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[Sailor Kenshin]

On 1/26/2024 at 7:14 AM, Andrew_L said:

The statue of Berehynia (Oranta, ukr: who protects and safety), is top of Independence Monument in Kyiv.

 

(Wancher DreamPen w|UEF Noodlers flexible nib, R&K SketchInk Marlene, Cross Peerless 125, R&K SketchInk Carmen, Canson Montval 185gsm)

 

http://lenskiy.org/2019/03/kyiv-is-the-capital-of-ukraine-welcome/

 

Magnificent...agree with @Astronymus.

[Andrew_L]

On 2/2/2024 at 6:06 PM, Sailor Kenshin said:

Magnificent...agree with

 

Thank you!

 

Our defenders. Brigade "Rubizh".

 

 

(Andrew Lensky "Tribute" w|UEF nib, Montegrappa Black, Double A(A4))

 

http://lenskiy.org/2023/11/own-my-first-fully-designed-and-self-made-fountain-pen/

 

[txomsy]

I am always surprised by the quality of your work.

[Astronymus]

Played around with some test samples and made another grid paper art on my light board to forget the stress of work. Then later I coloured it under UV-light.

Private Reserve Neon Inks (Pink, Orange,Yellow, Green) and Rohrer and Klingner's Lotte for the grid, on Austria Papier. And, of course, UV-light.

Used my Lamy joy for the grid and a glas nib for the coloured areas.

Quite disappointed with the green. It became quite cloudy. There are two more colours of that line, Fuchsia and Blue, but they don't glow under UV. The paper is also not the best for this. Better for pencil. Don't know the grammage, my guess is 200g/m².

 

Overall... Colorful! 😜

 

 

[Sailor Kenshin]

@Astronymus, I see what you mean about the green neon…but I still love this!  💝

[essayfaire]

On 2/2/2024 at 6:40 AM, Andrew_L said:

(Pilot Capless VP w|custom UEF nib, Platinum Carbon Black, Sketchbook  paper(A5))

This is both meta and ironic at the same time.

[Astronymus]

12 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

@Astronymus, I see what you mean about the green neon…but I still love this!  💝

Thank you very much. 🙂 Interestingly green textmarkers do the same. Not in this amount though. Must be related to the colour itself. Maybe the blue component or something.

[Andrew_L]

Carolina

 

 

(Andrew Lensky "Tribute" w|Needlepoint nib, Montegrappa Black, Double A(A4))

 

http://lenskiy.org/2023/11/own-my-first-fully-designed-and-self-made-fountain-pen/

[Astronymus]

Hairy horse. Nice. 🙂

[Andrew_L]

Our warrior is Petro Horbatenko by nick Rollo, is the commander of the first battalion of the 3rd separate assault brigade.

 

 

(Pilot Custom 845, Pilot Iroshizuku Tsukushi, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2024/02/modern-pilot-custom-845-black/

[msilverton]

Your portrait work is outstanding. Great review of a very cool pen too. 👍

[Andrew_L]

Thank you so much

[Andrew_L]

One of our defenders from the 22nd separate mechanized brigade (22 OMBr).
 

 

(Senator President, Parker Quink Black, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2024/02/modern-senator-president-steel-nib/
 

[Sailor Kenshin]

These are wonderful.

[Andrew_L]

Warrior of Armed Forces of Ukraine.

 

 

(Platinum Century #3776 SF, Platinum Blue, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: (modern) Platinum #3776 Century Chartres Blue chromium SF | Andrew Lensky | design | photography | writing tools (lenskiy.org)

[essayfaire]

From Family Art Project yesterday.  I was asked if I had dip pens(not my week to choose the project); I did not but had un-inked fountain pens.  This is MB Hugo ink in a Pilot Petit used as a dip pen; fascinating how much red shows up when I spritzed water at it!

 

 

 

[Astronymus]

Nice. Look for glass pens. They take a lot of ink when dipped and are easily cleaned.

[essayfaire]

On 3/5/2024 at 12:21 AM, Astronymus said:

Nice. Look for glass pens. They take a lot of ink when dipped and are easily cleaned.

Thanks.  I've seen the glass pens online but didn't realize they would take a lot of ink- I imagined having to re-dip quite often.

[Sailor Kenshin]

 

I post this not for my frantic scribbles, but to show the  Denril.  I don't know what it was made of, but it's from back in the day when art supply stores handed out free samples.  The image is from a sample booklet.

 

I still have a page or two left of Denril, and it takes every medium you can think of.

 

What you can't see here is the amazing sheen, not only for fountain pen ink, but dip pen ink, and whatever 'Nexus' was.

 

I wonder if Denril is still being made.

[inkstainedruth]

16 hours ago, essayfaire said:

Thanks.  I've seen the glass pens online but didn't realize they would take a lot of ink- I imagined having to re-dip quite often.

I have a glass pen that a friend of mine was giving away a few years ago.  J Herbin, came with a couple of little bottles of ink.  Cannot for the LIFE of me get it to write....  

Is there some trick to it that I'm not getting?  Or do I need to do something like take sandpaper to the tip, or what?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth