Hello From Sweden

[Wirfi]

Hi there!

 

I'm Mattias, a new member, and I live in Sweden. I am an artist, webdeveloper, husband and father.

I use fountain pens for writing of course, but my main use of them is for drawing. I care mostly bout the functionality - how do they work for me in drawings (even though I like when pens look good too). I guess that makes me a user rather then a collector? I probably use the nibs reversed a lot more then the avarage user, when I want thinner lines, haha. I drool over nice looking inks I see on Instagram, but then ending up using a permanent black in my drawings anyway I use different ink colours when I write though.

 

I also use dip pens, glass pens and brushes. Currently I'm looking in to try technical pens (Rotring Isograph, Steadtler Mars Matic and such). As an artist have also worked in a lot of other techniques through the years - oils, acrylics, watercolours, airbrush, digital, pencil and so on.

 

Pens

My fountain pens at the moment: TWSBI Diamond 580 (F), Platinum Carbon Deskpen (EF), Sailor Fude de mannen 40º, Lamy Safari (M), Rotring Artpen (2.3mm), Jinhao x750 (M), Jinhao x450 (fude), Jinhao x450 (, Jinhao x450 (M).

 

Inks

Favorite inks for Drawing: Platinum Carbon black, Pelikan Fount India
Other inks I use: Pelikan 4001 Türkis, Diamine Ancient Copper, Diamine Autumn Oak, Diamine Ruby, Diamine Oxblood, Diamine 150:th A. Regency blue, Diamine Registrars Blue-black, Pelikan 4001 Königsblau, Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Schwarz
+ some "non fountain pen friendly" inks I use for dip pens.

 

If one wants to see my images my instagram is @wirfi (but later on I will try to post something on the board for photos I saw in here).

 

 

[ThomasB]

Hello and welcome from Baton Rouge, Louisiana...Enjoy your time here

[Wirfi]

Hello and welcome from Baton Rouge, Louisiana...Enjoy your time here

 

Thanks

[jar]

Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell.

[Wahl]

Hi Mattias

[PAKMAN]

Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!

[mitto]

Greetings and welcome to FPN.

[OCArt]

Welcome to this friendly little corner of the universe from a fountain pen user in San Diego.

[northstar]

Hello and welcome to FPN.

[Henricum_Tropen]

Hello Mattias and welcome to FPN, from Cape Town, South Africa.

[ardene]

Hello Mattias and welcome to FPN!

[Wirfi]

Thanks for the welcome
Hey, a question. I don't see much drawings made with fountain pens shared in the forum. That seams weird to me. I was thinking to share some of mine... Maybe I could start a thread in the Pictures-forum. Or maybe there's some department for Art that I've missed?

[Jamo]

I can only draw with a pencil but I'll try with a pen

[MBDostoevsky]

Hi Mattias

Welcome to the FPN Family... Hope you enjoy your time here!

 

Like your drawings...