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Lewis, thanks for the heads up on the Ackerman pen, I’ve just found them online and I might treat myself to one, I like working with a steel nib, but the idea of a fountain pen with a drawing nib appeals to me.
One more downside of alcohol base inks is that the dilution medium is pure isopropyl alcohol, which I discovered softens the varnish on my desktop (groan) , so best not to spill it. I think I’ll stick to conventional inks, at least you can dilute them with water and work in a confined space like my 6ft square box room.
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If I’m not mistaken, it was myself that introduced, or suggested trying out the Ackerman Pump pens to Lew, I knew that he’d be impressed, as I was.
I’ve got two and a selection of drawing nibs. You can’t buy the pens in the UK unfortunately, but there are some of the recommended steel nibs available from Amazon or it might have been eBay!
Delivery was very quick but obviously there is postage to pay from the States, but well worth the small investment!
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Ha...even more reasons not to bother with Alcohol inks. I have a set of ordinary coloured inks, I must get round to using them. It was Alan who put me onto the Ackerman pen, I like it very much. If you do get one a useful tip (again supplied by Alan), is, when the ink doesn't flow to dip the nib into water - shake it - and you're up and running again.
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Lew I do hope you enjoy the art club that you have joined, ts a great way to give you a kick start and a chance to meet up with like minded people. Your grumpy cooks bring to life ‘too many cooks spoil the broth!. I am off on a 3hr nature cruise through the Scapa Flow and circumnavigate the Island of Hoy tomorrow afternoon. Hoping to do some sketching whilst on the ship!Gillian, your plans for the nature cruise sound absolutely fantastic! Sketching on a nature cruise sounds like a dream come true. I once attempted to sketch while on a ferry to Staten Island, and despite the ride being a bit bumpy, it was an enjoyable challenge to capture the movement of the water and the city skyline. Recently, I've been delving into some art theory and stumbled upon some essay examples about Art on https://papersowl.com/examples/art/, particularly the one comparing New Media Art to Classical Art. It's fascinating to observe how different eras and technologies influence artistic expression. If you're interested in art theory, you might find those reads as captivating as I did. I can't wait to see your sketches from the trip!
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by John Lipp
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I went to Ackermans website https://ackermanpens.com/products/classic-pump-pen-set and found this at £31 (prices in pounds) but they wanted £14 for postage and another £9 for taxes, so it’s probably coming from the good old USA. I shall have to think about it - maybe a birthday present suggestion to someone :-)
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I look forward to seeing that new painting Sylvia.
I went to my new-to-me art club yesterday. As usual, no idea what I was going to do, so I just took a sketchbook and some pens and pencils. With the blank page glaring at me, I thought... we got the news about the election the day before, I'll draw some people's faces as they react to political speeches. The intention is to fill the page. I only got this far...
...my thinking was, in doing it this way, the next time I'm stuck for something to do, I can draw another face. This is fine-liner pens and a black soluble pencil to supply the wash. So far, I haven't dared take my real ink, and ackerman pen. I'm notoriously clumsy. I fill the pen with a pipette full of ink from my big ink bottle. (The pipette is an old one that came with a now empty bottle.) Usually I manage to get as much ink on my fingers as in the pen. Nothing wrong with the pen...just my wobbly old hands.
I didn't get much done this session because they were talking about the next exhibition. It's held in the Cathedral next door. Not really my scene, but maybe I'll bung something in.
...my thinking was, in doing it this way, the next time I'm stuck for something to do, I can draw another face. This is fine-liner pens and a black soluble pencil to supply the wash. So far, I haven't dared take my real ink, and ackerman pen. I'm notoriously clumsy. I fill the pen with a pipette full of ink from my big ink bottle. (The pipette is an old one that came with a now empty bottle.) Usually I manage to get as much ink on my fingers as in the pen. Nothing wrong with the pen...just my wobbly old hands.
I didn't get much done this session because they were talking about the next exhibition. It's held in the Cathedral next door. Not really my scene, but maybe I'll bung something in.
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A "laboratory" piece, a rough approximation of some ideas to be developed in a bigger oil painting. What ideas? It's easier to deal in images, than in words. However, I'll try. Some simple basic geometric shapes like cylinder, segments of spheres etc in combination with "irregular" organic form of a
mango fruit. The mango fruit shape can be deconstructed, as it were, into those basic geometric shapes and then synthesized into an image in the painting.
Of course, the medium of watercolour provides, by its nature, some interesting and often unpredictable chromatic effects that can be used and developed in an oil painting.
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by Dmitry Shaklanoff-von Seipt