More blue

Lamy Safari fountain pen with blue ink, in large A4 moleskine cahier.

Knitting

Pen and watercolour in large moleskine sketchbook.

Copenhagen cafe

Sketch from Cafe Fokus in Copenhagen where I had a cup of tea after wandering around the new covered market, Torvehallerne.

Pen and markers in pocket sketchbook.

Lussy

My friend's dog in her basket - getting older and a bit eccentric these days, as is the privilege of all those who hang on for long enough.

Watercolour and waterbrush in the Moleskine watercolour journal.

Ferry sketching

Weekend trip to Copenhagen. I used the oportunity to sketch on the ferry during our crossing from Aarhus to Sjællands-Odde.





I had time enough to sketch in pencil and ink, and clean up my page a bit. Watercolour was added later from memory, aided by a rather blurry and under-exposed camerphone snapshot.



Do you take notes on colour or use a snapshot for reference when adding colour later? I do either, depending on the scene and how much time I have available.

Blue

Lamy Safari fountain pen with blue ink in large A4 Moleskine cahier.

Lunch

At Sigfred's Kaffebar. These two had perfectly mirrored noses and lunches - perhaps sisters, or mother and daughter. One was very still, the other animated.





0.4 mm ink pen with a touch of marker and coloured pencil.

Denmark - Portugal

Big head. Markers and colour pencils.

Reflection

blue foot -
reflection across the north sea
through the web's aether

original blue foot

Lamy safari fountain pen with blue ink, and a touch of waterbrush, in pocket sketchbook.

Pendler

Sketches in my pocket journal on my way home from work. Ink pen, marker, colour pencil.

New pen

I got a new pen - a Lamy Safari fountain pen - and have been trying it out with the standard blue ink cartridge it came with.





I have a converter I can use for my own ink, and want a permanent ink that I can also use with watercolour on top, but I'm a bit worried the pen will dry and clog. Do you have a fountain pen you use for drawing? Which kind of ink do you use in your pen? Will Indian ink ruin the pen? Please share your experiences in comments.