TL;DR: There’s more to the Hedgy family – meet Cousin Chorm!
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Little Hedgy
TL;DR: Next to Hedgy the Hedgehog, there’s a Little Hedgy.
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Hedgy in the Rain
TL;DR: What happens when Hedgy is caught by a cold rain?
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Drawings Index
TL;DR: I’ve showcased already a few drawings, and soon there should be more of them. After all, this website is fountainpens4drawing… So let’s index them, to make them more easily accessible.
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Drawing Hedgy
TL;DR: Quick drawings of Hedgy in action, using Lamy pens.
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Hedgy in Watercolor -OR- Experiments With Pens and Inks
TL;DR: Making a watercolor painting in ink is not as easy as it seemed when I was a kid. Here, one of my early, but still recent, processes: (1) Ink the fountain pens, (2) Explore ink palette for the day, (3) Test ink mixtures and water brush effects, (4) Draw in pen, (5) Spread with water brush.
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Humble Beginnings – Two Sailor Fude DE Mannen and Two Inks
TL;DR: This website is (mostly) about drawing with fountain pens. How did it all start? With two fountain pens, both Sailor Fude DE Mannen (the 11-0127 series) and two Pilot Iroshizuku inks.
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Urban Sketching in Tarragona -OR- Enters a Geha 722 (1970s)
TL;DR: Urban sketching (usk) is what got me to try out fountain pens. This time, I’m usking in Tarragona, UNESCO World Heritage site with, among others, Roman vestiges. The result? See Figure 1.
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Pallas’ cat, the grumpiest in the world -OR- PILOT Elite with 18k F nib (1974)
TL;DR: Did you know Pallas’ cat is the grumpiest in the world? It must be true, because that’s what David Attenborough said during his Frozen Planet II coverage of this grumpy cat (for the whole series, start here). Great subject for a PILOT Elite tryout!
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