Fountain pens are not just for writing with - we also use them for doodling, sketching, colouring-in, and all kinds of art-making. Chuck, Brian, Melissa and Diana discuss their own (mostly modest) creative attempts, while Diana sits down with the illustrious Liz Steel to chat about the urban sketching movement, working in line and wash, and why she loves sketching with fountain pens.

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The hosts were Chuck Montano (@entree3000_), Brian Saputro (@briansaputro), Melissa Graf (@grafrell) and Diana Dai (@thegrynne).

FORMAT

01:38—What We Are Writing With

Melissa: Pilot Vanishing Point Twilight

Brian: Sailor Sapporo Four Seasons Meigetsu Autumn Moon Ivory Lame

Diana: Graf von Faber-Castell Intuition Platino Ebony

Chuck: Conid Minimalistica

07:00—Art-Making with Fountain Pens

Cadmium: The rare paint pigment faces a Europe-wide ban and artists are seeing red

Stippling

Melissa’s website

Noodler's Black

De Atramentis Permanent Document Inks

Sailor Kiwa-guro

Platinum Carbon Black

Katsushika Hokusai

Okiyo "floating world"

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki

Nakaya Decapod

Waterman 12

25:50 —Interview with Liz Steel

Liz Steel

@lizsteelart

SketchingNow Watercolours Course

Danny Gregory's Everyday Matters

Urban Sketchers

Gabi Campanario

Urban Sketchers Facebook Group

Urban Sketchers Sydney

@paulwang_sg

Teoh Yi Chie on Youtube, Parkablogs and @parkablogs

@kiahkiean ("KK")

Daniel Smith Cerulean Blue (Chromium)

Liz's watercolour palette

Liz's Lamy Joy and other sketching pens

Sailor Fude de Mannen

Pilot Custom 742 FA (falcon) nib

Pilot Prera

Mixing colours with De Atramentis CMYK Permanent Document Inks

Sailor Storia Mixable Pigment Inks

Super5 Waterproof Ink

Platinum Desk Pen

Goulet Guests Spotlight on Liz Steel

Lost and found edges in watercolour

Fountain Pen Sketching Series at Liz’s blog

Platinum Preppy

Pilot Kakuno

Pilot Metropolitan

Goulet Pens’ Liz Steel Package Set

01:10:00 —Recommendations

SquarePeg Studios Jewellery Courses

Mare Internum

Festival in the Desert

01:14:00 —Thanks and Credits

Producers: Diana Dai, Chuck Montano, Patrick Antolovich, Denise Tang.

Recording and editing: Patrick Antolovich, Denise Tang.

Special thanks to Liz Steel for talking to us.

Music: Michael Pearce.

Logo: Will H. Smith.

Logo artwork: Melissa Graf.