Hey, who needs a soap box when you got a beer and a beach chair?! My pal Bob holding the floor over politics, the financial sector, and bigotry lakeside last summer. I’ve had my share of problems with the computer and this website. Lost some images and posts. So, I’m slowly looking to fill in the gaps. I think some of y’all have found the black squares, yes? This ledger book was fun to draw in as it took fountain pen, ball point, and the Pitt Pens beautifully.
Well, it’s been, hmmmmmm, weeks and weeks and weeks since I ventured into a life drawing session. Usually, when out on the road, I find some venue, somewhere, that has open life drawing sessions. Didn’t do that this last trek of 2 months. So last night, took the Pitt Pens, fountain pens, grease pencil, and a ledger book from who knows where that was gifted to me by Louisville’s Ed Nelson, and looked toknock off the rust. The opening nude in this post is a drawing from almost 4 years ago.
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The above 2 are from 2009. I think it’s good to keep looking to see if you’re gaining or loosing ground on yourself.
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Drawn in one of my preferred hanging spots with my dear friend, a red medium nib Visconti Rembrandt, which is currently missing. The black ink is Platinum Carbon. I spilled hot chocolate on the page and while the blue gel ink and Iroshizuku fp ink ran, the PC held it’s ground beautifully.
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In addition to some of my favorites, I’ve been playing with a couple new inks lately. A Levenger Purple and Diamine Red that really looks like blood when it first hits the page. I procured a few new pens lately but the two I’m having the most fun with are a see-thru yellow Duo-Highlighter with a BB nib by Pelikan. Plus a second hand, and well used at that, Graf Von Faber-Castell ebony wood Classic that I bought a new B replacement nib for. Both pens are Champs. The Graf Von Faber-Castell is a serious investment but one that delivers the goods. A gorgeous pen that writes and feels like a no bullshit tool. It’s taken me a while to climb past a certain $$ barrier but having done so with the GvFC, a Pelikan M800, and a Sailor Naginata-Togi I can only say the way these pens deliver and how great they feel in my hand has evaporated all symptoms of sticker shock.
                            Now that I’ve raved about the battleships of my pen arsenal, I want to talk about the trusty and much worthy pen responsible for the Prussian Blue drawings immediately above. The drawing on the left and the 2 on the right were drawn in large measure with an $11.50 Pelikano Jr. A medium stainless steel nib with a cartridge that I keep refilling with the help of a syringe. The primary drawback to this pen is the plastic used for the cap. It does not stand up to much wear and tear before splitting or cracking. Barring that, the Pelikano Jr. is a swell pen for the money. Comfortable to use, it not only is a great starter fp for youngsters and first time uses of fountain pens, it is a cheap pen that writes wet, that you can use ant of the inks for fps without fretting that you’ll destroy the feed of a costly investment. The dark blue is Noodler’s Bad Blue Heron. The female nude drawing second from left was done with a broad gel pen. The line is bold and flows nice but has a very short life.
- January 21st, 2012
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- Tagged ballpoint drawings, brush pen artwork, cafe sketches, coffee shop drawings, Diamine Ink, drawing from life, female nude, fountain pen drawings, fountain pens, Graf von Faber-Castell, ink drawings, Iroshizuku ink, Ledgerbook sketches, nude drawings, Pelikano Junior, Platinum Carbon Ink, sketching in public, transit drawings, transit riders, Visconti Rembrandt
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The Man from Black Shamrock.
Putting in sketches from life, transit drawings, and imaginary ramblings from the past week and from some 28 years ago. Loads of ballpoint and some of the usual suspects, Iroshizuku, Noodlers, Platinum Carbon inks and appearances made by some of my favorite fountain pens, a Pelikan M215, a Pelikan demonstrator with a double broad nib, an ebony barreled Graf von Faber Classic, and a beat up Visconti Rembrandt filled with Platinum Carbon. The Visconti has it’s drawbacks, some appointments falling off, and corrosion around the nib collar, but the damn thing feels good in the hand and is a blast to draw with.
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And now, for as we flip the pages of time, the year is 1984 and our young master Donald sits at his desk in his China Town loft, busily scribbling away into the wee hours of the night.
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- January 13th, 2012
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- Tagged ballpoint drawings, brush pen artwork, drawing from life, female nude, fountain pen drawings, fountain pens, ink drawings, Iroshizuku ink, ledgerbook drawings, life drawing, Noodler's Ink, nude drawings, Pelikan fountain pens, Pitt Artist Pens, sketching, sketching in public, Tony Fitzpatrick, transit drawings, transit riders, Visconti Rembrandt
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- October 21st, 2011
- Posted in Drawings
- Tagged All Saint's Cafe, brush pen artwork, clairefontaine paper, Drawings, FAMU, Florida, fountain pens, FSU, ink drawings, Iroshizuku ink, ledger book, pineapple upside down cake, pitt artist pen, sketching, Stillman & Birn, Tallahassee, Titanic, urban sketching, watertower
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