Pencil Fever!

On Wednesday, I began to notice how nice it is to write and draw with a pencil as opposed to a pen. Then I decided to shout out on my daily dally, the following ~

Lately, I am really enjoying the simple pleasures of pencils! I know it sounds completely daft, or obvious, but just go ahead and sharpen that Dixon Ticonderoga or your Mirado Black Warrior, and just start doodling with abandon on a piece of crisp white paper. This is your day's mission, to enjoy one of life's simple pleasures and find the joy within doing so. Go on then, hop to it! You'll be glad you did.

This morning I wrote some more on the subject:

Still on the pencil tip. The question is, what is the world's best pencil? Now this being completely subjective, I thought I would check the inter-web for opinions and test out some of the pencils deemed worthy of such praise. This is my quest and my journey to find the best pencil ... I have always been fond of the Dixon Ticonderoga, but I am eager to try some others for comparison. First on my list is the Mirado Black Warrior, followed by California Republic's Palomino pencil. I have also heard great things about the Faber-Castell Grip 2001, and talk of the legendary, no longer made, Eberhard Blackwing #602 is just fanatical. This will be fun, now it's off to my favorite local stationary store!

Well it's 4 pm, and I have a whole new collection of pencils to play with now. The stationary store only sold 1 brand of pencil, the Ticonderoga of course. So I went to SUPER LONGS and got some Mirado Black Warriors and then went to Dick Blick and got myself a Faber-Castell Grip 2001 set complete with eraser and pencil sharpener. I must say I was wary of the Triangular shape and the size of this pencil is a bit on the large side. But it is an amazing pencil! I am also enjoying the Mirado Black Warriors as well, they are awesome. WOW, that's a lot of words about pencils ... Enough already ~ it's friday, time for fun!