I specifically have the Vulcan's Coral and Medieval Lapis fountain pens:
Besides being nice pens in their own right, this allows me to have two colors of ink to use in my pen & ink paintings. The images are courtesy of The Goulet Pen Company.
These pens have flexible nibs, which allows the line that it draws to be larger (broader) if more pressure is applied. The following provides an example of writing using this pen. Note, the smaller, thinner up stroke on the "X" character and the broader lines in the down stroke.
This allows you to vary the width of the line based on the need to increase the amount of ink.
One caution about these pens. You must to tinker with them to get them to work well as a pen for sketching. This requires that you deepen the ink and feed channels on this pen. And you must adjust the Ebonite pen ink feed to allow as much flex as possible, while still maintaining a good flow of ink.
The following video shows how to modify the Ebonite ink feed:
And here's an example of someone using a fountain pen and a Pentel Aquash water brush to do some urban sketching:
Her is a wonderful example of what someone can do with the Noodler's Ink Creaper Flex pen. The Ahab Flex Fountain Pen is a newer version. Clearly, I've got a long way to go before I can do as well as this!
While I am not anywhere as proficient at this point, I have managed to use both the ink and the pen to attain a fairly food result. The painting below is of Ashworth Drugs in downtown Cary, NC.
The pen performed quite well. Plus the ink was superb in it's ability to act as a paint and then to become waterproof, so I could use a watercolor wash over the ink. It captures the mood of a faded photograph .. of a time long gone, which is what I hoped it would depict.
One caution about these pens. You must to tinker with them to get them to work well as a pen for sketching. This requires that you deepen the ink and feed channels on this pen. And you must adjust the Ebonite pen ink feed to allow as much flex as possible, while still maintaining a good flow of ink.
The following video shows how to modify the Ebonite ink feed:
And here's an example of someone using a fountain pen and a Pentel Aquash water brush to do some urban sketching:
Her is a wonderful example of what someone can do with the Noodler's Ink Creaper Flex pen. The Ahab Flex Fountain Pen is a newer version. Clearly, I've got a long way to go before I can do as well as this!
While I am not anywhere as proficient at this point, I have managed to use both the ink and the pen to attain a fairly food result. The painting below is of Ashworth Drugs in downtown Cary, NC.
The pen performed quite well. Plus the ink was superb in it's ability to act as a paint and then to become waterproof, so I could use a watercolor wash over the ink. It captures the mood of a faded photograph .. of a time long gone, which is what I hoped it would depict.
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