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FayeV: Come to pen posse this weekend... pretty please... if you can. I will bring my journals...

 

 

I saw the announcement in another thread here. I wish I could go. I'd love love love to see your works of art in person. My weekends are action packed chauffeuring the kiddo to various classes and events. This weekend is her 10th birthday party. Gymnastics class, followed by birthday party, a fun-filled day for her. :) Today is her actual birthday and she was up early and did all her morning things with such alacrity (so she could open some of her presents). If only she could be ready and out the door like this every day. LOL Since it is St. Patrick's Day, she made it a point to bring a greenish colored fountain pen (filled with R&K Smaragdgrun green ink) to school. I didn't even realize I had a green pen, she rummaged through an old box of pens and dug out a Hero 58 pen in green/black that looks like this one:

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Awesome drawing and handwriting. Inspire me to start my own journal like yours!

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These 2 pens are my FAVORITE!!!! I've been stalking this thread for the last month reading it at work and on my cell phone. I looked up the top one and that is a seriously pricy pen! It is worth it? (ok, ignore that question - I know in other instances it usually is worth it... usually) Do you find better prices at pen shows? I really want one, but it will take me forever to save that much!

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These 2 pens are my FAVORITE!!!! I've been stalking this thread for the last month reading it at work and on my cell phone. I looked up the top one and that is a seriously pricy pen! It is worth it? (ok, ignore that question - I know in other instances it usually is worth it... usually) Do you find better prices at pen shows? I really want one, but it will take me forever to save that much!

 

 

These pens are quite expensive. I don't think that you'd save much at a pen show. Your best bet would be to find a used one somewhere. These are rare pens, so they don't come up on the used market. I suggest you start saving, now. I have seen plistumi in action at the LA Pen Show. Her pen budget rivals the Pentagon's budget.

"One can not waste time worrying about small minds . . . If we were normal, we'd still be using free ball point pens." —Bo Bo Olson

 

"I already own more ink than a rational person can use in a lifetime." —Waski_the_Squirrel

 

I'm still trying to figure out how to list all my pens down here.

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These pens are quite expensive. I don't think that you'd save much at a pen show. Your best bet would be to find a used one somewhere. These are rare pens, so they don't come up on the used market. I suggest you start saving, now. I have seen plistumi in action at the LA Pen Show. Her pen budget rivals the Pentagon's budget.

 

yeah, I looked them up. I do have a monthly "wool" budget, so I'll have to make it a pen budget for a little while..., or maybe I could sell a few spinning wheels (I knit and spin and all that jazz...)

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Just a little update. I will continue to post images. But right now I am taking some time off. Usually the warmer weather months are full of projects that suck up my time and energy. This project is still halfway done. It will be finished. Thanks! :D

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An eye for insignificant details is a good sign you will do just fine in medical school...

As a sharp wit and powerful sarcasm is a sign that you already have.

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We look forward to seeing these whenever you get to them. We all love your work.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We look forward to seeing these whenever you get to them. We all love your work.

Of course, we will also be cranky and impatient in the meantime.... :lol:

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Well, that too....

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Just a little update. I will continue to post images. But right now I am taking some time off. Usually the warmer weather months are full of projects that suck up my time and energy. This project is still halfway done. It will be finished. Thanks! :D

 

Glad to hear that you haven't given up. I hope you have a good summer!

"One can not waste time worrying about small minds . . . If we were normal, we'd still be using free ball point pens." —Bo Bo Olson

 

"I already own more ink than a rational person can use in a lifetime." —Waski_the_Squirrel

 

I'm still trying to figure out how to list all my pens down here.

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Whenever you post your little gems will be good for me. Such nice nuggets to enjoy, and when they come unexpectedly I find I enjoy them all the more!

Thanks for sharing.

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Okay, I think we can safely say the warmer weather's over for us peeps in the Northern Hemisphere... so, Plistumi, we're waiting!! :D

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Some fantastic art in this thread and it keeps me coming back to the forum.

 

I'm curious about the techniques used for some of the wash areas of colour, particularly of varying densities of colour. I've tried replicating the effect, but I only make a mess. Are you using a brush and water dilution like you would with a watercolour portrait or is there another technique at play? I'm not sure if it's my paper or technique but I'd love to see or hear some recommendations on the process.

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@plistumi I have missed you! Will you be at the LA pen show this year?

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ooh!  Has she turned back up?  I used to LOVE seeing her artwork from that when she posted updates.

I got to meet her a number of years ago when I still went to DCSS (at the old site).  Turned out I was sitting right next to her at the ink testing station!  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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