Direct drawing...
I was playing with my Parallel Pens again the other day. Although I am in my brush phase I keep coming back to them. They are great for direct 'automatic' drawing. The shapes it can carve are different from the perceived precision of a drawn line. Like a brush the chisel tip introduces 'happy mistakes' or happy mark making into the drawing. From the person drawing point of view, this is what sparks interest and just 'going with it' gets you into a drawing flow. It introduces randomness in to the results. I don't know what the psychology behind it is, but it works. Pilot Parallel Pen. Applying colour ink with a waterbrush brush. I spent a few hours sat in front of pages just drawing what came to me. I drew within cardboard templates and taped off panels to give a structure to the grid. The Parallel Pen gives a directness to the mark making. Mostly drawn with the larger 3.8mm and 6.0mm nibs. The size of the nib means it's easy to fill the area with mea...
