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Helsinki Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland

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 I did this one while bored on a zoom call. I think it turned out pretty good!

Franklin-Christoph Model 45 Review

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 PREFACE - I love this pen. Sadly, it was a limited edition from Franklin-Christoph, and it's highly doubtful you'd be able to get one in this color, though F-C releases special editions in this model quite frequently ☺. Handwritten review (ignore my sloppy handwriting!)     Franklin-Christoph is a small batch pen company based in Wake Forest, North Carolina (my home state!). They're known for making excellent, but expensive, pens in exclusive acrylics.      Sometime in June they hosted a virtual pen show, and one pen caught my eye - a model 45 in a Jonathan Brooks acrylic called "Smoke and Creme," a beautiful alumilite resin in a sparkly, smokey grey, with swirls of dark grey and a creamy white. I got it with a Masuyama Needlepoint nib, a handground nib designed to be as thin as reasonably possible. It's just wet enough to show off inks, but thin enough to write well on cheap paper. I love drawing and writing with super fine pens, as the thin, clean lines are

Second Temple in Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine

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  In conjunction with my review of the Franklin-Christoph Model 45, here's a drawing of the Second Temple in Jerusalem I did! I used the pen, along with a Princeton Neptune watercolor brush. I hope you like it!