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Figure Drawing 01.29.12

trev — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:35:41 +0000

Gesture Drawings 01.27.12

trev — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:29:56 +0000

Figure Drawing 01.26.12

trev — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:58:47 +0000

Figure Drawing 01.25.12

trev — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:09:06 +0000

Figure Drawing 01.18.12

trev — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:52:44 +0000

Figure Drawing 01.09.12

trev — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:12:38 +0000

Figure Drawing 01.04.12

trev — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:49:15 +0000

I’ve been having fun trying out a new Noodler’s Ahab Flex pen I got from Goulet Pens. The pen is great. Same great value that you get with the Noodler’s Piston Fill Fountain Pen, but with a more flexible nib and a bigger ink reservoir.

I’ve had less success with the new ink I’ve been trying out with it. I’m a big fan of Noodler’s Bulletproof Black ink when using my fountain pens. When I bought the Ahab, I decided to give a new ink a try so I picked up a bottle of Noodler’s Heart of Darkness. While Heart of Darkness it is technically categorized as “bulletproof”, I have found that it takes forever to dry. This makes it very difficult to use as with watercolors unless I let my drawing sit a day or two to dry. You can see the results of not waiting for the ink to dry properly in the drawing above – an inky mess. It’s too bad, otherwise the ink looks great.

Figure Drawing 01.03.12

trev — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:47:33 +0000

Figure Drawing 01.02.12

trev — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:45:18 +0000

Figure Drawing 12.23.11

trev — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:25:54 +0000