New Pens
I'm using traditional dip pens less and less and liquid ink ball points more, however, I would love to find a pen with some flex to it. I was wondering if anyone knew of something like that? Perhaps the Tachikawa G-nib fountain pen?
~R
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don't know if it's exactly what you're looking for, but I'm currently playing with the Kaweco classic sport fountain pens.
@Richard_Pace of and that link didn't work for me. Is it possible to copy and paste it in?
this is serious thread drift.
So the jury is still out on this one.
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The local store quit carrying the windpower strathmore because it just tanked in quality. Absolute disaster. Used to use it a ton because it was cheap and reliable. I had used Canson and hated it, but the local store switched to the recycled version and it really is good. two sided, one smooth, one textured. I prefer smooth. I've used it for the past 2 (?) years and has been great. Probably the best paper I've used. The only issue I've faced with it is in a few pads the paper was somewhat wavy and did not lay flat.
Despite the reviews, I'm not certain the $90 for the sable brush pen, adapter and ink is something I'd feel comfortable getting if it underperformed or wasn't significantly better than the Pentel synthetics I'm already using. I don't mind risking $30-50 on a piece of equipment I might end up tossing aside, but $90 starts getting serious enough for me to start thinking pretty hard.
Now to drift off topic slightly. My return to crow quills was short lived, but I'm enjoying using my dip brushes again. The classic Windsor-Newton Series 7 #2 was my workhorse for years, and I still have two, but I bought a #4 recently for $40+ (it was on sale) and I find myself reaching for that increasingly. Being bigger it holds more ink, of course, for washes and nice fat lines. But the real value and why its worth the money is how well it holds a sharp fine point. I can draw a sharp fine point if I need to, but even more, it gives me great control in painting a shadow right up to a line with out wavering.
For instance, in the Nude Wonder Woman I recently drew for Jason's project the curved underside of her breast has to be drawn with a perfectly smooth line. I don't have the steadiest hand any more, so using a pen line is chancey, but with the brush, that aspect of the drawing proved easy.
OK, back to your regularly scheduled thread on brush pens.