Pen and Ink

[delsarto]

Rubik, That is really amazing, doing everything from your imagination. That is a very, very rare ability you have.

[rkocharian]

Thank you Delsarto.

Old Masters worked this way. They were lucky that life in their time was supporting them. It became more complicated in 19 century. That's why their historical, mythological compositions look inferior to previous periods in art. It is more complicated and extremely difficult to do in our advanced Modern times with Hi-tech and domination of artificial, wrapped in plastic life style.
I love doing it.
Rubik
Rubik

[massagenvy]

First of all. I happy to read this post title and comments. This remind old of my life and may be others.When we were using ink pen.We always save the bottle on ink in the bags and somewhere in the safe place at the home.Now we are not using ink and pen anymore, Mostly painter people are still using these things.
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[CharlsDeona]

I started working with pen and Ink long time ago but after getting busy with my business couldn't able to continue. Thanks guys! You made me Inspired. I will try to arrange some time for it.

Cheers!

[Kakwirakeron]

Here a link Rubik, of one by Rubens. If you save it to your computer, you can magnify it, and see all the astonishing details. This one drawing inspired me to finally figure out cross hatching on the human form, it was something which I always wanted to do, but never took the time. Amazingly, I took out a pencil, and as I was absolutely determined to see the multi-directional, elliptical lines ON the model, they appeared to me, like a "magic picture" or something. It was the most amazing learning experience since I learned to model in oils. A real "Eureka!" moment for me. Now if I can just do it in pen and ink like Rubens did. That is my goal.


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This reply is no doubt late however I couldn't resist. Now I know who Burne Hogarth was looking at when he conceptualized his anatomy. I love the fluidity of line in his ink drawing and in general that of all the old masters. BTW, incredible ink drawings Rubik! Inspiring.

[rkocharian]

This reply is no doubt late however I couldn't resist. Now I know who Burne Hogarth was looking at when he conceptualized his anatomy. I love the fluidity of line in his ink drawing and in general that of all the old masters. BTW, incredible ink drawings Rubik! Inspiring.

Thank you for kind words.

Rubik

[John Kennedy]

I like to doodle with pen and ink, and do so often. I have made several of my own quill pens with Speedball nibs, cut the quill, insert the nib and carfully wrap and tie it in place with waxed thread. They work awesome. I have every single nib ever madeby Speedball as well as their steel brushes. The steel brushes are great for larger lettering. I use different inks such as aall the Speedball inks, Daler-Rowney FW inks and Winsor & Newton inks. They all have their own particular uses. I even enjoy playing around with the pearlescent inks. Speedball inks are of an acrylic version now, but work quit well and are fun to use. I like their permanant waterproof india ink the best. All of these inks I mentioned are artist quality inks and not the lesser grade calligraphy inks. As for paper, like I said, I doodle alot so anypaper will do for doodling, but when I am working in ink for a theme design for like Disney , Sea World or Universal Studios I only use the Stratthmore 500 Series Bristol Vellum surface or the 500 Series Marker smooth surface paper for my presentations. The 500 Series does not bleed, the can handle the ink pen nibs well, as well as washes with inks. They are 100% cotton, acid free and linguin free. This has been the best paper for my concepts and illustrations and I have used it for years and have produces some very clean line work with them. I do not buy cheap art materials for my work, but rather save up and wait until I have the money to get the best, but I do look for the best deals on them. Also, as a business, the buying power savings are like 68 to 80 % off retail. Some things are worth buying in quantity and then selling off the excess at good discounts to artist friends, this way you end up with your friends paying for your while they still get it cheaper than in the store or online. Makes good sense for me. The down side to it though is I usually have to purchase a minimum order of $650.00 and sometimes more. Anyway, hope this is a bit helpful or at least informative.