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Ink and wash in a Stillman and Birn Zeta sketchbook. This mourning dove had just left the nest. The parents checked it often, and after a few weeks, it was able to fly away confidently.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve drifted back to ink after a few weeks with acrylic. Since I stopped painting watercolors, I\u2019ve also stopped keeping sketchbooks other than a place to practice rough pencil drawings. The other day I realized I wanted a good, old-fashioned sketchbook, a place for all kinds of sketches using all kinds of media. The only rule would be that I plan the sketch first, so, hopefully, the sketchbook would become a kind of final project on its own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I filled my Moonman M2 fountain pen with De Atramentis document ink in black. It\u2019s perfect to use with washes because it\u2019s waterproof. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve used Stillman and Birn<\/a> sketchbooks before, and they offer sturdy paper in multiple surfaces, sizes, and bindings. I chose the hardcover Zeta in the largest format, 8.25\u201dx11.75\u201d. The surface is smooth enough for pen and ink but heavy enough for multiple washes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas this year has a distinctive pen and ink theme.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Within the pages of a sketchbook I can use any media and not worry about lightfastness. Suddenly, all the beautiful, dye-based inks are an option. I can put down a line drawing in permanent ink and use washes of brilliant, colorful ink over the top. I can also use acrylics, watercolor, pencil, and pretty much anything that strikes me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas this year has a pen and ink theme, and I\u2019m starting a collection. I pulled out my existing pens (two Moonman minis, one Moonman M2, and a Sailor fude) and I\u2019m adding a Twsbi Eco-T, a Moonman with a glass nib, and a dip pen with many nibs. Because I can never make up my mind, I bought two sample ink sets from Goulet pens<\/a>, one consisting entirely of inks that sparkle. They\u2019re lovely. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve drifted back to ink after a few weeks with acrylic. Since I stopped painting watercolors, I\u2019ve also stopped keeping sketchbooks other than a place to practice rough pencil drawings. The other day I realized I wanted a good, old-fashioned sketchbook, a place for all kinds of sketches using all kinds of media. The only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[380,566],"tags":[356,452,461,573,458,572,487,574],"class_list":["post-1984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-ink","tag-art","tag-fountain-pen","tag-ink","tag-mourning-dove","tag-pen","tag-sketchbook","tag-stillman-and-birn","tag-zeta"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3wmm6-w0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1985,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions\/1985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}