Comments on: Dip pens!

By: Lost In Wonder

Lost In Wonder — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:20:00 +0000

I love these drawings, and I can’t believe how controlled your dip pen pieces are. I always get blothces and those skippy lines when the ink runs dry.

By: Dixie

Dixie — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:54:00 +0000

your drawings look amazing. i wish i was able to draw like that with ink. the last time i tried i spilt the bottle of indian ink on my carpet. lets just say i now know that spilling liquids on carpet can become permanent stains. lol.

By: BMoon

BMoon — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:19:00 +0000

Lovely ink drawings…so concise and the hatching superb. Love the ink colors….what kind do you use?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:19:00 +0000

I am so new to blogging. I have learned a lot about pens, paint and paper over the past months as I have read all the emails and visited blogs. I love your “dip pen” drawings. I’m not sure I even I now what they are. I’ve just discovered that Pigma Micron won’t bleed when I use watercolor. I have a lot to learn…

Your drawings and paintings are wonderful.

By: E-J

E-J — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Beautiful little ink bottles! I would love to learn to hatch that delicately.

For months I’ve been meaning to venture out with my dip pen to sketch geese down by the river – the first exercise in Sarah Simblet’s “The Drawing Book”. The thought of spilling ink all over myself is definitely one of the reasons I’ve not yet done it!

By: juj

juj — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:02:00 +0000

beautiful beautiful beautiful!! oh my gosh Nina! I am in LOVE with all of these!!

By: littlemithi

littlemithi — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:55:00 +0000

Wow! Those flowers are BEAUTIFUL! I know what you mean about the quality of dip-pens … can’t get anything else to come close. I carry some little plastic soya sauce bottles (the kind you get when you buy sushi) filled with ink, in a little tin when I go out drawing sometimes. My nibs live in the tin too, and when I draw I leave the bottles in the tin so any spillage is caught inside the tin. Maybe you too can make a small portable drawing tin

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:50:00 +0000

Great Sketches and I love learning about new tools/toys!

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:26:00 +0000

These are beautiful, Nina! When I was a student (in design), we used the dip pens and the technical pens a lot…long before the disposable technical pens of today. You have made your pens sing! I can’t wait to see what you do next.

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:22:00 +0000

Stunning drawings Nina! Thanks for sharing and I enjoyed your commentary too. When I’m brave enough I’ll have to try pen and ink