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#penandink

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Hollie

Jaime and I had our regular brunch today and as usual I added to the "brunch book", a homemade sketchbook where I sketch a page while we talk. Today it was the french press on my table holding our first pot of tea. Haven't painted this yet, she just left and I'm trying to decide on colors.

Highly recommend getting into a regular social habit with a friend if you can manage it. It REALLY helps the despair.

Pen and ink drawing of a french press, with tea leaves at the bottom and a reflection of the room behind me drawn into the lid, outline of my shape and a doorway on either side. The lines are made with a bent-tip fude pen and so are thick and thin and wonky, hopefully in a fun way. The date on the side says April 20th, 2025.
#PenAndInk#ArtJournal#FrenchPress
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The Wee Owl Art

The Easter bunny, originally called "Oschter Haws," or Easter Hare, who lays a nest of colourful eggs for well-behaved children, hails from Germany. The earliest known mention is from a German text from 1572.
theweeowlart.etsy.com/listing/

#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#Hare #AnimalArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #PenAndInk #ColourPencil #MixedMedia #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop

A portrait drawing of a brown hare with plants and a lilac background. The drawing is on brown pastel paper. The brown hare is known for its long ears and fast running, it can reach speeds of 45mph when evading predators. It is thought to have been introduced into the UK in Roman times. An original art work Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm). Sold unframed
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The Wee Owl Art

Happy Easter
To all who celebrate, have a great day! Hope you get a nice chocolate egg.
My shop will be open all weekend, orders will be posted out on Tuesday. Thank you everyone!
etsy.com/shop/TheWeeOwlArt

#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#HappyEaster #EasterBunny #Hare #nest #chicken #flowers #OriginalArt #Drawing #PenAndInk #ColourPencil #MixedMedia #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop

A photo collage of some of my artwork with a Happy Easter Banner: A patch of pink cosmos flowers, A Hare, A goose with goslings, a chicken, a nest of blackbird eggs and a rabbit with babies.
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redbanjer 🪕🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽

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Although I have about 30 pretty fountain pens, lately I've been experiencing such joy in reaching for a bottle of ink and a simple dip pen with steel pointed nib. I have several nib holders with various nibs installed and it seems no matter which one i grab I'm enjoying the act of cursive writing. I write 1 page journal entries every few days, and i write notes and cards to people by hand now. Sometimes i use one of my fountain pens, but mostly these days i reach for a dip pen- it's so beautifully uncomplicated and immediate.

Periodically dipping the nib into the inkwell and giving a slight tap on the well or bottle lip to drop the excess off the nib before writing ten words or so... then another little dip and tap. The gentle scratching sound of the nib bouncing over loops, crosses, and dots forming words. The exquisitely fine hairline curls and luxurious thick ribbons possible with the flexible pin-sharp steel nib. The satisfaction in getting just the right amount of ink on the nib, how the ink coats the nib. There is something profoundly pleasant and comforting in this simplicity of this little ritual. It calms and soothes me....

@penfount #fountainpen #penandink #dippens #fountainpens #OldInkDay #handwriting #cursivewriting #calligraphy

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redbanjer 🪕🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽

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...I don't feel the need to buy more fancy pens or fancy inks at this point. I have good paper, I have over a dozen variously colored lovely bottles of ink. I have enough fun fountain pens. And i have enough different dip pen nibs to last a long while, along with 6 inexpensive but perfectly serviceable nib holders. What i have could last me for many years.
Have i reached my 'set point'? Have I lost the need for a new pen fix in hopes of finding my own 'grail pen'? Maybe so, but the better question is am I Happy with the writing supplies I have, and the answer to that is very much yes.
@penfount #fountainpen #penandink #dippens #fountainpens #OldInkDay #handwriting #cursivewriting #calligraphy

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