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    Quote Originally Posted by penwash View Post

    Fascinating.
    What amazes me is that your lines are not smeared by the water brush washes.
    Did you leave it to dry for a while?
    Yes. Kiwa-guro is a nano-particle carbon (pigment) ink so is waterproof when dry. It dries fast. Even so I kept the washes quick & light.

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    This week, An Old Tractor.

    Something about these old workhorses are so appealing.


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    Hello.
    I’m a new member and these are my sketches, all done with Esterbrooks and Waterman inks. You can find more on my Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/michaeltsouras/ . Thank you.
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    Beautiful sketches. I especially admire the tonal values of the second one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael View Post
    Hello.
    I’m a new member and these are my sketches, all done with Esterbrooks and Waterman inks. You can find more on my Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/michaeltsouras/ . Thank you.
    Hey Michael,
    I use my Esterbrook for sketching also. Their Fine nibs are very nice to sketch/draw with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by penwash View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin View Post
    I did a cup, too, lol.

    Here are two of my obssessions: coffee cups (this one is a classic Pfaltzgraff Gourmet, or Brown Drip Glaze)...which I rendered with a Wing Sung, in a failed attempt at the now-unavailable Pelikan Khaki ink.

    And yes. Pencil lines.
    I didn't know there are nuances of coffee cups that is collectible. Learn something new every day
    There used to be a website/email 'letter,' Cup of the Day. Wish it was still around!

    This time, a cartoon toothbrush:

    My other pen is a Montblanc.

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    I love old cities, and since I read one of the "Inspector Yashim" novels by Jason Goodwin, I am fascinated by Constantinople or today's Istanbul.

    This week's sketch is inspired by the view from the Bosphorus strait towards the ancient city.
    The pen is one of my newest one, a copper Estie J, love that color!
    The ink, what else is more appropriate... Diamine Ancient Copper.


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    One week lapse, got to keep up with the practice... a new pen helps with the motivation.

    This week, we go to Scotland to see one of the beautiful castles:


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    Default Re: Show me your fountain pen sketches

    is the bungbox Lycoris Red available to find in any web store?

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    Here's something I stumbled on when preparing to do a new sketch.





    I wanted to replace the ink in my manga pen with the closest match. It had some of the original black manga ink, but I diluted it with Noodler's Navaho Turquoise. It was the most difficult ink to clean out of a pen ever, but I think in the end I went ahead and mixed Navaho Turquoise with some sorta black. Maybe Perle Noire.
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

    And my other blog is a tumblr!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Vanishsophie View Post
    is the bungbox Lycoris Red available to find in any web store?
    I believe bung box has slowed the production of the ink. If you're in the states, contact www.vanness1938.com to see when a shipment will be coming. I'm thinking I read somewhere, spring of 2016.

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    This thread is unbelievable! You guys are AMAZING sketch artists!
    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Albert Einstein

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    Default Re: Show me your fountain pen sketches

    Can someone please draw me a cat

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    I have some older cat sketches...can't get to them at the moment, but I'm sure there are other kitteh artists here!


    Wait....not sure whether this grouping is fountain pen or crow quill:

    Last edited by Sailor Kenshin; December 20th, 2015 at 12:21 PM.
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

    And my other blog is a tumblr!


    And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CM2NGSSD

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    Playing 'round in one of the sketchbooks...



    Andy

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    Where's the claxon horn?
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    Ok, first quick scrappy scribbly sketch of the year, but proof that I am finally starting to draw again. Strathmore smooth bristol paper, Sailor Jentle Doyou in a Conid Bulkfiller with Ahab nib, a touch of Quink in a MB146. An experiment in smudging ink, and the beginnings of an idea of mangy bird wings that look like winter branches with no leaves. One of my default subjects is slightly grumpy trees, probably thinking, "You killed a tree for THIS?". Anyway, its a start!

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    I actually like it.
    How do you do the smudging? Cotton balls?
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    Quote Originally Posted by penwash View Post
    I actually like it.
    How do you do the smudging? Cotton balls?
    Thanks! Just paper towels. Sometimes a messy hand. Cottons balls might be a good idea.
    I've had good luck with saturated colored inks like PR chocolate. Inks that take a while to dry are nice enough to wait for you to put down the pen and pick up the cloth before they dry. And the more satuarted ones tend to spread more like a color than a smear. Fun to play with that.
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    Here's a hasty hand:



    Needle-fine Tachikawa Manga Pen, 'vintage,' fi' dolla...a mix of Noodler's 'GI Navajo' and JH Perle Noir, came out a nice deep teal.
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

    And my other blog is a tumblr!


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