FPN's PEN ART GALLERY

[sf_roma]

 

Hello everybody,

I tend not to post my work - but at the San Francisco Pen Show last weekend, the feedback I received on my work while buying new fountain pens made me think you'd be interested.

I was a woodblock printmaker for years, studied in Tokyo, and was born and raised in Rome, Italy. I was an artist in residence at the San Francisco Asian Art museum in 2004 and have been showing internationally for 15 years.

My recent works are ink drawings pairing excerpts of trees and flora with excerpts of contemporary poetry. This is a piece inspired by the poetry of Cid Corman.

I do an initial drawing in pencil after extensive preparatory drawings from life (I've spent a lot of time admiring chrysanthemums!)

http://i.imgur.com/ExFdpyA.jpg

Then I mix purple ink and apply it with an inexpensive Lamy with some flex.

All my work is done with either fountain pens or dip pens. I mix my own inks from an extensive pigment and ink collection I've collected from all over the world.

http://i.imgur.com/KiI0XVh.jpg

And the Corman poem I've been reading and re-reading:

http://i.imgur.com/H8BZHeY.png

Stay tuned to see how it evolves!

Marco Flavio

 

[Pira]

Another month. Another self-styled challenge (using only the colours in the monthly Inkdrop + the given theme: Cavern Expedition)....unfortunately the blue/greens just don't scan worth a darn. :/ Ah well, it was fun to draw

 

Inkdrop Sept 2015 ~ Tatzelwurm by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

[Pira]

 

 

Hello everybody,

I tend not to post my work - but at the San Francisco Pen Show last weekend, the feedback I received on my work while buying new fountain pens made me think you'd be interested.

I was a woodblock printmaker for years, studied in Tokyo, and was born and raised in Rome, Italy. I was an artist in residence at the San Francisco Asian Art museum in 2004 and have been showing internationally for 15 years.

My recent works are ink drawings pairing excerpts of trees and flora with excerpts of contemporary poetry. This is a piece inspired by the poetry of Cid Corman.

I do an initial drawing in pencil after extensive preparatory drawings from life (I've spent a lot of time admiring chrysanthemums!)

Then I mix purple ink and apply it with an inexpensive Lamy with some flex.

All my work is done with either fountain pens or dip pens. I mix my own inks from an extensive pigment and ink collection I've collected from all over the world.

http://i.imgur.com/KiI0XVh.jpg

Beautiful! I look forwad to seeing it evolve

 

[Pterodactylus]

Wow Pira, your Tatzelwurm is great! I love it !

An amazing drawing.

[flummoxed]

Here are my three latest ones (pardon the horrendous photographs),

 

 

 

 

All three are drawn in a Ranga 4C with a F-C steel nib ground to a needlepoint by Masuyama and Sheaffer Skrip Brown.

 

I've only recently started posting on Instagram at https://instagram.com/flumm0x3d/

[I.M.]

I wonder if my Ranga will improve my drawing skills when it finally arrives! Nice work Flummoxed, thanks for sharing

[flummoxed]

I wonder if my Ranga will improve my drawing skills when it finally arrives! Nice work Flummoxed, thanks for sharing

:-), thank you!

[inkstainedruth]

One of the places I regularly get email from is the Artist's Network. A lot of the mail is ads for their publications and videos, but a couple of days ago there was a mention of something called "#InkTober", where artists are supposed to post pictures of their drawings and sketches to social media, with that hashtag.

I'm seriously thinking of trying it (I'm woefully out of practice).

I'm not on Twitter or Instagram (and every time I'm on Facebook I mostly wonder why I bother). But then I remembered FPN, and this thread. The hard part for me of course is to take the time to get the pictures uploaded, but I'm going to give it a try (minus the "hashtag" part of course.... Wish me luck.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[I.M.]

Good luck! Looking forward to seeing some of your pictures.

[Pira]

One of the places I regularly get email from is the Artist's Network. A lot of the mail is ads for their publications and videos, but a couple of days ago there was a mention of something called "#InkTober", where artists are supposed to post pictures of their drawings and sketches to social media, with that hashtag.

I'm seriously thinking of trying it (I'm woefully out of practice).

I'm not on Twitter or Instagram (and every time I'm on Facebook I mostly wonder why I bother). But then I remembered FPN, and this thread. The hard part for me of course is to take the time to get the pictures uploaded, but I'm going to give it a try (minus the "hashtag" part of course.... Wish me luck.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

 

Jake Parker's Inktober is a tremendous motivational tool. There are no awards or accolades for participating ~ just the knowledge that you have done your best to participate by drawing with ink every day. Good luck and I also look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[juanjo]

Some recent drawings with EF pens. I am into learning portraits, so bear patience. I must admit I cheated on the second one: I used a brush pen because I do not have broad fountain pens -- I would like to get one, but until then, a Sakura brush pen does nice to fill large regions.

Naomi Watts


Benicio del Toro

[Pira]

Some recent drawings with EF pens. I am into learning portraits, so bear patience. I must admit I cheated on the second one: I used a brush pen because I do not have broad fountain pens -- I would like to get one, but until then, a Sakura brush pen does nice to fill large regions.

 

Naomi Watts

 

Benicio del Toro

 

 

Nice work. No patience neccessary. A persons skill is always evolving ~ even those at the top of their craft. Hope to see more soon

[Pira]

OKAY...it's that time of year again and I challenge all FPN doodlers to join into the INKTOBER madness. A drawing a day or just one a week for the duration of the month. Ready. Set. Draw!

 

Inktober 2015 #1

 

Diamine Autumn Oak & Diamine Sepia (drawing ink)

 

Inktober 2015 ~ #1 by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

[Pira]

INKtober 2015 ~ #2

 

Diamine Autumn Oak, Diamine Sepia & Rohrer&Klingner Sepia drawing inks on Stillman & Birn paper.

 

Inktober 2015 #2 by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

[inkstainedruth]

Well, life threw me a curve ball this week: low and outside. So the first Day of InkTober didn't happen until about 12:30 this morning. But to make up for it I did *two* sketches instead of one, plus am tossing in an old one that I think might never have gotten posted before now (I have a couple of others that are not in this particular sketchbook.

Pen for all three is my Pelikan M400 Brown Tortoise, F nib (although you wouldn't know it because it's such a wet writer). The paper is Ecosystems (not sure of the weight -- it doesn't actually say anyplace on their website, in their small size Artist Journal sketchbook journal (apologies for the weird shadows along the edges -- the cover on my scanner doesn't fit over something that's roughly half an inch thick, and I also cropped the images and resized them a bit as well). I must say that it's pretty nice paper for being 100% recycled....

Ink for today's sketches was Noodler's Walnut (which is a lot redder than I remember my old sample from a couple of years ago being ). Ink used on the old sketch is Iroshihzuku Yama-budo, which is a great color but I think a little too wet an ink for the pen.

 

 

 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: Hmmm. I see I have to play around with image sizing some more....

Edited October 3, 2015 by inkstainedruth

[Tas]

 

 

To draw a face is one thing, to capture someone's likeness is something special ! More please.

 

 

 

Gorgeous as always.

 

 

 

Love love love your lines. Thank you for sharing.

[I.M.]

Woohoo Ruth! Glad to see you managed to get some pictures of your artwork up I like the cat.

 

I hope we'll be seeing more.

 

Pira, can I see a theme progressing? Will we be seeing the 31 squirrels of October?

[inkstainedruth]

Yeah, the squirrels are great. The trouble with drawing the cat is that halfway through she moved.... The other one is even more wiggly at times, though. If I draw *her*, I will have to work from the photo I took (at least Marion doesn't mind being photographed -- but she looked really weird until I used the "red eye" fix on it; for some reason, Polychrome positively HATES having her picture taken).

This is today's submission. I was watching the premiere of Heroes Reborn on the DVR, and my husband had to get himself something to drink. So we paused the recording, and I did that one quick before he got back.

And yes, the "letterbox format" lines are a bit wonky, and I didn't do the best job of getting the proportions right....

Ah well, such is life.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

ETA: Same Ecosystem sketchbook, and same pen/ink combo, as for Days 1 and 2.

Edited October 4, 2015 by inkstainedruth

[Pira]

Nice quick sketch Ruth ...yeah cats. Pets seem to know the moment you are drawing them *shakes head*...doesn't matter what species they are.

 

 

 

Pira, can I see a theme progressing? Will we be seeing the 31 squirrels of October?

 

....and heh, maybe. Maybe not. We'll just have to see

 

Inktober 2015 ~ #3 by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

 

Diamine Autumn Oak, Diamine Drawing Sepia, R&K India Ink Sepa on Stillman & Birn, Zeta paper ~ brush and dip nib

Edited October 4, 2015 by Pira

[Pira]

INKtober 2015 ~ #4 ...no squirrel this time around. Instead a drawing in support of REDress Day in Canada today.

 

 

Inktober 2015 ~ #4 Redress Day by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr