Back to Sketching in My Journal

For months (since Sept 23rd), I haven't felt like sketching in my journal.  Wasn't motivated or inspired to pick up a pen or pencil.  Instead, I worked on my Ipad or did other things.  Then..........one of my dearest friends wrote saying she was in the mood to buy a new pen and asked which I tend to like best considering I had quite a variety on hand to compare and comment on.

TWSBI has turned out to be one of my top favorites.  I have the mini and I have the Eco...both with Extra Fine nibs.  I like the wetter feed and love the large ink holding capacity compared to others.  Another positive is the fact the cap screws on which helps keep the nib from drying out even if sitting for awhile. 

After sending off my response, I decided to visit my online pen supply store just to see what was offered under the TWSBI line of pens.  The 580 series grabbed my attention because you can purchase extra or replacement nibs whereas the mini and Eco doesn't have that option.  I proceeded to place one in the cart and then thought.........the last thing I need is ANOTHER pen and closed out the site.

Next day I checked my pens to see which needed cleaning and which still had ink I could test to see if they needed a jump start in writing by dipping in water.  The two pens that gave me no problem writing from the start were my TWSBIs.  Next thing I know, I'm back to the pen site and I placed the order.

Just the motivation needed to dig out my journal and my TWSBI Eco and started sketching.

First sketch is a flower off one of my Christmas Cacti that is only now flowering.  It's on a page I also wrote a quote from an episode in NCIS-LA that I loved ... "My Life Has Meaning".  Not knowing if it could be a copyright infringement sharing online, I chose to crop the illustration for posting.

Unable to sleep last night, I worked two more sketches.  This first one, I'm leaving as a pen and ink only illustration until I decide how I want to work the rest of the page.  It's one of my favorite subjects from a pot of artificial flowers simulating an actual flower arrangement my husband got me years ago.

This one I chose to add color and add this sentiment that holds true at a really trying time!  I used QoR watercolors for this.  Ink in my pen is Urban Grey.

So now I eagerly await my new TWSBI 580ALR pen.