my soaps to non plastic, and my art supplies, for example, it does have some impact. Small changes matter, right?

All the best!

Hi Laila; Thank you so much about sharing a bit about your own sustainable art journey. It’s lovely to hear about! All the best. xo

Art should be a joy but not at the expense of the environment. So slowly, I have started to change my habits and adapted my art to be more focused on being environmentally friendly, as a result I enjoy it more too.

Don’t get me wrong, as I haven’t got it totally right, but I am no longer buying disposable art materials anymore and l am in the process of running down the few plastic supplies in my possession. As it would be tragic to just bin it all.

We need more artists and teachers like you who are gently focusing our minds on the impact we are having, no matter how small the art material. Let’s face it, it all builds up over time and it takes over 500 years to disintegrate.

So thank you, for continuing your search for alternatives and taking us on the journey!

Can’t wait to see what you have in store of us on the slow drawing front in 2024. I totally love them!
Have a great Christmas.

Laila (UK)