Broad or stub italic?

Love this - the Pilot 78G. It's an inexpensive fountain pen. Mine has a broad nib (although I have heard it described as stub italic) and it's very smooth - no feedback or hard starts.

First scribbles.

Serious nibbage.

Poor little dudes...

Snowstorm - quelle surprise. Cold days with gusting winds. So we have robins fluffing out their feathers to retain warmth. Look at these two:

Br-r-r-r.

Meanwhile, back in my studio, it still feels like Spring! More flower blossoms not nearly done. I plan to cut them out individually.

Crying out for pastels, charcoal, conte...

Can a fish be charming?

Sure he can! Perhaps it's the smile?

"Charming:...me? Who'da thunk?

Carried away...

creating imaginary flower blossoms:

I had intended to work for a few minutes embellishing the watercolors I had left to dry. However, some time later when I figured I was done with this, I realized the sun was setting. Where did the time go? I just love it when I am working and I have no notion of time passing.

Imaginary blossoms.

So what do I think of the blossom study? Some of them work as blossoms and others are more from outer space :-)

Paint brush drops...

add a little pen and ink work and a dab of charcoal:

Elephant in a waistcoat.

Bootie time!

Walkies - yay! Bootie - boo! Paw injury that still hasn't healed makes it a necessity. Remy forgets all about it though if there is something "yummy" (you don't want to know...) to sniff.

Something has captured Remy's attention :-)

From negative beginnings, a surprise!

The challenge: create a painting using collage - for me, not a favored technique - and collage elements that I don't like.
Here it is:

I am pleasantly surprised :-)