Sketching weekend and a new pen

Posted: September 20th, 2010 | Author: Don Low | Filed under: sketch, sketchwalk | 3 Comments »

Weekend was a blast! Swam in the Infinity Pool, bought a new pen for myself – the second HERO fountain pen which cost SGD29. Sketched at National Library and read @ Basheer – didn’t buy any books – must save money for other thing….

View from National Library @ Hans Cafe

The above sketch was done with a Hero and colored back home. Here’s a sketch of the other Hero I bought @ Straits Commercial. The thinner version with a metallic grip. It has a stiffer nib but still gives a great variety of line thickness and quality. I loaded my older Hero with Polar Brown Noodlers Ink and now it is working much better. I think I have to work it more often in order to prevent clogging.

My new Hero Fountain Pen

Another sketch done with the fatter Hero fountain pen, and painted at home over the weekend.  The problem with this pen was the ink would once in a while stop flowing out of the nib. I have to give the ink converter cartridge a push to remove any trapped air bubbles to aid the flow. Or dipping into an ink pot may help too – that could be a little messy.

Changi Road Kopitiam Colored

Thank you! I hope it is okay to post these. :P

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3 Comments on “Sketching weekend and a new pen”

  1. 1 Momo said at 8:12 am on September 21st, 2010:

    Great drawing.

    Inspired each time all of you share about techniques and tools. On my to-get list: fountain pen.

  2. 2 mindflyer said at 10:59 am on September 21st, 2010:

    Momo- only buy from shops that allow u to test.
    U need to try a fountain pen to see if u like the feel.

    If getting Lamy’s- be aware there are about 7 different nibs.
    http://sparklingsilvia.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/lamy-pen-tutorial-101/

    HTH :)

  3. 3 Don Low said at 3:41 pm on September 21st, 2010:

    Momo, Mike is right. Straits Commercial allows you to try out the pen before you buy it – they are carrying Hero. As for Lamy, it is available almost everywhere – Kino & PageOne esp. I have 3 Lamy fountain pens – personally I like size F, if not you may get M if you like thicker line width. Remember to use fountain pen ink to avoid the pen from clogging up. :)