19 July 2013

Oh, how I missed my Lamy's!


Since I was flying to Houston instead of driving, I cleaned out all my fountain pens and stowed them away for the time I would be gone. I mistakenly thought they could not be taken on-board a pressurized airplane without severe leaking issues. (I have since read of Urban Sketchers who flew with fountain pens without problems . . .)

After arriving home, one of the first things I did was fill my favorite pens. I also love my Noodler's Konrad and Hero 86 pens, but the Lamy Safari pens are the ones I grab the most. My Noodler's polar black ink is almost empty (amazingly, the bottle has lasted for 4 - 5 years!), so I replaced it with Platinum Carbon Ink that I've heard so many rave about. I also replaced a couple of steel nibs with the black-coated nibs -- they write much smoother!

On this opposite page, I doodled with each of the inks in the pens . . . the far right section is using the Platinum Carbon with an old dip pen. The swath of wet brush run across each section of upper lines shows whether the ink is waterproof --- a bit unfair test on the Platinum ink as all the others had dried overnight before I did the water test and the new ink was still pretty fresh.

8 comments:

  1. Like your "pen" sketches! I haven´t tried to draw with a fountain pen, just trying pigma micron, but it is very black, I would like better some grey, or brown, not such very black. Have to try it sometimes!
    Jana

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    1. I have always loved writing with fountain pens (since I was a child) --- they seemed much more elegant and old-fashioned! So drawing with them seemed a natural choice.

      Noodler's Lexington Gray is a fabulous gray! On some papers it appears a soft black, while on others it looks more like the color of a normal graphite pencil. Very subtle! Polar brown is the only brown fountain pen ink I've found to be waterproof, allowing watercolor to be added over it without running. I like choosing the ink color to match the subject I draw. Have fun!

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    2. Thank you, Vicky, I´ll try to find it somewhere :)

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    3. You're welcome!

      Hey, I just figured out that I could list your Flickr site on the side of my blog, just like any other blog. Slow I am at times, but this will sure make it easier to follow you -- even if I can't comment.

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  2. Vicky, it´s kind of you :)
    but if you change your mind sometimes, all your drawings are on Flickr, but they are just hidden, maybe you know this, but I don´t know the way, how you can restore/renew/rebuild (???) or reopen your account...
    I haven´t posted any drawings for a longer time, I was very busy at school, but now I´m having a holiday, so I want to put some more sketches on Flickr... Thanks for visiting!
    My best wishes!
    Jana

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  3. I won't be changing my mind re: Flickr. Just looking at a Flickr page loading seems to give my a headache. That might be because of a posterior cataract I currently have, but it will definitely keep me away from spending much time at Flickr.

    Enjoy your holiday!

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  4. Oh, it doesn't matter, Vicky! Thanks for your blog. I´ll put your eyes into my prayers! Have a nice summer!
    Jana

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