18: Fountain Pens for Drawing

Oct 5, 2016

We must remember that everything depends on how we use a material, not
on the material itself… New materials are not necessarily superior.
Each material is only what we make it.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German Architect and Educator (from the
Fountain Pen Tips & Favorites post on Sketchbook Skool Blog)

This week's episode is sponsored by ArtSnacks and Pen Chalet.

Feedback

• Mind of Watercolor
• Jake Parker

Follow-Up

• #aspink
• tjasalan
• ArtSnacks We're on the October Menu!

Main Topic: Fountain Pens for Drawing

• Platinum Carbon Desk Pen
• Other Options: Rotring Art Pen, Sailor Desk Pen
• Sketchbook Skool: Fountain Pen Tips & Favorites
• Jane Blundell’s Fountain Pens for Drawing
• Lamy Joy discovered via Liz Steel's Video Interview with Brian Goulet
• Lamy Safari
• TWSBI 580 or Mini
• Platinum Preppy or Pilot Petit or Pilot Varsity
• Jinhao X750 Hack
• Sailor Fude de Mannen
• Namiki Falcon
• Namiki Justus
• Karas Kustoms Render/Fountain K
• Andrew Tan AKA Drewscape
• My experiences with permanent fountain pen inks
• Liz Steel on DeAtramentis Document Inks
• Jane Blundell Mixing DeAtramentis Document Inks
• Nina Johannson writes about her experiences with Platinum Pigmented Sepia, Platinum Carbon Black and Noodlers and Lexington Gray
• Mostly Drawing on Platiunum Carbon and Lexington Gray
• Citizen Sketcher's watercolor-like effects
• Parka Blogs experiments with Pilot Iroshizuku colored inks for linework