I use a ballpoint pen for sketching in my sketch books. I thought that artists used charcoal or pencil. And I tried each of them. The charcoal was too messy but makes great drawings. I like to use it occasionally for studio work. Pencil is probably my favorite. I grew up with a stubby pencil in my hand. A pencil can create an infinite range of values and textural effects. But pencil like charcoal smudges. Smudging is a great way to create soft lines and soft textures. However, pencil drawings all get smudged by the rubbing of the pages together as you carry your sketchbook around. You can use a fixative, of course, but that adds one more item to you drawing kit. I like to keep things as simple as possible. I carry a sketch book and a black ballpoint pen. It's easy to use and doesn't smudge. The ink is waterproof so I can add a color wash without bleeding. By crosshatching and stippling many effects can be produced including a full value scale can be produced. I've been using a ballpoint pen successfully in my sketchbooks for many years now. (the casino drawing is on 1/2 page of a 5.5 x 8.5 sketchbook)Feb 9, 2009
My Favorite Drawing Tool
I use a ballpoint pen for sketching in my sketch books. I thought that artists used charcoal or pencil. And I tried each of them. The charcoal was too messy but makes great drawings. I like to use it occasionally for studio work. Pencil is probably my favorite. I grew up with a stubby pencil in my hand. A pencil can create an infinite range of values and textural effects. But pencil like charcoal smudges. Smudging is a great way to create soft lines and soft textures. However, pencil drawings all get smudged by the rubbing of the pages together as you carry your sketchbook around. You can use a fixative, of course, but that adds one more item to you drawing kit. I like to keep things as simple as possible. I carry a sketch book and a black ballpoint pen. It's easy to use and doesn't smudge. The ink is waterproof so I can add a color wash without bleeding. By crosshatching and stippling many effects can be produced including a full value scale can be produced. I've been using a ballpoint pen successfully in my sketchbooks for many years now. (the casino drawing is on 1/2 page of a 5.5 x 8.5 sketchbook)
Feb 5, 2009
Feb 4, 2009
Where's the Field and Stream?
Why are there always chic magazines at the doctor's office? Where are the Car and Driver, Field and Stream or Maxim magazines. And if you do find one it is dog-eared and missing the cover. Baby drool is often found on them too. It's not enough for there to be almost all chic mags, the few guy mags are abused too. How many times have you wanted to find the shooting specs on the new new Sig Saur 45 caliber handgun only to find out that some rug rat had torn that page of Guns & 
Ammo to shreds. This isn't the only instance of what subversive male bashing. There are others, like on television. When was the last time that you saw a woman made fun of in a commercial? Maybe 1934? A perfect example of a television ad: We see this chic talking on the phone (subject for another rant) telling her chick bud about how she has been eating apple pie and all sort of good things while the man in the background are looking for these things is the fridge. She's talking about yogurt but of course the guy doesn't know about this. So we are supposed to laugh at his apparent stupidity. Even in that pseudo-entertainment of the situation comedy, the male is always the butt of the jokes. I mean, that this goes back a long way in history. Cleopatra made fun of Mark Antony. We men just need a little respect...and more magazines.
Ammo to shreds. This isn't the only instance of what subversive male bashing. There are others, like on television. When was the last time that you saw a woman made fun of in a commercial? Maybe 1934? A perfect example of a television ad: We see this chic talking on the phone (subject for another rant) telling her chick bud about how she has been eating apple pie and all sort of good things while the man in the background are looking for these things is the fridge. She's talking about yogurt but of course the guy doesn't know about this. So we are supposed to laugh at his apparent stupidity. Even in that pseudo-entertainment of the situation comedy, the male is always the butt of the jokes. I mean, that this goes back a long way in history. Cleopatra made fun of Mark Antony. We men just need a little respect...and more magazines. After all, we can write our names in the snow!
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Feb 1, 2009
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