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I sketch poorly as i don't trust my hands (overthinking). However, for inspiration, i would recommend Eric Sloane's books. Sloane did a lot of books with pen and ink sketches of old tools, barns, and other cultural artifacts of American history.

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Great attempt... I am a pen and ink artist and I have written completely FREE, detailed, fully illustrated tutorials to draw landscapes in pen and ink. You can check it out here

 

Hopefully you will find it useful in you journey to discover joys of drawing and sketching with pen. I am attaching some examples of kind of landscapes you can attempt with my tutorials.

 

Rahul

www.pendrawings.me

 

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Great attempt... I am a pen and ink artist and I have written completely FREE, detailed, fully illustrated tutorials to draw landscapes in pen and ink. You can check it out here

 

Hopefully you will find it useful in you journey to discover joys of drawing and sketching with pen. I am attaching some examples of kind of landscapes you can attempt with my tutorials.

 

Rahul

www.pendrawings.me

 

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Wow, these are lovely! Thank you for posting!

Find my homemade ink recipes on my Flickr page here.

 

"I don't wait for inspiration; inspiration waits for me." --Akiane Kramarik

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So glad to find this thread-- trying to find a use for my fountain pens besides my journal. I looked for the Lohan books and there are two that seem of interest and would like to know if anyone has thoughts on either. One is Pen & Ink techniques and the other is Pen & Ink Sketching: Step by Step both by Frank Lohan. Is one better than the other for a complete, elderly, newbie? Any comments would be appreciated!

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Thank you Rahul-- it is wonderful the helpfulness of folks here at FPN. I will check your books out.

Blessings,

Mike

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Hi Folks,

 

Just got in Rahul's two books a few days ago. Even though I've spent time on his website, I really like having the books in front of me.

I sort of finished my first...hmm? Sketch? Anyway, I'm pleased with the results even though I have a loooooooooong way to go. For me, the books are going to help a lot.

Thanks, Rahul, for your website and books.

Best regards,

 

George

 

EDIT: Not that it's important, even though I have several 3776 pens with varying widths, with carbon ink, I decided to keep it simple. I used a Retro 51 RB with the standard black medium. For me, it worked fine. Also, using a Moleskine sketchbook that I'm going to try to remember to carry around with me.

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"May we all have great words flowing out of our pens."

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Thanks for the feedback George...glad you liked the workbooks...practice is indeed the key and if possible, try to do some simple drawings daily, even a stone or a trunk etc. and soon you will find your drawing rhythm and improve rapidly. Feel free to reach out to me for any questions/advice.

 

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Rahul

www.pendrawings.me/getstarted

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Test my new Stillman&Birn Alpha sketchbook.

 

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~ Such an outstanding sketch!

Everything is just right.

Talent of that order is refreshing to see.

Tom K.

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