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- South Africa
- Deviant for 16 years
- brianvds.blogspot.co.za/
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I live in Pretoria, South Africa, where I dabble in art and photography. Note to artists: Feel free to use any of my photos as reference to draw or paint from.
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Thanks for the favs and for watching. BTW look for Marlin white Project board "pad's" 150 GSM around R45.00 for 25 sheets from the OK stores. I use plenty of them as they stand up well to fountain pen ink and India ink.
I have tried a fountain pen some years ago, when I got hold of a cheap one. But when the ink ran out I couldn't get hold of a refill cartridge. I didn't even realize the refills were not standard size! And the fact that the ink isn't waterproof also bothered me; who knows when I might want to splash some watercolor over it.
It does have a nice line though. Apparently Art Spiegelman drew his entire graphic novel "Maus" with nothing more than a humble fountain pen.
I own nearly 300 fountain pens. It has become a bit of an addiction. You can get waterproof inks for them and either refill the old cartridge in the pen with a syringe or you can buy a converter which can suck up the in through the nib. If it interests you in any way I can give you some pointers. If not that's up to you. I like drawing with ball point pens as well. The shading that you can achieve with them is outstanding. But to be brutally honest there is actually very little that can beat a good dip pen with india ink. I have converted one of my fountain pens this week to take a Titanium Zebra G nib. It is now my favorite pen to draw with so much so I ordered 2 very special pens from the states that come with that nib as standard and can work with India ink.
I also enjoy ballpoint pens - I like the etch-like effects one can get with them. And another underrated piece of equipment: a piece of sharpened stick used with ink. It works better than one would think. :-)
Thanks very much for the watch & faves!