Tag: ink

Before we begin using a traditional dip pen, I like to have students use an ancient sort of pen. This pen is a stick with the end cut at an angle to make a point. We play around with this for awhile and then we move to a smaller stick and play with that, and then we move to the dip pen. By then we’re used to the way the ink moves on paper and also used to nothing bad happening when we find we can’t quite control our line.