Sketching with ROLLERBALL pens

ARCH OF TITUS, sketchbook Rom, rollerball pen,, 1994

ELLIS ISLAND AND SKYLINE NEW YORK, seen from Statue of Liberty, rollerball pen, 1998

RIVER YELM, sketchbook Devon/Cornwall, rollerball pen, 1997

OLIVE TREE NEAR FOURFOURAS, rollerball pen, sketchbook Crete, 2009. This is a very special place up in the mountains of Crete. There is no other noise but chirping of cicadas and a wind rushing through the leaves. Once in a while sheep lumber nearby. It's like being in a time machine. Biblically! The olive grove is full of mighty trees. Every single one has its own character and its special challenge for me as a drawer. Impatience is at such a place not a problem anymore.

One of the best rollerball pen I use is a TOMBOW pen. The rollerball hurries very fast over the paper, follows your hand very easily and needs no pressure at all - especially if the pen has a certain weight like this one:

Zoom 2000 by Tombow

I use the 0.5 mm cartridge for drawing. In addition, there are refills 0.3 and 0.7 mm.

Watching: The bearing of the rollerball tip of the Tombow refill are very sensitive to damage.

Tombow´s rollerballs are equipped with document-proof ink. The ink is dry after seconds and does not soak through a normal drawing paper. The refills are equipped with wax-protection at the tip.

It is certainly worthwhile to try other rollerballs. For example, Lamy, Sheaffer, Mitsubishi (uni-ball), etc.

SCHLOSSGARTEN, Sketchbbook Suttgart, rollerball pen, 1999

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