Ink thoughts

[jeliza]

 My brain has suddenly decided that most of my drawing issues would be solved with a fountain pen. I do not know this to be true, but am starting to think it is worth a try - I dislike markers for how they *feel* as they draw, both in how it feels to my hand and the drag of the ink across the paper, and the regularity of the line. In the drawing class where we used ink, I loved working with a really thin brush or reed and pot of ink (which is too messy for working portably.)

Brush pens seem like the easy solution but in practice I start getting painterly with them immediately, and I want a comfortable way to work with line. 

So. Have any of you used a fountain pen? How do they compare, action wise, to something like a good ball point?

Comments

[sirriamnis]

I have some Pilot Metropolitans looking for a good home, if you want to try with something low investment.

[jeliza]

I'd love to try one. How would we make that happen?

[sirriamnis]

We can do coffee some weekend? Unless you want to come by my office on the UW campus some day.

[jeliza]

Coffee would be great! Are you available on the weekend of the 10th?

[sirriamnis]

I should be. I think we have DnD on Saturday afternoon, but I might be able to do some time on Sunday. The weekend of the 17th I should definitely be free at least one day.

[sirriamnis]

I am free the weekend of the 10th, on at least one day.

[bitterlawngnome]

It’s quite different but I’d be hard pressed to describe it exactly. The speed you move the nib, the pressure you use, how you hesitate, the opacity and viscosity of the ink are all different. I find it a lot more deliberate. And it won’t skate the way ballpoints do, it does *exactly* what you give it and then stops.