I Love Gelly Roll Gel Pens

Finished

9 x 12, Mixed Media Paper, Micron Pen, and Sakura Gelly Roll Pens

Kelpie:

The Kelpie is a Scottish creature often associated with the realm of faerie. It also falls into the classification of water horse, although this one is decidedly malevolent. It most commonly appears as a beautiful horse near or in running water, and can be identified by the mane that seems to be constantly dripping wet. Females will sometimes appear as a beautiful woman dressed in green, bent on luring lustful men to their watery doom.

What I learned working with Gel pens, they make a bright shiny picture. They are better at mixing color on color and difficult to draw over once dry. The liquid ink will lift off the dry ink and can make your drawing look muddy.

It's easy to mix colors on the paper. Lay down a nice bright yellow, take a red and a few lines, take the yellow and go over the red and yellow and you will get a very nice orange. Because the gel pen liquid will liquefy the dry layers of ink, it's hard to go back over dry ink. It's easier to do with the smallest size pen tips. The largest size is messy and doesn't lay down a nice even line if you go back over dried ink.

I had a blast working with the pens, and I will be using them again for my line drawings.

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WIP And Gel-Pen Critique

Kelpie Ink Drawing

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Since 1984 After intense research and development, Sakura was first to market with the invention of gel inks in 1984. Sakura has continued to master gel ink technology offering a variety of colors, opaqueness and special effects. Today, Sakura Gelly Roll® pens come in medium and fine point Classic gel ink, Metallic, sparkly Stardust®, dual color Silver Shadow® and Gold Shadow®, and bright and creamy Moonlight®.

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