Inktober is coming! Inktober is coming! Every October, the inking nerds celebrate all month by drawing every day – if you’ve ever wanted to join in, why not try? Grab a pen of any kind and a sketchbook – and make a few marks every day!
Supplies for this project are linked at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links may be used at no cost to you.
I decided to finally do a comparison of some nib sizes; I had noticed before that not all “fine” size nibs are the same — each brand differs. But I hadn’t checked to see what other pens might have the same widths. So check out my first video with that test, then scroll for a little bonus video!
Here’s the comparison of nibs….
And my sweet little mouse!
New class!
Just in time for Inktober – you can “make” yourself do some sketching each day by joining in the new class. It’s 10 lessons but I’m going to make an educated guess that lots won’t finish a panel a day for 10 days – feel free to post “WIP” (“works in progess”) and stretch it out through the month of October.
Sign up for class for the $4 the launch discount!
NOTE The Pentalic accordion sketchbook is out of stock on Amazon and I couldn’t find anywhere to get it til it’s restocked. BUT – I figured out how to make one, and show you how in this quick little bonus video. You can even make yourself one and not take the class, just start drawing in it! Supplies are linked below.
Alrighty, I’ll get out of your inbox for now – just wanted to get this out to you so you have time to get set for October 1. I’ll be back with a card post in a couple days!
Supplies
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- Fountain Pens:
- Visconti Mirage Fountain Pen AMZ
- TWSBI Eco Fountain Pen Extra fine| Fine| Medium
- Technical Pen:
- Rotring Isograph Pencil + 3 pens set OR .20 pen only
- Nonrefillable pens:
- Accordion sketchbooks:
- Pentalic Accordion Sketchbook
- To make your own sketchbook:
- Canson XL watercolor pad – EH – Blick
- Scor-buddy
- Be Creative Tape, 1.5″
Love your little mouse! And that class looks like fun!
This sounds interesting. I bet it will be as fun as all those watercolors you did in July. Have a great Sunday
Just giving you a heads up that the YouTube video is private. I cannot wait to sign up for this class!
Yup apparently my scheduling skills aren’t what they ought to be…
No worries! Frankly I’m amazed that you, along with the other artists and craftspeople I follow, navigate the digital waters as well as you do. Looking at the reviews on Blick, the Rotring isograph pens seem to have better reviews than the latest Koh-I-Nor pens. I was all set to spring for the latter, but now I’m having second thoughts. No matter, I need to wait until after I get settled in my condo so I have a couple months to mull it over. Doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy watching the lessons in the meantime. 😉
I used (and broke, ha) Kohinoor pens in college – these seem to be more cheaply made but maybe I’m better at taking care of art supplies now! lol. Also one reason for more Rotring reviews – PeterDraws uses them a ton, and there arent many out there who use Kohinoor. So there’s that.