Galling

While travelling to Boston in May I left a pencil case at an airport gate. Nothing in it was really irreplaceable, and I quickly bought a few pens, pencils, and Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons to replace my Derwent Signatures on an interim basis.

I still haven’t picked up new Derwents but plan to tomorrow on a trip to Berkeley. And as a wetting agent, instead of water, I’m going to try to find ox gall, a medium made from the bile in bovine gall bladders, normally used in marbling and lithography, which supposedly makes a much smoother blend than water.

I’ll let you know how this all goes.