I’m now publishing 2,421 ballpoint pen drawings by 155 artists from around the world at my new site and blog. http://jerrystith.multiply.com/
Randy, I have your art works published on 3 of my MSN sites which will be shutting down on Feb. 21, 2009. You are however published on my new blog and Web site. By the way, the Fisher Space Pen company currently is manufacturing 10 different colors Randy. Most high quality pen stories sell Fisher pens or their refills. If you get the plastic top end accessory the refills will fit a Parker or Sensor pen, Sir.
Randy, have you seen my animated ballpoint pen drawings?
May you and your loved ones have a blessed day Randy,
Jerry Stith
It seems you’ve been doing ballpoint pen drawings for about 10-12 years which is pretty good for your age. I remember being young because those were fun or exciting days. Enjoy your youth while you can Randy. My life really started becoming delightful when I became around 35. Today, I’m standing tall as a sixty year old man with white hair.
My ArtWanted gallery has 74 artworks completed or stated with a ballpoint pen. There’s abstracts, impressions, sketches, drawings, animations, cartoons, design-interactive pics, digital, illustrations, mono, b&w, colored or commercial formats which no others on the WWW have published. That’s pretty good seeing there’s over one billion registered users or surfers. I also have 13 Google video’s, some slide shows, several sites and many message board write-ups posted as well.
If you research the Web you’ll see I publish 2,421 ballpoint pen drawings by 155 worldwide artists which is more than all others in history. My research indicates impressionism out sells realism within the fine art community. I spent many years perfecting photo realism yet became bored so exploring other interest took place over the decades as a ballpoint pen artist. I have around 41 years as a ballpoint pen artist under my belt my friends or fellow artist.
I’ve been archiving, documenting, recording or publishing BallPoint Pen Art history going on ten years next month. That’s News Worthy, Art history in the making or a labor of love. ArtWanted artists have posted over 7,400 spectacular comments pertaining to my ballpoint pen art works which demonstrates much love and respect.
Hopefully my fifty-four years as an artists and nine years as a publisher of ballpoint pen artists should tells you something about my life. I love your drawings Aonghas and I.T.! Randy, you're still rather young therefore many years or decades are ahead of you as a person or artist. You also have an opportunity to advance your place in history as did I.
I'm pleased to see you at AW and other places throughout the Web Rsndy. I'm publishing you, praising your abilities and wishing you the very best of health.
May each and everyone of you folks have a possitive, happy or blessed day, amen.
P.S. Mr. Denny Karchner’s you posting misinformation and bitterness towards me demonstrates poor taste in my opinion. Edifying others works for me Sir!
Ballpoint pen artists @ ArtWanted *Jerry Stith, *Vincent D. Whitehead, *Babis Kiliaris, *Ron Zilinski, *Randy Nore, Debra Blanksby, pa fredrik, Jay garfinkle, Matt Jameson, aonghas smith, I.T. Hammar, *(Artists from my MSN sites)
TWO GREAT COLORED PENCIL GROUPS: The Colored Pencil Society of America, UKCPS - UK Coloured Pencil Society
I used pencils and colored pencils for five years before becoming a ballpoint pen artist. I wanted something more challenging than a pencil. I’ve been an artist for the past fifty-four years therefore talked with many others along the way. Just about every artists agreed that ink was the most difficult camera-ready medium because it remains in place or can’t be changed!
Randy mentioned that it took him twice the time to complete a ballpoint pen drawing than a pencil. I used a pencil as a boy and ink as a man. I used an eraser as a kid and my thinking or skills as an ink artists. Ink is slower because I have to do more planning, focusing and thinking. I love a ballpoint because the tip’s always remain sharp, don’t break or very seldom run out of ink. Cleaning the tip is however an absolute necessity if a clean, sharp, crisp or refreshing picture is desired.
If you pencil users think you’re tough, try a ballpoint ink pen and you’ll see what difficult really is. Bic five years ago said, they sold one hundred billion ballpoint pens which is pretty good for just one company. That means there’s countless millions of artists in the world drawing with one right now. I’m the founder of an American folk art program referred to as Ball Point Pen Art. My program is introducing what a ballpoint pen can do as an art medium, instrument and movement.
I think Randy is one of the best ballpoint pen artists currently on the Web. Check out James Mylne, Giuseppe Borrello, Vincent Whitehead, Andrey Hrenov, Don McIntire, Daniel Villescas, Dean Williams, Ferran Serra Ferrer, Justino Magalona, Gregory Kimble, Edward Leavy, Joseph Edwards, Eric Cook, Don Stewart, Emma Cox and Dolors Barberán if amazing detailed ballpoint pen drawings are of interest.
If you love colored ballpoint pen drawings Ron Zilinski, Babis Kiliaris, Mark Jephcott, Haruki Funadama and Laurinda Behren are some spectacular artists. Colored impressionism out sells realism my friends. There’s more to art than trying to imitate a camera, doing work using a light board or projector folks. Think about it!
Randy, Babis Kiliaris has over one hundred ballpoint pen drawings published on my sites and many of those are boats in color. Babis is an impressionist from Greece and lives on an Island.
Let the Inks Flow!
I will say again, you are very, very good at what you do, but those here that remember you and how you promoted yourself left you looking like a bragging artist who did not need to do that at all. Your methods of spamming AW was not cool either. Your art should speak for its self. I for one, do not want to hear someone say "I am the king of the ball point pen" or any other thing.
You may be "king" of something but I don't think it is what you say it is. Sorry Mr. Stith
--Denny ;{
Claire thanks for your kind comment and have a blessed day.
Your colored frog is simply brilliant. It jumps right off the page, is beautiful or just lovely Sir. Specking of color, those two colored pencil societies display phenomenal artworks. One group is American and the other from the UK.
I have Fisher Space Pen’s new silver, gold and burgundy colored inks. The silver ink looks almost like a pencil Randy. I’m not kidding! Their gold could use more yellow and the burgundy is really pretty. Using their burgundy, a red and orange pen works well for me Randy. Your yellow green is really nice as well.
I’m looking forward to more of your colored works.
Cheers, Jerry Stith
I notice you love doing nature or drawings or photographs. Have you tried colored portrait works via colored pencils or other art mediums?
Your friend or fellow artist,
A ballpoint pen’s oil based inks certain behave differently than all other water based inks. We have to use the white of the paper or canvas as our highlights instead of adding such later on in a picture with many other art mediums. That indicates much planning or thinking ahead in our minds because corrections are futile.
I used India inks because they’re archival, seriously black, bold or very daring. They go real well with water colors or other mediums because of the make-up. Mandy, your animal picture are really cool. Your chimp picture is really outstanding as is your cat portrait. I find Gel pens can’t keep up with my fast drawing style. That means the ink flow stops or the softer tips fail plus the colors are weaker than a ballpoint’s oil based inks.
Have a positive, blessed or great day Mandy.
A fellow inker, Jerry Stith
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http://www.birodrawing.co.uk/ James Mylne UK Biro (BallPoint) Pen artist, phenomenal ink works
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1. tips: strongest pen tips in history
a. extra-fine: I have some drawings completed with the extra-fine (ultra)tips that went out of production in 1982-83 and came in black or blue. The extra-fine ballpoint pen tip is the sharpest camera-ready line in art history. That extra-fine tip was like a nail and therefore took many, many lines to build up colors or areas. The extra-fine tip was extraordinary for blending, polishing or starting off a drawing.
b. fine: Today, a ballpoint pen's fine tip size produces the sharpest camera-ready line in our art world. I’ve been saying this for the past ten years and no one has produced a medium that matches or beats this claim! Using a fine tipped pen for starting off a drawing is best because the half tone lines are very subtle or light. Any mistakes or starter lines can be left because they will get covered up with a darker line. I never erase or use graphite with a ballpoint pen ink. If you focus and start off with a very subtle or light line changes can be made with darker lines or ink.
c. regular: The regular tip is also called a medium. This tip can produce a half tone plus a solid long flowing line. The line can be dark, long flowing and produce a reflection if really piled on thick. The medium tip is good for making dark areas and will certainly saturate a paper with ink when stacked or piled on greatly. Most people use a regular tips for writing therefore we know what that can do.
d. bold: The bold ballpoint pen tip is another history making item. The bold ballpoint pen tip and ink supply produces a full tone long flowing line as never before and is fantastic for working from life. Needless to say its the best ballpoint tip for coloring in dark areas. It also delivers more ink than any other tips therefore the refection is greater if used to pile or stack on inks. Ballpoint pen inks are oil based therefore thick areas are stick and reflect while being photographed or copied via copier machines.
2. half tone lines: The ballpoint pen is the only pen system in history capable of producing a half tone line with a full tone ink. Lifting up on a pen produces a half tone and pushing down or adding pressure makes a full tone. The half tone almost never reflects or shines as thinker inks can do. A half tone line is great for starting a drawing, shaping, forming or polishing up a drawing like no others! The ballpoint pens half tones are the subtlest in drawing or art history therefore elevate arts sensitivity level worldwide!
I have no threads, two emails sent via AW and maybe ten messages posted on any boards with this art forum. Therefore, Karchner’s spamming statement is not based on actual facts. Please direct us to such materials or facts Sir!
Then Karchner says my art should speck for its self, yet he uses dialog or words on his threads, messages, site or tutorials. That sounds like hypocrisy or a double standard.
Karchner also talks about not wanting to hear about my success yet visits my site, posted my URL, reads my messages and brings up my name at Randy’s thread. Suggestions: stop reading my messages or going to my sites and get a life. You’re obsessed with me while I want nothing to do with you Sir!
Please read the 7,629 outstanding comments posted on my artworks before you say people don’t like me Karchner. I wonder why people are permitted to post such deceptions or negativity on the AW boards? Stop turning AW’s message boards into a battle field Sir. I’m not interested in your opinion so please rest your neck.
Repent Karchner because you need Jesus Christ in your life, amen.
Mr. Stith
I'm not trying to hijack the thread...just was wondering.
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