Learn how to make quill ink from beets and a quill pen from a single ... when quills became preferred over reeds for drawing as well as writing. This was the case for most of the old masters ...

Feathers of the crow and raven were used for fine work, such as mapmaking and drawing ... a quill pen. The handle often was flattened to help smooth the fibers of the paper before applying ink ...

Writer A.J. Jacobs wrote his manuscript using a quill and ink, inspired by a year of adopting the mindset and habits of the U.S. founders. This is A.J. Jacob's pen and article. I am a literal ink ...

According to Dominic Winter Auctioneers, which is handling the sale, the pen and ink drawing is the same as one of the final illustrations in A.A. Milne’s first book about Winnie the Pooh ...

Youths of all ages were invited to write and submit poems for a chance to win their very own quill and ink set. Seven-year-old Callum Wright of Nipaquay Elementary School in San Diego, 13-year-old ...