![]() Wonderful! When I want a skinny line I have it. His Pelikan ‘fine’ point isn’t all that fine, but then I ordered xxF. is a great source of information about pens and he has an extensive selection of pens. The Winsor and Newton didn’t have the subcolor, but it isn’t a fountain pen ink. Some of the components of their color bleeds farther than the rest, giving a weird glow. The first four are all fountain pen inks but obviously not intended for adding a wash. I still haven’t found a brown ink I am happy with. The Private Reserve still bled the next day.īrown inks: Noodlers Polar Brown, Diamine Saddle brown, Caran d’ ache, Noodler’s Kiowa Pecan, Winsor and Newton Peat Brown. The Noodler’s took forever to dry and still bled the next day. Platinum Carbon Black dries quickly and become impervious to water. Pelican Fount India dries quickly, and gives the wash. First I tested to see if I could erase fairly quickly without disturbing the line and then I added a slosh of water to see if the ink bled. Here is my array of black ink samples: Pelikan Fount India, Platinum Carbon Black, Noodler’s Bulletproof Black, and Private Reserve Invincible black. Per ounce it is one of their more expensive inks, but when I think of how many Pigma Micron pens it will keep me from using up and throwing away, the ink is cheap. But one of the inks seems to be a real winner - Platinum Carbon Black. After years of using a fine and flexible nib on a dip pen, this hardly has any flex. I ordered the pen from Goulet’s and several ink samples. I read somewhere that Noodler’s had an inexpensive fountain pen with a flexible point. I found the Goulet Pen Company - a web site that carries a wide range of pens and inks and even offers small samples for less than $2.00 per sample. I was hoping to find a permanent black ink so I could have a choice between the soft grey tones or ink that stays put, a Sepia ink that bleeds, and a fine line. The new pen and Pelikan Fount India ink kept me happy for over a year …. )Ī very quick sketch using a fountain pen and Pelikan Fount India ink … and a water brush. This is not India ink! India ink contains shellac and is a sure invitation for a clogged up fountain pen. (Don’t let the name of that ink mislead you. Either way, I find this pen and the Pelican Fount India a great tool. Sometimes I come back in with water color. I never found quite what I wanted, but here was a relatively fine line and the delicious ability to come back over my lines with a water brush or wet paint brush and make soft grays. For years I looked for a disposable pen with black ink that bled. That pen and ink has been a love affair from first stroke. Fortunately I bought it in an art store and they sold good stuff, Pelikan’s Fount India, an ink designed for fountain pens. On my next trip to ‘the big city’ I dared to buy a better pen, a Pelikan M200 with a fine nib. It is about finding a wonderful drawing tool. I bought the inexpensive pen and promptly lost it! Hummmm ! This definitely isn’t about saving money. I looked locally … one for over $100 and one much, much cheaper. I hadn’t even owned a fountain pen for years. ![]() I’ve long appreciated a good pen, but never thought of them as an art tool. You can see a lot of her work on or you can go to her images. Cathy Johnson uses a fountain pen a lot and has posted some very informative help. Varied thrush drawn from life through my front window using a fountain pen and Pelikan Fount India ink.Īt the end of my last post I mentioned that discovering a world of fellow artists on the internet and that lead me to realizing I wanted to try sketching with a fountain pen. One more post on art materials, then I hope to get back to nature notes for awhile. ![]()
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