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Sketching the countryside

he Fude bent nib pen has enabled me to use so many of my sketching techniques with just one instrument. Because it’s a fountain pen, I am able to top up the ink reservoir whenever the need arises, as long as I have an ink bottle to hand. And that leads nicely onto another great find – carbon black ink! As with so many

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