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Hy Hilary, here what i see:
1. little tree leprechaun
2. bird
3. squirrel
4. deer
5. face, lying down
6. Face in front
for 5th + 6th you have to look at the picture enlarged.
ahh, I forgot the spider web at the top!
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You won't believe it, I don't have an expensive ink pen, it's a dip pen you put different nibs on. I couldn't find the nibs today, I searched everywhere. I couldn't think what to do, then I saw I had a skewer. You know, the cheap ones, you can get about 100 for a pound in any supermarket. I made a very tiny nib because they are only very thin. I put a slit in the nib and I can't believe it worked. Here is my ink drawing. I used the nib for a lot of it and also used my Chinese calligraphy brush for some of it. In fact, the nib worked so well, I shaved the other end down and used both ends. It held the ink really well.
I bought these online (probably Jacksons), but have since made similar using garden bamboo canes (not hard to make), and you can get some great results.
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I've got to try those one day - your drawing (Andrew) puts me in mind of Van Gogh. Denise - if you can find the specific video on YouTube, Alan Owen, a veteran watercolourist, has made drawings in ink with a shard of wooden clothes-peg; so your use of implement isn't unique, but it is innovative! And you've produced a great result.
(I originally called Denise 'Louise': corrected myself before needing to make an embarrassing edit, I think I was getting Lew and Denise mixed up - a glimpse here into the mind of the senile....)
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I’ve got those same, or very similar bamboo pens, but I find them (in the main) a bit too rigid, hardly, if any flexibility, which doesn’t always go with my style of drawing.
I much prefer the thinner reed pens, I make my own - they’re flexible and I can get a much thinner line. Any dry reeds will do, there’s a great article about making your own reed pens by the late Jason Bowyer - it might be in Tips & Techniques… but Dawn will know!
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There certainly is! here is the link https://www.painters-online.co.uk/tips-techniques/mixed-media/articles/how-to-make-and-use-your-own-reed-pen-with-jason-bowyer/
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