A little bird told me that someone may want a rooster drawing, so I’m making a few attempts in colored pencil, one on Uart sanded paper and one on Duralar. I like both surfaces quite a bit, but I think I botched the background on the sanded paper.

I think I found the all-time best hand-held pencil sharpener as long as the pencil is fairly standard sized. It’s the Musgrave NJK double-bladed sharpener. Honestly, I can’t believe how pleased I am with this purchase. It’s like butter. If it could fit larger pencils, it’d be perfect. My Caran d’Ache luminance pencils just barely fit.