Getting back to pure drawing
Hand drawn notes I like the Pental Colour Brush (the big one). The brush gives a varied line from bold expressive strokes to hairline mark making. The only problem is they are not made to last. The brush is a thirsty boy and the refills are $4 a go, not sustainable really when I'm sketching and doodling the night away. There have been third party ink refill videos on YouTube but these seem to involve removing the tubes that regulate the ink flow when you give the pen barrel a squeeze. Not ideal. I made a 'Frankenstein' syringe from bits and pieces to refill ink cartridges a few years ago, and I use that to squirt a few drops of Platinum Carbon Ink into the pen barrel. You can't get much in there because of pneumatics but it's enough to keep the pen going for plenty of sketching. Another problem with using third part inks is ink flow . It's not as good as the proprietary ink that comes with the pen even with a carbon ink, which is non clogging and designed for...
