Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Hello Sailor!

The Sailor Fude pen, as recommended by Mike Daikubara in his book "Sketch Now, think later" is something I was wary of as I had never got on with calligraphy pens.

However, another Reading sketcher Mohan had a 55 degree nib and though I found it tricky to use, I was inspired to buy one.
I bought a 40 degree one which is supposed to better suited to smaller sketches according to online reviews and found that I really like it. All those line widths in just one pen. This has not led to a reduction in pens I still carry.


Here's a selection of some of my initial sketches using the Sailor Fude.











The Reading Sketchers are meeting again at MERL  11am on Sunday December 10, 2017.