Gesture Doodles

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Some more one minute sketches with the LAMY Safari Fountain Pen.

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Going on a Safari

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Based on a recommendation from a friend, I decided to give the LAMY Safari Fountain Pen a try. My history with fountain pens has been a bit checkered. I liked the idea of the fountain pen, but I was always hesitant to invest the money into a buying a good one. As a result, I would buy cheap disposable pens and always be disappointed by the performance.

Enter the LAMY Safari Fountain Pen. While by no means cheap (it usually runs around $20-30), it has a reputation for offering similar performance compared to much more expensive fountain pens. After putting my new Safari through it’s paces for the past couple of weeks, I can say that the pen’s reputation is well deserved. Ink flows freely and the line it produces is very pleasing.

One word of advice for anyone looking to give this pen a try. The pen uses ink cartridges, which I found severely lacking. The black ink was a bit faded and it was not waterproof. Fortunately, there is an alternative. LAMY offers a converter that allows you to fill the pen with the ink of your choice, which in my case is the excellent Noodler’s Bulletproof Black ink. Armed with the Noodler’s ink, the Safari really sings.

The drawings above were gesture drawings from a recent figure drawing session. Each pose was about one or two minutes. All drawing were done with my new Safari.

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Gesture Drawings 02.22.10

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Figure Drawing 01.04.10

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A couple of warm up gesture drawings from a recent figure drawing session.

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Gesture Drawings 11.06.09

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Gesture Drawings 08.12.09

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Figure Drawing 07.06.09

ga070609Just some gesture drawings from a recent figure drawing session.

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Ink Gesture Drawings

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