Great video, though I'm a Spencerian student rather than an illustrator. From my experience, I highly recommend not using a lighter to prep nibs for use. Reduces their resilience to flexing, and it does a poor job of removing the residue. What you need is some isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), give it a few dips and wipe gently with a paper towel. Allows the ink to coat the nib much better, prevents hard starts and doesn't alter the metal's springiness. Just throwing that out there!

Thanks for the tip about using a sponge as an ink bottle stabiliser. I never would have thought of that.

If I paid for a video like this, I would be 100% happy. It is very indepth, very informative and You have answered all the questions I ever had! Your students are very lucky to have a lecturer like you. Thank you so much! I am sharing your video on all my social media as this is the best video I have watched - this is really an intro to pen nib and ink.

Thank you very much. I have struggled with pen and ink for some time. Your many tips cut through the problems completely. Very grateful.

Your sponge is like a work of art itself. When you introduced it in the picture, I thought it was some kind of an oil painting. Awesome :-)

Wow! Thank you so much this video was extremely informative. I didn't know anything about calligraphy pens before I watched this, now I am very confident in using my calligraphy quills!

Wow, wow I have been teaching myself the best way possible and this single handedly has taught me soooooo much, thank you so very much for shareing your knowledge in such a fantastic way

Thanks, Mindy! I'm determined to get the hang of my dip pens and now I see all that I was doing wrong.

Though i belong to the Rapidograph user group. I really loved the lovely and in detail explanation of pressure and other dynamics of dip pen. Very informative.

Really helped! Thankyou! I'm new to calligraphy and dip pens! I have sign writers in my family, so they say I should be at an advantage! Only time will tell!

Clear and concise instruction, thank you.

I wish I would have watched this video before I wasted my money on tools I didn't need. Thank you for this extremely useful video!

Very informative video, I’ve learned quite a bit! Thank you so much!

thank you ...I just bought my first pen & ink set. This was informative & helpful

i haven't bought any supplies yet. i was just browsing video... thanks mindy!! great info!! ... KOYOTE

Thank you for sharing...it was informative and a pleasure to watch!

What a VERY useful video. Thank you.

such great informative instructions!! so helpful 😊👍

Great idea with the sponge. I'll be doing the same :D

Hi, great detail on your video, it helps a lot, thank you!!

Great demonstration!

I really liked your video so I Subscribed thank you for all the good information.

Excellent video. So helpful.

Hi, very, very good video. My english is not good but i understand everything. Thank you!

Loved the video it is obvious to me that you really know the proper techniques for quill inking. Got to say that the use of the sponge and shamy (?) are certainly things I'll be using in the future. On another matter; is a bit hard to work unidirectionally (outwards) with the quills or nibs but the results are smoother as shown in your video. Again, love your video.

@Mlighthipe

3 жыл бұрын

Just switched my KZread channel and found comments from a while back. I just wanted to reach out and let you know I appreciate you leaving a comment and sorry I didn't respond. I am in the process of doing an overhaul and will do better in the future. Thanks for visiting and I am glad I could help! ~Mindy

So helpful! Thank You!

Thanks, Mindy. I love the idea of the simple sponge to hold the ink bottle. I used to put mine into a cutaway box and a certain "cat" liked to swat the box to the edge of my drawing table...but she doesn't like the moist sponge. Problem solved. (I hope!)

Muito obrigado!!

Very informative video. great job.

good tip about the reducing lens

Thanks for the information. I started doing pen(Pitt pens) and watercolour a few months ago and have just received a dip pen set for Christmas. I will do the exercises you demonstrated. Do you have any tips for criss cross and cross hatching techniques?

I am just getting started with pen and ink. Thank you for a good video.

@stevemccracken5856

9 жыл бұрын

***** Thank you. I shall be in touch. I have much to learn.

Thanks for creating this video. I found it very helpful as I'm starting out brand-new with nib inking and didn't know any of the obvious stuff you went over. Exactly what I needed. The sponge was a fantastic idea too.

@jtpinnyc

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Wood An alternative to the sponge is to just use a mug, one which is wide and short rather than narrow and tall (much harder to knock over). You can also purchase small plastic drawer organizers from Bed Bath and Beyond which are about the base area of a large soap dish, but with more height. I like to sit my ink in one of these. Impossible to knock over, and if you knock the ink bottle over it just spills into the dish rather than on the desk.

@Hala_Elsherbiny

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️💞💖 happy New Yar my friend ❤️🥰🎉🎉🎉🎉

Great tutorial.

Wonderful video. I learned so much.

that's really helpfull, thank you :D

Just FYI to the author and viewers that first nib in the "bounce test" is sprung. No nib should ever look like that with the tines apart when no pressure is applied. They will always be together and apart only when flexed unless permanently damaged - aka "sprung". Time to replace that one and be careful with applying too much pressure

@Kaotiqua

6 жыл бұрын

I winced when I saw that nib. I was like- NOOO! Stop murdering your pens! XD

@LordWhatever

5 жыл бұрын

Sprung nibs have a space and place in the work tray of illustrators in any case she used the "the sprung" to illustrate how quills yield to pressure. Is clearly visible that the drawings where made with a pristine quill.

Thanks for vid! I have a problem, in my art I draw with pencil and then ink. Sometimes after lots of erasing and redrawing the pen just wouldn’t write, as if a grease emulsion had formed onto the paper (despite my posing my palm only on protective sheet, not directly on drawing). How to avoid this? When we invent the figures frequent erasing is mandatory when comparing options. Thanks!

Can you please advise where I can purchase a reducing lens. I live in you UK. Excellent video tuition. Thank you

great video, where did you buy your reducing magnifier, been all the net artist suppliers and can not find it!

Great instruction - so you should always pull in line to the pen nib's point so that you don't create tension between the prongs of the nib and thus cause it to skip... I'd never considered that..Thanks!

Don't know why but I love the way you say ok

great lesson...I always wanted to learn the proper way to ink and proper use of nibs etc. thank you so much.I also wanted to ask you...when I'm drawing and I want a thicker line I will add a slight bit of pressure and all a huge blob of ink comes out...you know how frustrating that is (not saying that it's ever happened to you) but what am I doing wrong. Which part is the shaft...because I think I heard you say that word when you were showing how much ink get from the well? I also seem to get ink all over me...well...actually all over my fingers...lol...not me.

Very nice and good day my friend ❤️🥰 Happy New Yar 💓🎉🎉

@Mlighthipe

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video. I hope you will try pen & ink...it is very rewarding.

شكرا فيديو مفيد ☺

Thank You :)

Nice vided..Thank you :)

Thanks

Maybe I missed it but did u mention why you wipe the top of the nib after dipping?

Great tutorial!

@leomrosa

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed, very useful. Thanks!!

ese edaso de tela es lo que se usa para secar los autos son bueno para adsorben mucha agua o liquidos que sea

Great video :) Do you have tips for paper choise? I'm all new to pen and ink drawing, so I know nothing, but I have loads of diffrent paper types because I've worked many other media.

@beacreates4370

9 жыл бұрын

As Mindy said, I would use any type of Brisol paper it works great with everything.

You have awsome voice

verynice 👍👍

Thanks Mindy. The second student drawing was very helpful to me because I have trouble translating rolling or wrinkled surfaces. I typically use hatch lines or shade with a brush, but stippling has always daunted me because of the time, focus, and concentration required to capture the feature. After seeing the excellent result by your student, I plan to study botanical art examples for ideas and techniques. Thanks for that. I do have one question though, can you mix hatch and stipple? It seems from the student sample that it is not, and could be disruptive to the drawing. Thoughts? Thanks again. Excellent demonstration.

@Saginaw72

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informative answer and I will look into Judy's work. I'm a new subscriber and I am looking forward to watching more of your videos.

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I've been trying to do research on nibs to see what I'll be getting into and most of the info I've seen has been very spread out. This video has been the most informative one I've seen yet. Thank you so much for making it! I do have one question though about how messy nib drawing can be -if you don't mind taking the time. I'm a visual development student living with 2 other artists and I prefer to do my inking by hand rather than digitally. My drawing table I actually set up on our kitchen table witch me and one of the other artists converted into our desk/workstation. I did see your sponge technique but I'm still worried about getting ink on our wood table -we still use it for eating on special occasions. How messy is this medium and is it easy to clean? Would you recommend someone to wait until they have a proper work station? (Ughh, I can't wait to get a proper studio)

@jtpinnyc

9 жыл бұрын

Tony Anguiano Why not just buy two or three of those thin laminated place mats from Bed, Bath and Beyond to cover your work area with? They are just thin, smooth, flexible sheets of plastic and are ideal for keeping spills and drips off your work surface.

Oops. I was doin' the dashes. Hehehee. Thanks so much for this.

You have a beautiful speaking voice. I hope you are in broadcasting.

Why do i have to dip so much more frequently than you do ?

very very good and your good

@tamervamper

7 жыл бұрын

thank you very much

Very nice :---}

Hi Mindy.Would you please give a list of all materials that you outlined in your tutorial and tell where these can be purchased? Your tutorial was excellent, particularly as I have been doing these techniques in an art class. Thank you very much. Moira.

@Ryan-wq7dg

8 жыл бұрын

Hi Mindy, I've watched your video a ton and gave it a go with the materials you suggested. Thank you so much for your help in getting me started on using a crow quill pen. I do have a question though. After I've done a line and came back the next day, if I run my finger really hard across the line it will smear a bit. Is this normal or am i doing something wrong? Any suggestions?

@Ryan-wq7dg

7 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks Mindy! As usual, very helpful. :)

@Ryan-wq7dg

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Your tutorial videos single handedly got me back into using a crow quill dip pen. Are you on Instagram?

My greatest problem using dip pens is getting the ink to flow. Every single time I try to draw, the ink stops and I end up scratching the paper, and this is before it dries out. I end up having to drag the nib over and over until it finally starts flowing again, but soon the same thing happens. This happens even when I'm drawing simple lines (like you did in this video) for practice, so imagine the pain it is to draw shapes with them. Even when I augment the pressure and I clearly see the tips opening, the ink is still not flowing like I want to. I have almost no control over it. What do you think it's the cause of this? Could it be the quality of the nib?

@WitchettyMan

7 жыл бұрын

I see. Getting a consistent long line that looks like it was made with a single stroke is still something I'm working towards. But it looks fine when I'm doing something small just for practice though. But the tip you gave about starting a little before the tip of where you stopped was of great help, it did help to improve the consistency. And my nibs are all from different brands, and every single one of these appear to use their own way of categorizing them. That's what's so frustrating, you have to count on luck and gut calls to find what you want. And does it happen frequently to you that, when trying to get the flow back, you overink? And you end up having a line way thicker than what you were originally doing, or worse, ink feathering? In these cases you cover the mistakes with white ink, right?

@WitchettyMan

7 жыл бұрын

Does this Denril paper comes in the A4 size? The only kind of paper I use is the regular paper you use for printing, called "Chamex", that's its produced by the International Paper branch in Brazil, have you heard of it? What kind of paper i should I use, and what are the features that I should look out for when choosing paper for inking? Is the the thickness that prevents feathering? As for the ink, how do I know if it's thin enough?

@WitchettyMan

7 жыл бұрын

Mindy Lighthipe Hello Mindy, it's been a while since we talked about this, but I thought I should tell you: turns out the problem was the ink. It was só thick that It wouldn't flow through the nib, even after adding acetona. I bought one from another brand and problem was solved, now I've been able to draw with them freely. No, just one I think I noticed: I bought a very think nib that is anexo equivalent to the Maru Pen. Not exactly the same, but meant for very thin strokes, nonetheless. But anyway, this particular nib doesn't flow the ink very well when I do a long stroke. There is one that I can use to make constant long Strokes through the paper with no problem, but I can't do the same with the thin nib. Is this normal?

So do you usually hold it in that "Thumb on top" position? Or is that only for the purpose of demonstration? Cheers

@MadeinChinakiki

10 жыл бұрын

***** thanks!

do have to know how to draw to do this

How long does your favorite waterproof FW artist ink (black India) take to dry so that one can give watercolor wash over the drawing?

@arundabholkar4922

7 жыл бұрын

Appreciated!

@arundabholkar4922

7 жыл бұрын

Is it really waterproof? Did you test it? Thanks!

ups brown I had to laugh 😂😂😂

I am guessing use Rhodia paper.

I ink whit a manga Dip pen i got from alliexpress. I love that dipping pens its my favoriete dipping pen and its got 4 diffrent nibs. I have tryed all the micron pens i dind,t like them for inking. I tryed speedball inking pen i dind,t like that too. But this manga dip pen i love it. I can not draw whit out it. Its the dip pen for me. I love speedball ink and dr ph martins india inkt sets. Again i have tryed all the diffrent kinds of ink. It was a hack of a journey but my favoriete inks are speedball india ink super black 946 ml bottle so i don,t have to buy ink eveytime. This bottle will last me a long time and the dr ph martins india inkt sets.

@Mlighthipe

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I also glad you love working with the dip pen. I think it is challenging, rewarding and lots of fun! Enjoy and thank you for leaving a comment on my channel.

@lifeismusicparnadonkers

2 жыл бұрын

Hello thank you so mutch for replaying my comment and thanks for the heart. I have been using my dip pen for a few weeks now. I love my dipping pen. I,ll never go back to another pen. I learned pretty Quick whit a dip pen. I was suprised by how smooth and straight, lines are. Thanks for you,re comment. I have a lot of fun whit my dip pen. 😁👋🏼👍🏼

What exactly would happen if you didn't wipe the ink off the top of your nib? Why waste the ink? Why don't you just wipe the top of the nib on the rim of your ink bottle?

Frankly, the Speedball pens have severely dropped in quality since the old days. Better off picking up nibs from a Japanese company like Tachikawa, Zebra, etc.

Does anyone else think she sounds like allison janney?

Thank you Mindy for your very informative video - I became a subscriber of yours, you ought to watch some of my videos. Let me ask: Are you using a special type of paper? Would common printing paper not be a good idea?

@brianberger3952

10 жыл бұрын

***** I appreciate everything Mindy. Keep up all the great posts + work.

@6:40 the tines of the middle nib are splayed and ruined, just wanted to point out that doing so will destroy a big and render it unable to write properly ever again, for all the newbies watching make sure to not press down so hard that this happens. This is a “point of no return” on flex nibs you must be cautious of!!

@Mlighthipe

3 жыл бұрын

Hi MrG. Nibs - This is good advice to someone who is new to the crow quill pen. This particular nib I used was VERY flexible and it may appear that I was pressing super hard....I was gentle. Thanks for pointing this out to new users as they often will try to "control" the pen by too pressing hard and ultimately breaking the tines..

@pantalonious3984

3 жыл бұрын

@@MlighthipeI know I have certainly broken 1 or 2 in my beginner days. I really enjoyed the video !! There aren’t many that go so in depth like you have. I really appreciate that :-)

@Mlighthipe

3 жыл бұрын

@@pantalonious3984 So glad you enjoyed it!

Lines are cool and all, but this video does not explain how to DRAW.

@pesto12601

9 жыл бұрын

NotOrdinaryInGames Pick up pen.. move hand... now you know!

@NotOrdinaryInGames

9 жыл бұрын

pesto12601 Very funny. When I move the pen up it is scratching the paper and the result just looks bad. I'll stick with the brush.

@pesto12601

9 жыл бұрын

NotOrdinaryInGames Perhaps you aren't supposed to move the pen but instead move it in a down motion... not sure myself as I don't use these types of pens.. good luck and don't give it up!