Show me your fountain pen sketches

[Chip]

Impressionistic in style.

Nice way to say slapdash.

[Chrissy]

That's fabulous

Christof, you should have some of your pen sketches printed as postcards for sale - I think they'd do brilliantly on Etsy.

sending the original is more fun - for the recipient as for the sender.

Indeed, but selfishly a copy could be sent to several more grateful recipients.

[Cyril]

postcard sketch:

This is beautiful Christof

[penwash]

Eversharp Fifth Avenue in Army Brown.



Ink: Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz

[christof]

Eversharp Fifth Avenue in Army Brown.

what a great pen and sketch!

[christof]

another one of mines an one of my favourite subjects, the Rhino by AD:



english Swan with flexible EF nib.

C.

[penwash]

Waterman Taperite "Citation" with that humongous cap band!



Ink: Papier Plume Moss Green.

[christof]

Pelikan IBIS



quick and....quick.

[christof]

[mizgeorge]

Very clever

[penwash]

A really quick sketch of a little Jeep ...



The pen is a Yiren that I bought on a whim just because I like the olive color.

[mizgeorge]

A really quick sketch of a little Jeep ...



The pen is a Yiren that I bought on a whim just because I like the olive color.

It's these effortless little sketches that really are so very good

[Sailor Kenshin]

After researching numerous ways in which I can relay my experiences on sketching with fountain pens, I finally decided that an e-book would probably make the most sense.

An e-book can contain the concepts and ideas that I want to capture, at the same time, unlike physical books, it's a lot easier to update add new contents.

Here's what a typical page looks like:



The e-book is now in draft mode, with me still adding some contents that I think is useful. It's about 125 pages at the moment.

Now, let me clarify one thing. This is not a book where I teach how to sketch like I'm some kind of guru.
There are tons of true artists out there that are far more qualified to teach how to sketch than I am.

This book's goal is a lot simpler.

Do you like your fountain pens, inks, and paper?
Do you want to use them more often?
Then sketching, the way I discovered, is a simple, fun and addictive way to answer those two questions.
That's about it.

You are making me want to sketch again!

[christof]

It's these effortless little sketches that really are so very good

True.

[penwash]

A really quick sketch of a little Jeep ...

The pen is a Yiren that I bought on a whim just because I like the olive color.

It's these effortless little sketches that really are so very good

Made me smile, your comment does. Thank you!

[penwash]

You are making me want to sketch again!

Then I would consider that a goal accomplished

[catbert]

Is that an Ilo christof?

Older Pelikano, I think.

[christof]

Is that an Ilo christof?

...it‘s an italian Pelikano „Antimacchia“.

[penwash]

Sketching using the big Hero 565

[Igraine]

With this sketch, I'm quite beside myself regarding the pen choice ...



And don't ask me what is the brand of the ink, it came with the pen, which itself is part of a lot that I bought a while ago.

Love this!