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Still playing around with ballpoint pens in my sketchbook. I put down a preliminary pencil sketch on this, but used a soft graphite. The paper in my sketchpad is pretty soft and toothy, too. I tried to ink on a windy day, and this brand new Uniball that I'm using just wanted to do little more than skip, skip, skip. It frustrated me, but I kept on. I fumbled with the idea of finishing the lines using a pen nib, and put a little bit of Hunt #108 in there. Then tried a fountain pen which I didn't know and which also had its own challenges. Today I went back to the Uniball, this time in a closed environment, and it flowed super smoothly. I realized I was going very slowly and just taking my time, two benefits of using a ballpoint pen. And sometimes those skips add a bit of character to the line, I feel, but I REALLY just enjoy putting down a solitary line slowly. It's kind of zenlike. At the end I realized my frustrations at the pen skipping also could've been due to my impatience and just not slowing down and enjoying the line.

~T

Comments (162)

Herc:

Tom,
I'm digging it,brother. I will post some stuff this weekend too. You've inspired me. Where is every one else? chirp chirp
peace,
Herc

TomD.:

GREAT! :) I mean, it's only a SKETCH and this is a SKETCH site, right? So get out your pencils, pens, brushes, sketch and then post some work. I'm just putting up a weekly sketch, which ain't no big thang. ;) Exactly, why are there crickets when there should be the scritch, scritch, scritches of pens on paper?

~T

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