EDM #105 - Salt & Pepper Shakers

Salt and pepper mills instead of shakers because I'm too lazy to get out a set of shakers. There's sea salt in the salt mill, and I prefer it over regular salt. Shaker sets are put out for company, and sometimes it's fun to use the individual salt cellars with the tiny silver spoons.

I haven't been in the mood for drawing recently, but my half-hearted attempts do keep me in practice.

EDM #103 - Exercise Equipment

It's supposed to be "exercise equipment you use", but my equipment is dusty and unused.

EDM #102 - Power Plug

Night lights a great for rooms where I have to walk in the dark to get to a lamp or light switch. They're actually bright enough to sometimes not bother with turning on a regular light if I'm only there for a moment. I'm sure I purchased more than one shell night light many years ago, but the others disappeared during a couple of moves.

Lexington Gray ink by Noodler's was used with this drawing. Even though the gray ink spreads more than the black ink, it dries quickly, does not smear, and was not affected by the watercolor. Now what do I do? If I use their black ink, it takes forever to dry enough for the watercolor, but it maintains a fine line. The Lexington Gray gives a broader line, but it can be used almost immediately with watercolor. I'll unhappily choose the Lexington Gray when I don't want to wait for hours until it's safe to use watercolor over the black

Lexington Gray Is Mushy

My two, new Pilot 78G fountain pens, fine nibs, along with a bottle of Private Reserve Chocolat arrived today! New toys!

When I tried the one I filled with Noodler's Lexington Gray, I noticed the line is soft or mushy and wider compared to Noodler's Black. This is the reason why the ink in my Lamy Safari looks like it is from a pen with a medium nib instead of an extra fine nib.

You can see by my samples that the Pilot fine nib is finer than the Lamy Safari extra fine nib no matter the ink, and the Lexington Gray has a wider line than the black no matter the pen. The scan with web resolution does not show the differences well, but it's enough to show there is some.

The Private Reserve Chocolat ink is a beautiful dark brown. It's not waterproof like the Noodler's inks, so it can be used for washes by picking up the ink from the line.

The Pilot pens and the Private Reserve ink were purchased from His Nibs. He doesn't carry the Noodler's inks.