This sketch was done while watching television last night. I used a lamy safari fountain pen with a fine nib and Private Reserve "Chocolate" ink in a Fabriano Artist's Journal on a dark yellow page. The book was a gift from two wonderful friends, David and Joel.
The paper has a texture to it that the fountain pen really didn't like. Each stroke was hit or miss whether the ink would flow and where. It took much longer to do the sketch this way and the feel of the pen was kind of grating. Like drawing on sand paper.
I'm switching to woodless graphite pencils as I think the tooth of the paper will work well with it. I will at some point try brush and ink also.
