Today is My Demo
I've spent some time this morning rounding up my pen and ink examples and I got out my old lesson book from the correspondence course I took in 1961. I have made some copies of the kinds of pen strokes to use and some outline drawings that people can work on to fill in with pen or pencil shadings.
One thing I've learned about pens is that they do get adjusted to your hand and when you lend your pen to someone else, it doesn't seem to work the same when they give it back. So I rarely lend my art pens. The difference in them afterwards must be from the differing pressure and even the angle that the pen is held. At first I thought I was imagining this but I talked to another artist about it and discovered that she had noticed the same thing. I know it sounds picky, but we've really found it to be worthwhile to use our pens ourselves. So, for an intro to pen and ink, people can make practice strokes with pencil or with ordinary pens.
I don't expect a lot of people to attend this session. Most people come to browse through the pictures which are on display on the other rooms. Some don't realize there is a demo going on in another room, and others aren't interested in a demo. So, this will be a low key, see what you can do with pen, try some of the strokes yourself kind of session. It should be fun.
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NJ
at 4/23/2005 4:39:56 PM- Mary Lou, it's nice to have confirmation that what I noticed about using the pen is really true and not just that I'm finicky about it. I don't have a fountain pen any more. I loved using turquoise ink! What a kid I was!
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When I was in Jr High, I got my very first real ink pen. AN Eberhart ink pen. Used real ink out of a bottle, and had a gold nib. My mother on giving it to me, told me NEVER to loan it to anyone, as the nib will form to your hand and if they use it, it will deform and you will have to get a new nib. I have NEVER loaned out my fountain pens since then. But now I have found Gel pens, and dont use fountain pens anymore. ;)