FPN's PEN ART GALLERY

[Andrew_L]

1 hour ago, Frank C said:

Or I may have misunderstood her wishes

 

No, you understood everything correctly. As an artist, she wanted to be as thin as possible, because she read about needlepoint in Internet, but anyone who works with nib understands that needlepoint is only for writers with big experience, just like pointed dip nibs. Ordinary fp user will not be able to appreciate these thin nibs.

[Andrew_L]

A look through by one eye. Portrait of a woman.

 

(vtg. Parker Duofold Junior, Private Reserve Avocado, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/10/parker-duofold-junior-1926-1929-usa/

 

[Frank C]

14 minutes ago, Andrew_L said:

A look through by one eye. Portrait of a woman.

 

(vtg. Parker Duofold Junior, Private Reserve Avocado, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/10/parker-duofold-junior-1926-1929-usa/

 

Another one of the pretty woman series, I like it. I was afraid that your power may have gone out. It is strange corresponding with someone in a war zone. 

[Andrew_L]

38 minutes ago, Frank C said:

strange corresponding with someone in a war zone

 

Thank you! Everyone has their own way of dealing with stress, because if don't do it, can go crazy.

[ParramattaPaul]

55 minutes ago, Frank C said:

... It is strange corresponding with someone in a war zone. 

I was one of thousands on the ground in a shooting war 52, 53, and 54 years ago.   Speaking from experience and solely for myself, I can tell you that any touch of normality from "the real world" is greatly and gratefully appreciated. 

[Andrew_L]

Portrait with apple

 

(Wancher DreamPen w|custom UEF Noodlers Flexible nib, Lamy Crystal Rhodonite, Double A(A4))

 

http://lenskiy.org/2022/07/modern-hybrid-wancher-dreampen-and-noodlers-flexible/

 

[Andrew_L]

Coldly in Kyiv.

 

(nonamed vintage French pen from 40s, Platinum Pigment Brun Sepia, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/10/unbranded-french-pen-from-40s/

[ParramattaPaul]

4 hours ago, Andrew_L said:

Coldly in Kyiv.

 

(nonamed vintage French pen from 40s, Platinum Pigment Brun Sepia, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/10/unbranded-french-pen-from-40s/

Nice!  I have to say just looking at her face and smile as you depicted it, made me smile too.  Well done!

 

[essayfaire]

4 hours ago, Andrew_L said:

Coldly in Kyiv.

 

(nonamed vintage French pen from 40s, Platinum Pigment Brun Sepia, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/10/unbranded-french-pen-from-40s/

She looks too happy to be cold.

[Andrew_L]

9 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

made me smile too.  Well done!

 

Good) Thanks

 

9 hours ago, essayfaire said:

She looks too happy to be cold.

 

It's just that she is very brave, like most Ukrainians. Now we are bombed every day, but we have been resisting for 8 months. So, cold winter in freedom is better than a warm winter in slavery! 

ps: Now it is 15ºC(59F) in the houses.

[ParramattaPaul]

51 minutes ago, Andrew_L said:

It's just that she is very brave, like most Ukrainians. Now we are bombed every day, but we have been resisting for 8 months. So, cold winter in freedom is better than a warm winter in slavery! 

ps: Now it is 15ºC(59F) in the houses.

Very true.

 

I point out to my friends and associates that Ukrainians have the painful lessons of the history of slavery, starvation, pogroms, and nothing but cruelty suffered at the hands of both Imperial and Soviet Russia.  That is why you fight, and that is why you will win!

[Andrew_L]

3 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

That is why you fight, and that is why you will win!

 

Yes, that's for sure! Thank you

[Just J]

Slava Ukraine! 

[ummm...is that politics?]

[Astronymus]

14 minutes ago, Just J said:

[ummm...is that politics?]

Some things are an unavoidable reality. It like: "The topic is food, but don't talk about potatoes!" Once in a while you'll have to mention them.

[Andrew_L]

Thanks friends!

[essayfaire]

10 hours ago, Andrew_L said:

 

Good) Thanks

 

 

It's just that she is very brave, like most Ukrainians. Now we are bombed every day, but we have been resisting for 8 months. So, cold winter in freedom is better than a warm winter in slavery! 

ps: Now it is 15ºC(59F) in the houses.

 I suppose it is analogous to how one feels better after cold-water swimming, even if it isn't a pleasant experience. Good for her!

[Andrew_L]

3 hours ago, essayfaire said:

Good for her!

 

I don't know for her, but for me, yes,  it's better, work is soothing.

 

(vtg. Montblanc Meisterstuck 146, vtg. Montblanc Royal Blue, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/09/montblanc-146-meisterstuck-from-1980s/

[Frank C]

1 hour ago, Andrew_L said:

 

I don't know for her, but for me, yes,  it's better, work is soothing.

 

(vtg. Montblanc Meisterstuck 146, vtg. Montblanc Royal Blue, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/09/montblanc-146-meisterstuck-from-1980s/

I think that she should put a sweater on; it's cold in Ukraine today. But I must say, I do like her as she is. 

[Andrew_L]

13 hours ago, Frank C said:

I do like her as she is. 

 

:))

[Andrew_L]

Friendly cartoon to lift the mood for someone who is constantly looking for balance))

 

(vtg. Montblanc Meisterstuck 146, vtg. Montblanc Royal Blue, Double A(A4))

 

http://lenskiy.org/2022/09/montblanc-146-meisterstuck-from-1980s/