Tid bits

I've been unable to shake the depression caused by my rotring isograph pen which refuses to work, that is there's no ink seeping out of the nib and it won't write and I absolutely need that for stippling purposes.
I've washed and refilled the ink but it won't still work and my heart sinks each time the extremely sharp point of the the pen leaves minute dents on the paper which vanish because there's no ink to make them permanent.
Ah, a new black and white ink drawing after ages and it's most exhilarating to just sit and draw with black ink on nice white paper.

One of the most frequently used fineliner point in most of my drawings is .05 and it's funny how different each of these points can vary from pen to pen.
The best .05 that I've ever used is one from Mitsubishi called 'uni pin fine line' and it's the best one in business. It has the finest tip I've seen and known and the strokes it gives are so extremely precise it makes my heart glow. There's no feathering of ink on any surface, the thinness of the the point gives more control and precision and using it at a particular angle to create extreme thin strokes that start from normal and then fade into grey to invisible is almost whimsical and useful when drawing something typical of the kind.
I've recently bought some more pens that are .03 and imagine my shock and horror when I used those for stippling and found them to be almost similar to .05 one. Not that they aren't good, but definitely not for stippling on a small surface.

Right, I was disturbed in my artful meditation by a horde of kids who successfully turned the tasteful interiors of my casa into a sort of ramshackle existence by prancing, dancing and generally being kids.

I do hate getting interrupted during some work I'm profoundly engrossed in and having to suddenly switch my mind from extreme concentration to that one of extreme caution is a bit harrowing.
Not that I'm complaining.

so the progress is slow and I can only hope to complete it by the end of the week after which I will start another and then perhaps some watercolours.

Also, thinking of giving acrylics a spin.
Let's see how it all holds.