LEARNING OBJECTIVES
■ Get to know your materials
■ How to prepare your tools
■ Follow a step-by-step process
Dip pens have an old-fashioned reputation — your mind may immediately have gone to the idea of monks scratching away at parchment clutching a quill — but they are tremendously liberating to use and inject character into your work.
Pens can be divided into two types — reservoir or dip. Reservoir pens hold their own ink. They might be refillable (think of fountain pens) or disposable (such as Biros), meanwhile dip pens need a separate bottle of ink. Undoubtedly, reservoir pens are convenient, but not all inks work in them. Disposable ones are cheap and easy to find, however you may wish to avoid single-use plastic. Conversely dip pens have a
