FPN's PEN ART GALLERY

[HappyCat]

It feels a bit awkward adding this after all the beautiful artwork by everyone else, but here's a simple doodle of a cat (Hence HappyCat I think ^.^) sitting in a meadow of some form.

 

I hope to get better with drawing as well, I have never been a good artist except with paint. I am almost bearable with paint.

 

 

Edited January 9, 2012 by HappyCat

[MattiasA]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6618349623_4c1b3bc25a_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6672224013_8171408055_b.jpg

 

I use ink mixed with water in my brush

[ticoun]

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/022/1/9/the_pen_is_mightier_than_the_sword_by_ticoun-d4namnw.png

 

did this the other day while having nothing to do. i would have preferred to keep the color original (the inks were Noodler's Navy and Sheaffer's Blue-Black) but the scan made everything yellow, and i wasn't able to bring it back to normal. the sepia is very nice though. yeah, there are ink smudges... didn't wait long enough before erasing the pencil lines.

Edited January 25, 2012 by ticoun

[TheOldMagic]

A few more from me..

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss348/01926-VNB/crow-1-11-4.jpg

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss348/01926-VNB/crown-rose.jpg

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss348/01926-VNB/crown-jan10-1.jpg

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss348/01926-VNB/crow-1-11-2.jpg

 

I'm hoping to try and capture some of these drawings on video in the near future.

[GemMayhem]

In case the art fans who regularly visit this thread have not yet seen the thread, When Late Nights Meet Catfish, hop on over for some wonderful art and humour, courtesy of flexistentialist. Thanks, flexistentialist!

 

All the Best,

Gem

[Nobody]

It's really a dip pen with a Hunt Imperial nib. Same idea though.

 

[MattiasA]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6753875399_722e85ca12_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6721262251_bd8f4a337d_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6794212179_eb1058c13b_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6796198645_22c929cc58_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/6881362539_93e9799638_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6834372243_dafc2a5d34_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6811278777_33c2011c72_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6828219095_7e850cb785_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/6955286673_2c00c24524_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6794360636_f9b9f80a15_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7041/6791380592_ee79093f14_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/6934360929_dbd2b95b24_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/6925093483_8316d8014f_b.jpg

some recent sketches

[reprieve]

Mattias, your work is just amazing! Thank you for posting it.

[Lloyd]

Great work, Nobody & Mattias. Thanks!

[Wormhead]

http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/069/d/5/hiroki__s_nightmare__moleskin_p__4__by_debit-d4sb5ip.jpg

Fountain pen: Waterman Phileas, medium point:

Paper: Moleskin 'Hard Red for Art' Large Sketchbook, 5" x 8.5".

 

Excerpt from the page where this image file was first posted: This is THE Syringe, the most powerful medical instrument in the world. You now have a question to ask for yourself. 'Do I feel sick?' Well, do ya, wimp?!?

[teengkoh]

These are my three cats.

Honey is the kitten, she is almost twelve months old. She never sits still for long.

Miles is the adult cat, he is about two years old. Occasionally he sits still.

Puccini is the geriatric, he is thirteen years old. He sits still the best.

 

Lamy Safari inked with Noodler's Red-Black

Drawn on a sketchpad of supermarket origin and uncertain pedigree.

[teengkoh]

I love using fountain pens when cartooning. I've been using Noodler's flex pens most of this year.

Here is a finished one for an upcoming issue of a phone apps magazine.

 

Andy

 

That's gold! I LOVE it!!!

[Caileadair]

my initial doodle after a long hiatus away from any drawing of any sort (done on a Bienfang sketch book with a Bic 537R .5 pen---my next experiment will be with the fountain pen). I may putz with it just a wee bit more, then sign and move on. I bought a set of Sakura Pigma Microns to get some finer edges. I'm also waiting on my Strathmore Bristol Smooth pad to arrive from Amazon (I'm hoping using the new paper and the Pigmas won't have as much bleed/feathering).

 

http://daphnecs.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0168.jpg

[mik]

Have no fear the money is well spent on bristol board, the pigmas will not bleed on it at all.Certainly your stylish designs need a crisp edge to be at their best.

[pictogramax]

Lovely additions to thread, from always awesome Mattias through manga-like from Wormhead and lovely cat's expressions from Teengkoh to more abstract from Caileadair.

 

I'm continuing my sketching explorations with fountain pens and inks:

 

http://www.pictogramax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PICTOGRAMAX-ESQUISE-DE-JOUR-120322.jpg

 

http://www.pictogramax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PICTOGRAMAX-ESQUISE-DE-JOUR-120323.jpg

 

Anyone used De Atramentis KHAKI for wash? Or Diamine GOLDEN BROWN?

[mik]

Hey Pictogramax that looks like really nice work.Which brand of inks do you use? The coloured inks sure give an extra clarity over watercolour.

[pictogramax]

Thank you, Mik!

 

For both I used Platinum Carbon Black for lines. In the first, the wash is done with J. Herbin's Gris Nuage.

 

In the second, I used three custom mixed shades of watered-down Ecoline (liquid watercolor drawing inks from Talens), and the fourth colour is again Gris Nuage.

 

I'm looking to establish a limited palette of four to five FP inks that I would load into water-brushes, hence the question about De Atramentis Khaki and Diamine Golden Brown.

[requiescat]

http://pegasus.cityofveils.com/images/illustrations/9fg-khiaz.png

 

Inked with Diamine Oxblood (long boring story but not recommended for drawing with; the ink dissolves when you try to use white ink for touchup, resulting in some interesting pinks; my fault for not realizing this would happen) and Platinum Carbon.

 

Pen used was a Hero M86 (calligraphy/fude nib) + Ahab body frankenpen.

[Caileadair]

another of my art doodles, testing out the Bic disposable fountain pen with blue ink (no fancy editing, just taken with my iPhone).

 

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6231/6879634210_6cdf6294ce_z.jpg

[FLYBYU]

My contribution, done with my Sailor Lecoule and I used My Zebra V-301 for the thicker lines:

 

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc118/FLYBYU44/bfc1f8d1.jpg

 

Ha! I just realized it looks like I traced it; I didn't, but was drawing it from some traditional Japanese art I found online.

Edited April 14, 2012 by FLYBYU