I went into my local art shop in Cirencester this morning for a new sketch book ... and was immediately enticed by some delicious-looking Kozo paper and some Faber-Castell Pitt brush pens.
The pens come in packs in all sorts of colours as well as separately and I bought the grey shades pack and a loose black. These seemed to feed my current fixation with black and white - tweaked a little by the grey.
When I got home, I rushed immediately to try the feel of the pens - the black first - but I saved the Kozo paper till I was in a more considered and careful mood.
I spent twenty minutes sketching the stone wall just outside my work room, looking at the shapes of the stones and the negative spaces between them. The pens will take a little getting used to as I tended to press too hard (I always do ...) and the line I produced lacked subtlety and control, but the feel of the pen on the paper was a real pleasure.
Later in the afternoon, I found the time to do some playing, and couldn't resist the Kozo paper. I drew randomly on it, experimenting with the Pitt pens to check out the quality and firmness of the line and the possible tones - more wandering lines and dots and dashes meandering across the page - very calming ...
And then some cropping and rotating and gridding of the images ...
The pens come in packs in all sorts of colours as well as separately and I bought the grey shades pack and a loose black. These seemed to feed my current fixation with black and white - tweaked a little by the grey.
When I got home, I rushed immediately to try the feel of the pens - the black first - but I saved the Kozo paper till I was in a more considered and careful mood.
I spent twenty minutes sketching the stone wall just outside my work room, looking at the shapes of the stones and the negative spaces between them. The pens will take a little getting used to as I tended to press too hard (I always do ...) and the line I produced lacked subtlety and control, but the feel of the pen on the paper was a real pleasure.
Later in the afternoon, I found the time to do some playing, and couldn't resist the Kozo paper. I drew randomly on it, experimenting with the Pitt pens to check out the quality and firmness of the line and the possible tones - more wandering lines and dots and dashes meandering across the page - very calming ...
And then some cropping and rotating and gridding of the images ...
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... just for fun ... and a bit of practice!
Ah, you have discovered them too. I take nothing else with me when I am away from home - the greys, black, and the terras. I also take a .005 pen to make extremely fine lines. I find them brilliant. It looks as if you are already enjoying yours.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Olga. I will try out the very fine pen with the Pitt pens - my wall drawing needed that, I think. Those terras looked very inviting too - perhaps my next purchase ... there is so much exciting stuff to choose from!
DeleteLove my Pitt pens.
ReplyDeleteHave a feeling I'm going to enjoy mine too ...
DeleteNow through your comment here, I've found your blog. I notice many familiar blogs in your register and I will visit you when the spirit moves me!
Playing and experimenting are such a delicious luxury. You are much braver than I at showing your drawing experiments, but you get such nice results!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, Cindi. I really enjoy 'playing' and do it a great deal. I sometimes think that my playtimes yield more goodies than my finished work - something I'm working on!
DeleteI only have one of these and love it. Love the cropped pieces.
ReplyDeleteI used one for the Dionne Swift exercise posted above ... knew it would come in handy!
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