Ruling Pen Help - The Picture Framers Grumble
2017年8月13日 · And while my vintage ruling pen is not that old as 1780, it is more than 50 years old. I will use the same basic technique, using materials that were available back then [being ink, gauche or watercolor]. To me, using acrylic in an antique or vintage ruling pen is like buying a $100.00 bottle of tequila, and then using grocery store bought sour ...
Ruling Pen | The Picture Framers Grumble
2007年7月19日 · Ok, I wanted a "decent" ruling pen. Maria Nucci is going to do a workshop on French Matting in October for the NEPPFA chapter. I thought I'd practice a little. I tried to buy from United, then M&M. Apparently, they have either discontinued them, or …
Ruling Pen Recommendations? - The Picture Framers Grumble
2009年2月13日 · lots of ruling pens on ebay I have a "contemporary" ruling pen I bought a few years ago for about $7. I always thought it was kind of flimsy. I just picked up two over the last couple of weeks. A K&E and a Dietzgen for about $25 total, including shipping. The …
French matting/ruling pen help needed - The Picture Framers …
2006年2月22日 · With all the latest threads on French matting, it got me inspired to dig out the ruling pen (an Alvin #996) that I bought last fall and try it out. I practiced for a few hours yesterday and started again this morning, mostly just drawing lines for now. I'm running into a couple of problems and...
Inks for ruling pen | The Picture Framers Grumble
2003年12月2日 · For colored pen lines, thinned acrylic artists paint works well. "You have to be relatively intelligent to realize how stupid you are" John Cleese "A lifetime of learning specialized skill sets unlikely to be of any future use" me.
Drawing lines on mats - The Picture Framers Grumble
2002年4月26日 · A ruling pen with acrylic gouache/airbrush color makes a much better line for mat deco purposes, because it is waterproof when it dries. Those colors are pigmented, too, so they are quite lightfast. The ruling pen will make a perfect line of nearly any useful width, using nearly any kind of writing fluid. Clean up is a simple rinse & wipe.
Valiani Mat Pro cmc - new pen set up | The Picture Framers Grumble
2008年4月11日 · The obvious limitation is that a fixed-reservoir pen must be used; not an open-reservoir tool such as a ruling pen. Personally, I prefer to use pigmented pens up to about .05 mm size; the finer the pen, the better the results, so I prefer to use multiple lines, a few thousandths of an inch apart, instead of a broader pen.
French matting corner marking rule - The Picture Framers Grumble
2004年5月31日 · Another trick to making your waterbased inks or pigments is to use "ox gall" as a medium to increase the viscosity of your inks or watercolors. Ox gall makes water "wetter" and will make the pigments or dyes flow off your ruling pen much smoother and with less skipping problems. It is available in fine artist material stores.
Pen lines as a border on Mat - The Picture Framers Grumble
2023年10月4日 · For pen lines & watercolor panels, I agree that 100% cotton mats (with proper sizing) yield the best results. To draw the lines manually, I prefer to use acrylic gouache (airbrush colors) in my ruling pen. Lines drawn using watercolors and most inks will run if re-wetted while applying the watercolor wash in the panel.
Looking for a (good) ruling pen? (vendor) | The Picture Framers …
2002年9月30日 · I tried United but alas, Dahle got bought and United is out of the pen I wanted and has no idea when the new vendor will ship them more, can't wait. The ruling pen I want should provide a split blade and line gauge to set width. Thanking you in advance, Cliff