pen and ink

8.5 X 11 cardstock

8.5 X 11 cardstock

8.5 X 11 cardstock

8.5 X 11 cardstock

8.5 X 11 cardstock

Feh.

8.5X11 cardstock

Marker, cardstock 8.5x11

8.5x11 cardstock

8.5 X 11 card stock. Late 1980's

8.5x11 card stock.

This might actually be a pen and ink with a quill....

Technical pen with some splatter. Card stock.

Pen and ink on card stock 8.5x11

Worked from photograph taken at the vineyard. Clio is a highly sought after moderately expensive Spanish red. 8.5x11 card stock, technical pen

Small pen and ink on card stock

Technical pen on card stock

Pen and ink...card stock

18x24 watercolor paper, technical pen and probably pastel pencil or just regular pencil blended with a q-tip. This was done for a friend who owned a wine and spirits shop, so I guess it's a vine. Or a tree. Whichever....

18x24 illustration board, technical pen

Pen and ink on vellum bristol.

Quick pen and ink on vellum bristol board. Late 1980's

Something meaningful and hippie-like.

Digital is great -- for composition and color. But for line art? I don't think I can ever give up the fountain pen. This was drawn with a Sailor King of Pen (M) and Sailor 1911L (EF) fountain pens using Pilot Black ink. Yes, sacrilege. Pilot ink in a Sailor. But I have some Kiwa Guro arriving soon!

Something belated.

Quick sketch of owl in snowy trees

I drew these guys with a Pilot Custom 823 FA and Platinum Carbon Black ink. The FA nib has a good drawing width on watercolor paper - one of my favorites. It's a soft nib but I don't use the line variation, just some nice shock absorption with each downstroke. The Carbon Black ink is out-of-this-world good, though being pigmented I fear keeping it in too many pens.