Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us!

[EKE]

I'm drawing a floor plan study for a Spanish Colonial this morning, using my Levenger True Writer Sea Glass, medium nib, Noodler's Dark Matter ink.

 

Having a great time!

-EKE

 

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Is that Vellum you are drawing on? That is wonderful!

 

Thanks Steve. No it's not vellum, it's what we call sketch paper - a light weight tracing paper that comes on rolls. Great to draw on.

[Uncle Red]

 

[pelman]

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David- always lovely photography and handwriting.

[Stompie]

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[dcpritch]

... Maybe I'll give one a try at the LA Pen Show in February.

 

Lisa, I tried to send you a PM but I got a message that said you weren't receiving any new messages. Is that the same as being at home and not receiving any visitors?

[Uncle Red]

Stompie, I heard at the last meeting of the local pen group that Rome is Burning can be hard to flush, it's the purple part. I think you'll find Cayenne and Oxblood have different shading.

[Stompie]

Stompie, I heard at the last meeting of the local pen group that Rome is Burning can be hard to flush, it's the purple part. I think you'll find Cayenne and Oxblood have different shading.

 

 

Purple???? I can't see no Purple. More like gold dust in it but no purple.

It is very close to that Golden brown, so I dunno, maybe if I use it in a flex pen I might see purple which would give it a different look to Golden Brown.

 

In my Stipula I can see th Ox Blood difference, but in an italic it is very close to Cayenne - again, maybe a flexer will do it.

 

But thanks for the tips Uncle Red - gotta go dig out some flex pens now, or throw in some Arabic gum and try them with a dip pen?

 

Still scratching my head about purple though - where????????

[Kyouju]

 

Purple???? I can't see no Purple. More like gold dust in it but no purple.

It is very close to that Golden brown, so I dunno, maybe if I use it in a flex pen I might see purple which would give it a different look to Golden Brown.

 

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Still scratching my head about purple though - where????????

 

Stompie, I believe Uncle Red is referring to the underlying component of that ink that manifests after exposure to water. Try writing a line using it on a piece of paper, then soak that paper in a bowl of water to see the purple.

[Kyouju]

And I am returning to two old favourites today:

 

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000016 by Kyouju-san, on Flickr

[gutguido]

And I am returning to two old favourites today:

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8340/8228291711_ef26bb33b8_b.jpg

000016 by Kyouju-san, on Flickr

 

That's lovely - the pen, the ink, and the handwriting. I have the same ink but just haven't gotten around to trying it out, seeing this picture already makes me want to right away.

[Stompie]

 

Stompie, I believe Uncle Red is referring to the underlying component of that ink that manifests after exposure to water. Try writing a line using it on a piece of paper, then soak that paper in a bowl of water to see the purple.

 

 

Hey, Hello!!!! Where ya been? Nice to see you again :clap1:

 

Soak in water first ...... some of you folk really need to get out more :roflmho:

 

Oh, I thought you said 2 old favourites - but I only see 1. Is 1 the pen and the other the ink?

[Kyouju]

 

Thank you very much. And yes, do use it: it has to be one of the most well-behaved and lovely inks I have ever had.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for the welcome -- I was travelling heavily in the past few weeks, hence the relative silence. I hope you have been well too.

 

And I know what I said sounds bizarre :ltcapd: but it is true: you do have to soak it in water first. RIB was marketed to be a special (read: novelty) ink, and most of the people I have seen using it use it specifically for drawing and then washing over their art with a paintbrush dipped in water to create purple shadows amidst the golden-brown.

 

As for the favourites, yes, that would be the pen and the ink. But for the sake of adding another purple encre here (I adore purples!), here is another I am using today, in another Waterman flexer. This is Larmes de Cassis.

 

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000017 by Kyouju-san, on Flickr

Edited November 29, 2012 by Kyouju

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[Stompie]

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[Dioxazine]

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[KrazyIvan]

 

Looks like the railroading is highly ink dependent. The Chesterfield Emerald is railroading quite a bit now. It works fine if I do not flex with that ink.

[Uncle Red]

I find that some inks handle flexing better than others, try another ink.

[robofkent]

This cheapie Parker I.M. that I picked up today

[OcalaFlGuy]

[Eeyvind]

 

 

I was pleasantly surprised by the build quality of these two pens. The Jinhao is solid and substantial in your hand, and the Naranja has a very nice semi-transparent barrel.