In which I practice it with a dip pen, and make a mess. The smudges, the arm…. Actually both arms, but that’s a drawing issue, not the pen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since I’ve also been working on a commission of an ink drawing (which should be done by the time I post this), this was necessary practice … and mess. \u00a0I sure like that crow nib though.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In which I practice it with a dip pen, and make a mess. The smudges, the arm…. Actually both arms, but that’s a drawing issue, not the pen.\u00a0 Since I’ve also been working on a commission of an ink drawing (which should be done by the time I post this),… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-fr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2171,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-lots-of-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":957,"position":0},"title":"sketchbook \/\/ lots of books","author":"Kir","date":"26 August 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I may occasionally do things like this. 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