He's not the only fiddler here. I'm another one, but I was doing my fiddling with a dip pen and ink, which I haven't done in years. I was kind of hesitant, since it's been a long time, but I remembered how much I used to like using this technique. I drew with a 512EF bowl dip nib and then applied water. I love the way these kinds of nibs make contact with the paper. They don't run smoothly like ballpoints and they sort of 'catch' every now and then, which I think gives an interesting look. Now I'm not saying the lines in
this sketch are interesting, since I pretty much covered them up with water, but the nibs
can and
do provide these textures most of the time. This sketch is on 12 x 9" mixed media paper. Thanks for looking!
