The Stipula Passaporto presses the same buttons tail-wagging puppies and wide-eyed kittens do. It’s barely longer than my longest finger. The Passaporto, as it name more than merely implies, is for travel. It comes with a cartridge and an eyedropper, because you can use it either way. The threads feel tight and secure, which makes …
Month: April 2011
An Italian pen has not appeared on this blog in ages. I have found them too erratic. The newer Stipula Model T is an eyedropper, which made me reconsider it – cartridge/converter pens simply can’t keep up with what I do to flex nibs. The material is called pyrite resin, and it is gorgeous. (If …
I couldn’t resist making my own pigment ink waterbrushes, because I had waterbrushes to spare. From left to right: a Sakura waterbrush filled with highly diluted Platinum Carbon Black; Pentel Aquash with Platinum Pigment ink in Sepia; Pentel Aquash with water; mini Pentel Aquash; and the Pentel Aquash watercolor brush I previously reviewed. This quick …
The Pentel Pocket Brush Pen has a fanatical following among artists. It has a springy, responsive brush that can do hairlines and fat strokes. The ink is waterproof black, and comes in cartridges. Pentel also makes Pentel Aquash, the waterbrush that made watercolor painting urban-friendly. Waterbrushes hold water in the barrel so artists on the …
Accept every offer. In the world of inkprov, my partner is water. I make random squiggles of water on blank paper. Then I add ink. It’s only when I add ink that the lines and shapes offer themselves. I have to accept whatever they are and draw from them, into them, and with them. My eye-mind …
Maxpedition doesn’t make bags. They make carrying tools wrought from 1,000 denier lightweight ballistic nylon fabric, AS-100 high-grade closed cell foam padding material for superior shock protection, high tensile strength composite nylon webbing, triple-distilled ink of Kraken and the heartsblood of dragons. I got their knife collector’s bag because I was curious to see if …
Parallel Pen with Platinum Carbon Black, watercolor. Noodler’s Antietam, Habanero, Golden Brown. Noodler’s Habanero, Golden Brown. Noodler’s Golden Brown, Habanero, Antietam, Platinum Carbon Black. Private Reserve Shoreline Gold, Pilot iroshizuku momiji, Noodler’s Singapore Sepia.
Artists always play with the relationship of medium to ground. Pastel on brown wrapping paper, silverpoint on gesso, ink on parchment, spray acrylic on brick. Pastel artists use toned backgrounds and colored paper to add body and contrast to what is really just powder hanging on to microscopic protrusions, for dear life and art. It …
Pilot Parallel Pens are wonderful for calligraphy. Inspired by @rcannonp and Yoji Shinkawa’s sketch with a 3.8mm, I decided I would go with the 6 mm. It’s a challenge to find the balance between bold stroke and hairline suggestion. Also, for someone used to keeping a steady angle of nib to paper, the rapid switching …