Because Lyon Requested It…

June 1, 2005 at 5:36 pm · Posted by karl

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The brush pen! Basically, it’s just a pen with a flexible tip (of varying size) like a brush. I bought a couple of Faber Castell brush pens to play with and really enjoyed them, but I tend to draw really quickly and abuse the tip, thus losing the fine point, so these were useless to me after only a few sketches.
This past weekend, however, I was given a hot tip about the fabled Pentel Brush Pen (see above). It’s got a more durable brush, comes in a couple of sizes, and is refillable!! I tested Forsythe’s and then ran out and bought one of my own.
Used by the likes of Craig Thompson, Cameron Stewart and Carla Speed McNeil, how can you go wrong??

8 Comments

  Danny Truong wrote @ June 1st, 2005 at 8:43 pm

I would like to take partial blame….sorta. More importantly, I would like to thank Karl and Matthew for the sketches they did for me this past TCAF weekend. I also hope to get Kalman to crank a sketch for me this summer at the Toronto Summer end. http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?GSub=9815

  Lyon wrote @ June 1st, 2005 at 11:14 pm

Now THAT’S service!

  matt wrote @ June 2nd, 2005 at 1:28 am

whoa! hey thanks for scanning and posting those danny! you’re a champ!

  kalman wrote @ June 2nd, 2005 at 1:49 am

You got it Danny, I’ve got a piece of bristol right here with your name on it!

  Jonathan Ellis wrote @ June 2nd, 2005 at 5:47 am

We were calling around the city to see if anyone had the zebra brush pen in stock during tcaf - which they didn’t - is this available locally/hold up to the zebra?

  Karl wrote @ June 2nd, 2005 at 1:54 pm

I’ve never tried the Zebra, but I looked it up and it seems to have a slightly smaller tip, which is nice.
I bought the Pentel around the corner from TCAF, at a little art store on Bloor. I think they’re pretty easy to get a hold of, and they cost about 15 bucks, with 4-pack refills at 6/7 dollars a pop.
The Faber Castell pens are more ubiquitous, and cheaper, but also more disposable, Oh, the choices!

  Lyon wrote @ June 3rd, 2005 at 3:06 am

Holy frickin’ pricey Batman! Well that’s done for me then. Nothing like a hefty pricetag to kill idle curiosity. Back to scratching on slate with a burnt stick for me…

  cuessir wrote @ June 3rd, 2005 at 4:12 pm

Uh, KarlÉit’s just a sexy pen.

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