Loving sunflowers and knowing how lovely the Esterbrook pens are,
I had to purchase the beautiful Esterbrook “Estie” Sunflower pen from Penchalet.
I ordered the 1.1 stub nib, my favorite nib for sketching and writing.
I am convinced the stub nib saves my handwriting from being the worst ever!

And of course I had to record my purchase in my journal!
In a smooth Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook I painted my rendition
of the Esterbrook “Estie” Sunflower, above, using
Robert Oster Aussie Gold ink and Toffee ink!
Keeping inks from running amok when painting with them is not easy…
in this case I started with a very watery layer, then added
quick darker layers to look a bit like a smokey background.
Keeping it from running into the gold inked pen was tricky.
Below, my other Estie pen, a gift from Mitchell,
the Esterbrook “Estie” Blueberry, also a stub nib.
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The toffee brown is beautiful! I feel like I am having trouble mixing the right bright down to earth browns.
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That is all layers of pure Robert Oster Toffee INK straight out of the bottle. Some are just more diluted (the bottom layers.
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I like the red flower, the position reminds me that I need to play around with the position of flowers. I usually draw them straight with a slight curve.
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The red flower is all ink, Robert Oster Fire Engine Red! I took a lot of liberties with the imagery and I like it too.
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liberty and letting go is where our best work is
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Yes!
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