The Show And Tell Wars

[Pterodactylus]

http://imageshack.us/a/img203/3228/vj55.jpg

 

(Mont Blanc 264 - OBB ..... Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris)

 

Hi Line,

 

there is the Sailor King Eagle nib.

Unfortunately I used a completely inadequate paper coated inkjet paper and drawed on the wrong uncoated side, so it feathered like crazy.

Be patient, this is my second drawing since 20 years

Edited July 18, 2013 by Pterodactylus

[lambretta88]

Hello everyone!!

 

I've spent the last couple of days reading this thread and admiring your beautiful pens and handwriting. I love fountain pens very much and find them also very addictive

I don't really write with my pens, but they are my favourite drawing tools, so I thought I'd sharesome drawings with you if you don't mind. I know this thread is not for pen art, but gosh darn it I love you guys!

 

here are some sketches with my vintage Sheaffer

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/garden1.jpg?w=500

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/sunset-photo.jpg?w=500

the ink is Sunset by Caran d'Ache

 

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/love.jpg?w=500

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/love-photo.jpg?w=500&h=332

...that was Fernambuk by R&K

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/waterspirit.jpg?w=500&h=757

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/waterspiritpen.jpg?w=500&h=332

...J.Herbin Lie de The

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/fae-photo.jpg?w=500&h=384

...R&K Sepia

 

And here are some sketches with my Waterman Hemisphere and J.Herbin's Cacao du Bresil

 

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/fish.jpg?w=500&h=686

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/fairy-doodles.jpg?w=500&h=695

 

Maybe someday I'll drop you a line

Edited May 23, 2013 by lambretta88

[lambretta88]

WWWWWWOOOOOOWWWWWW !!!!!!!

 

This is fantastic, and it fits perfect into this thread.

Don't hold back, I would love to see further posts from you.

Oh my.....thank you Pterodactylus! I have one more I just have to post... It's called The Love Letter. It's a dip pen drawing and watercolour.... this is how I picture you guys

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/432245_290491277685638_1584524374_n.jpg

Edited May 23, 2013 by lambretta88

[lambretta88]

http://www.upload-pictures.de/bild.php/31814,img0695D1CK.jpg

[Pterodactylus]

Hi Line, Uncle Red,

 

thanks

 

So it seems the Eagle can´t shut up, he is so proud that there are Eagle pens

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img41/3433/qmwv.jpg

 

(Mont Blanc 264 - OBB ..... Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris)

Edited July 18, 2013 by Pterodactylus

[Pterodactylus]

http://imageshack.us/a/img600/819/sr9r.jpg

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img11/1592/8nwk.jpg

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img855/7638/rpzh.jpg

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img838/5980/o3qn.jpg

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img268/515/v507.jpg

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/5060/knxg.jpg

 

(Mont Blanc 344 - M ..... Rohrer & Klingner Blu Mare)

Edited July 18, 2013 by Pterodactylus

[lambretta88]

Hello again and thanks for the tips!

 

I clean the vintage Sheaffer with distilled water every time when I change the ink and do my best to take good care of it. I've used many many inks with it and the best so far are MB Toffee Brown, Pelikan Black, J.Herbin Perle Noire and Caran D'ache Sunset.

 

I've had some problems with some inks that were...how should I put it...too wet? When I used J.Herbin Poussiere de Lune and MB Midnight Blue the flow was better...alsmost too good. As I was drawing the feed was moving to the left and to the right to the point that I could see it on the side of the nib...

I have no idea if this is normal...I just drew some lines in the opposite direction so that it goes back under the nib again... or pushed it back in with my finger.

 

Anyway, the Sheaffer is kept busy and I've learnt to live with the laddering...I sometimes even use it on purpose to make patterns. I'm sure that if I'll go to a pen show one day I'll take my dear pen with me and get it adjusted

 

Pterodactylus I looove your drawings and this colour is amazing!!

 

Uncle Red, thank you so much for your advice! I'm still not sure about the Binder nib...i've found some reviews today and it seems they create very similar lines to my Sheaffer. I'll contact stevlight and ask about the children's books!

 

Here are some more Sheaffer sketches. The ink is Skrip Green

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/catsketches2.jpg?w=500&h=688

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/catsketches.jpg?w=500&h=691

[Pterodactylus]

Don´t you think it´s quite unfair?

 

So many cats and only one mouse........

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img10/497/xmpq.jpg

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img713/1870/u7vj.jpg

 

(Mont Blanc 344 - OB ..... Diamine Midnight)

Edited July 18, 2013 by Pterodactylus

[line]

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/FPN_27mai13_seagulllaughing_zps15b2a9d0.jpg

I'm sorry, Ptero, but this character is'n as polite as i tried to make her...

 

mhphoto: That is some vintage flex collection! Beautiful pens! Beautiful handwriting! Is that Sharpie pen a fountain pen as well? Could you show us the Sharpie nib?

 

measond: Thank you for the good words

Edited May 27, 2013 by line

[Pterodactylus]

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/FPN_27mai13_seagulllaughing_zps15b2a9d0.jpg

I'm sorry, Ptero, but this character is'n as polite as i tried to make her...

Hi Line,

 

I´m also sorry, I told Eagle to calm down but he was very upset.....

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img4/1589/uq7i.jpg

 

(Noodler´s Ahab EMF ..... Rohrer & Klingner Salix)

Edited July 18, 2013 by Pterodactylus

[lambretta88]

Hello again!

 

I was wondering if anyone of you has a Parker Duofold (or maybe another pen) with an Oblique Fine nib? I was looking everywhere for some writing/drawing OF samples ....in vain

 

I would like to know if an oblique nib would help me create some more line variation while drawing or would it skip all the time while not holding to a certain angle?

 

I always tend to turn the nib towards me when I write and draw... actually when I draw I twist the pen all the time in all directions and use all the sides of the nib. I did not realise that until I watched a video of my hands while I draw...

 

And if I turn an oblique upside down, does it produce a thinner line like the rounded nibs?

 

I have some dip pens with reverse oblique nibs. They are totally flat, sharp as hell and a bit too broad for detailed drawing so they don't really help me imagine how an OF would work.

 

The thing is I finally ordered my new Duofold. It comes with an F nib...but I could exchange the nib within 4 weeks. I'm really interested in the OF but I'm not sure if I can test it anywhere in Berlin... In all the stores I've been to I've been told I will probably have to send my pen to Parker (in Hamburg I think) if I'm not happy with the F nib.

 

Sorry for writing a novel , here are some Sheaffer sketches, both made using MB Toffee Brown, without and with a light wash of water.

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/smoke.jpg?w=500&h=836

http://ewaludwi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/toffee.jpg?w=500&h=541

[Pterodactylus]

http://imageshack.us/a/img802/5468/5c4r.jpg

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img853/1803/ai9p.jpg

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img838/6074/nrk6.jpg

 

(Pelikan Ibis 130 - EF ..... De Atramentis Steel Blue)

Edited July 18, 2013 by Pterodactylus

[Pterodactylus]

http://imageshack.us/a/img196/9515/x2lg.jpg

 

(Pelikan Ibis 130 - EF ..... De Atramentis Steel Blue)

Edited July 18, 2013 by Pterodactylus

[Pterodactylus]

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/FPN_27mai13_seagulllaughing_zps15b2a9d0.jpg

I'm sorry, Ptero, but this character is'n as polite as i tried to make her...

I´m also sorry, I told Eagle to calm down but he was very upset.....

http://imageshack.us/a/img844/5137/srae.jpg

Hi Line,

 

may I introduce a new friend of mine.

 

His name is Pelikan and I fear it seems he will be not a friend of Seagull and Eagle.

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img838/2515/4l2d.jpg

 

(Noodler´s Ahab EMF ..... Rohrer & Klingner Salix)

 

And there is something else..... how can I say that politely .....

Hmmm....

He said to me I should tell you, ...... if you don´t agree with him that Pelikans are great bird pens you have to return your Pelikan 400 OBB brown tortoise immediately.

Edited July 18, 2013 by Pterodactylus

[measond]

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I will try to post more later with my newly re-discovered Pelikan 120. It's not so much the pen that's been re-discovered but the nibs that were cast aside for italics many, many years ago. I had no idea the medium nib semi-flexed.

 

It's impossible to get true colors when photographing or editing.

[line]

http://s1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/WP_000368_zps3d580a16.jpg

OK, it worked now. Eagle, this is for you!

Edited June 4, 2013 by line

[Pterodactylus]

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/FPN_27mai13_seagulllaughing_zps15b2a9d0.jpg

I'm sorry, Ptero, but this character is'n as polite as i tried to make her...

I´m also sorry, I told Eagle to calm down but he was very upset.....

http://imageshack.us/a/img4/1589/uq7i.jpg

May I introduce a new friend of mine.

His name is Pelikan and I fear it seems he will be not a friend of Seagull and Eagle.

http://imageshack.us/a/img838/2515/4l2d.jpg

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/WP_000368_zps3d580a16.jpg

Eagle, this is for you!

Eagle is not scared, he wants to find Seagull to have a "common" dinner with her.

But finding her seems not to be that easy for him, remember he is a King of skies but no navigator and till now he never left Austria .....

 

http://imageshack.us/a/img854/4392/45ph.jpg

 

(Noodler´s Ahab EMF ..... Rohrer & Klingner Salix)

Edited July 18, 2013 by Pterodactylus

[line]

http://s1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/WP_000384_zpsc869700a.jpg

 

Sorry the bad photo quality.

SJH: she just turned out lefthanded, didn't plan it :-)

[Pterodactylus]

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/FPN_27mai13_seagulllaughing_zps15b2a9d0.jpg

I'm sorry, Ptero, but this character is'n as polite as i tried to make her...

I´m also sorry, I told Eagle to calm down but he was very upset.....

http://imageshack.us/a/img4/1589/uq7i.jpg

May I introduce a new friend of mine.

His name is Pelikan and I fear it seems he will be not a friend of Seagull and Eagle.

http://imageshack.us/a/img838/2515/4l2d.jpg

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/WP_000368_zps3d580a16.jpg

Eagle, this is for you!

Eagle is not scared, he wants to find Seagull to have a "common" dinner with her.

But finding her seems not to be that easy for him, remember he is a King of skies but no navigator and till now he never left Austria .....

http://imageshack.us/a/img854/4392/45ph.jpg

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/WP_000384_zpsc869700a.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img855/3962/bj9o.jpg

 

(Noodler´s Ahab EMF ..... Rohrer & Klingner Salix)

 

Hey Eagle don´t loose your focus, I thought you have a mission !

Edited July 18, 2013 by Pterodactylus

[line]

Seagull has started thinking now. What has she done? Is there a war going on here? She has her children building brick walls around the nest.

 

This is not made by fountain pen, but the S-pen on my Samsung galaxy note. I couldn't draw Seagull with a Eagle pen;wouldn't have been nice!

 

Ptero: I found the Eagle pen on Ebay. It came all the way from Australia.

 

http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q794/china_line/seagull_zps2652fa78.jpg