Day 6, 100 Days: Ruling Pen

i got a set of 3 ruling pens in Dec. 2019, and these are tools I rarely use too. I find them awkward to hold. However, they are so great for using metallic acrylic inks, as the ink flows so nicely through them.

Below are a few pieces utilizing each.

Pic collage of various projects; Top to Bottom, L to R:

back page of mini book, journal page overlay lettering, overlay lettering on an insert, front cover of same mini book. Will post finished pieces later (prob. after the Challenge)

For this page, at first, I tried the wet lettering technique i learned in Julie W's "Marks" class (using the ruling pen), but the words didn't show up well. So, i went over them with a glitter gel pen. Love how it turned out.

Then, for the front cover, I added lettering for a "decorative border", as I felt it needed something. I wrote the words, "break free" down along the side, in iridescent white, overlapping.

Makes me want to create a bookmark like this too!

For my journal page, this is the final piece when I used my Faber Castell grey brush marker 

(from Day 2):

The base lettering is a poem I wrote, and then on top, I lettered "I heart me" over and over using 3 diff. tools and metallic silver ink. In the center went a sketch/play piece of art that says, "i heart me" w/in the shape of a heart flower (the "i" is the stem and "me" is at the bottom).  😊

Before adding the art.

Diff. angles so you can see the lettering:

Tools used: Speedball Hunt 101 nib, Niko G nib (fairly new), and my ruling pen.

and a Video showing the lettering...