Comments on: My Pocket Rembrandt http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:09:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ChrisCP http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/comment-page-1/#comment-764045 ChrisCP Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:27:17 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/03/my-pocket-rembrandt/#comment-764045 Been using Noodler's black in a fountain pen (my fave drawing pen), which won't run when it's dry. Then a waterbrush and wash of whatever I choose from a 1/2 pan set. Haven't tried a sepia-ish wash yet, though. Noodler's makes a rainbow of fountain pen inks at this point. I have a small sample of their walnut brown color and I love it in a flex-nibbed pen, but I don't know how it compares to real walnut ink. Been using Noodler’s black in a fountain pen (my fave drawing pen), which won’t run when it’s dry. Then a waterbrush and wash of whatever I choose from a 1/2 pan set. Haven’t tried a sepia-ish wash yet, though.

Noodler’s makes a rainbow of fountain pen inks at this point. I have a small sample of their walnut brown color and I love it in a flex-nibbed pen, but I don’t know how it compares to real walnut ink.

]]> By: tim b http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/comment-page-1/#comment-702650 tim b Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:13:36 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/03/my-pocket-rembrandt/#comment-702650 Run do not walk to the nearest purveyor of Walnut Ink... it's lovely, rich, interesting to work with in a variety of ways. I'm also a big fan of the Niji waterbrush, which unlike some of the other brush pens I've run across, has soft sides, which lets you squeeze gently while you work to increase the flow of water, diluted ink or whatever else you've filled it with onto the page. The same feature - used in reverse - lets you draw excess off, giving an overall more watercolor-like experience with a lot more convenience. I love it for subway and street sketches, or anyplace else I have to work with minimal materials. At the moment, my sketch kit has one with diluted ink and one with clear water. After learning so much at this site, it's nice to be able to offer something back. Hope it's useful. Run do not walk to the nearest purveyor of Walnut Ink… it’s lovely, rich, interesting to work with in a variety of ways. I’m also a big fan of the Niji waterbrush, which unlike some of the other brush pens I’ve run across, has soft sides, which lets you squeeze gently while you work to increase the flow of water, diluted ink or whatever else you’ve filled it with onto the page. The same feature – used in reverse – lets you draw excess off, giving an overall more watercolor-like experience with a lot more convenience. I love it for subway and street sketches, or anyplace else I have to work with minimal materials.

At the moment, my sketch kit has one with diluted ink and one with clear water.

After learning so much at this site, it’s nice to be able to offer something back. Hope it’s useful.

]]> By: Cameron Pfiffner http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/comment-page-1/#comment-700809 Cameron Pfiffner Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:27:47 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/03/my-pocket-rembrandt/#comment-700809 Yeah, Charley, I tried to make bistre as well, boiling the soot from a fireplace chimney for hours on end. The result was nearly imperceptible. Too bad! I've also used feathers and reeds as pens. All this was inspired and guided by that James Watrous book on drawing media and techniques. Yeah, Charley,
I tried to make bistre as well, boiling the soot from a fireplace chimney for hours on end. The result was nearly imperceptible. Too bad! I’ve also used feathers and reeds as pens. All this was inspired and guided by that James Watrous book on drawing media and techniques.

]]> By: shane pierce http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/comment-page-1/#comment-698394 shane pierce Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:49:09 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/03/my-pocket-rembrandt/#comment-698394 nice info man - thanks! nice info man – thanks!

]]> By: Matt Jones http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/comment-page-1/#comment-697166 Matt Jones Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:29:34 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/03/my-pocket-rembrandt/#comment-697166 Fantastically informative post! Great links too, thanks! Fantastically informative post! Great links too, thanks!

]]> By: Randall Ensley http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/comment-page-1/#comment-696537 Randall Ensley Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:21:35 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/03/my-pocket-rembrandt/#comment-696537 Charley, Ha, I knew we thought alike. I too have to recommend Guptill's Rendering in Pen and Ink. It is at most libraries for free just waiting for future artists' to check it out. I have been using the Sakura Microns for about five years. Great variety of sizes and relatively inexpensive. Going to New York Comic Con? Charley, Ha, I knew we thought alike. I too have to recommend Guptill’s Rendering in Pen and Ink. It is at most libraries for free just waiting for future artists’ to check it out.
I have been using the Sakura Microns for about five years. Great variety of sizes and relatively inexpensive.
Going to New York Comic Con?

]]> By: James Gurney http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/comment-page-1/#comment-696511 James Gurney Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:55:03 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/03/my-pocket-rembrandt/#comment-696511 What a helpful post, in so many ways. Thanks for all those links. You're right that it really helps to see the Rembrandt drawings in color. That ink and wash drawing with the stormy sky is a nice mix of line and tone. Fountain pens also work well with brown ink, if you don't mind the washes dissolving the line. You can get Waterman brown cartridges only in Europe, but the pump refillers let you use sepia water base inks. Schaeffer also makes a brown fountain pen cartridge. Please share more of your sketchbooks! What a helpful post, in so many ways. Thanks for all those links. You’re right that it really helps to see the Rembrandt drawings in color. That ink and wash drawing with the stormy sky is a nice mix of line and tone.

Fountain pens also work well with brown ink, if you don’t mind the washes dissolving the line. You can get Waterman brown cartridges only in Europe, but the pump refillers let you use sepia water base inks. Schaeffer also makes a brown fountain pen cartridge.

Please share more of your sketchbooks!

]]> By: David Clemons http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/comment-page-1/#comment-696495 David Clemons Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:30:11 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/03/my-pocket-rembrandt/#comment-696495 Genuine bistre ink is very difficult to find. Sennelier makes a decent version of it as a shellac based ink in a bottle. Genuine bistre ink is very difficult to find. Sennelier makes a decent version of it as a shellac based ink in a bottle.

]]> By: Richard Rabkin http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/comment-page-1/#comment-696473 Richard Rabkin Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:37:07 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/03/my-pocket-rembrandt/#comment-696473 Walnut ink addendum: the commonly found walnut ink is made by Tom Norton in Cambridge, Ma who also makes a "drawing stick" which is a reed pen (bamboo) with a pen at one end and a sponge brush at the other. The URL below has information and view of the drawing stick. You can click on link to more information. www.wetpaintart.com/Product_Archive/Drawing_&_Writing/Inks/Tom- Norton-Design/ecomminktnd.asp Walnut ink addendum: the commonly found walnut ink is made by Tom Norton in Cambridge, Ma who also makes a “drawing stick” which is a reed pen (bamboo) with a pen at one end and a sponge brush at the other. The URL below has information and view of the drawing stick. You can click on link to more information.

http://www.wetpaintart.com/Product_Archive/Drawing_&_Writing/Inks/Tom- Norton-Design/ecomminktnd.asp

]]> By: David Clemons http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/02/my-pocket-rembrandt/comment-page-1/#comment-696360 David Clemons Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:26:56 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/03/my-pocket-rembrandt/#comment-696360 I would also recommend the Faber-Castell PITT brush pen, which comes in a sepia tone. They also have a nice sanguine and range of grays. Also take a look at the Marvy Le-Plume markers, available as water resistant or water-soluble. The Tombow pens I'm fairly certain are dye-based inks, but PITT and Le-Plume are pigmented, FYI. I would also recommend the Faber-Castell PITT brush pen, which comes in a sepia tone. They also have a nice sanguine and range of grays. Also take a look at the Marvy Le-Plume markers, available as water resistant or water-soluble. The Tombow pens I’m fairly certain are dye-based inks, but PITT and Le-Plume are pigmented, FYI.

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