NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington)

A Victorian planchette is a small writing device popular during the late 19th-century Spiritualist movement. Séance participants would place their fingertips on the planchette, which would then move on its own writing out messages from the spirit world. #Skystorian #planchette #victorian #CoolS

It depresses me greatly to see comb technology reflgressing over the past century. This was peak grooming

A drawing of a Automary Partitioner - scissor-like device with combs to part the hair

Schematics for Dr. Harold Listrom's "Automary Partitioner" - a 19th-century hand-operated hair parting tool consisting of two arms connected via a pivot.

Drawn with Rotring Art fountain pen with Platinum carbon ink on a 11x14 Strathmore 300 Bristol Board #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen

Using a lightbox to apply my inks. #PenAndInk #FountainPen #Drawing

Pretty much all I use!

Platinum Carbon Black ✒️👍

Ink drawing of a skull with a brass fountain pen

Coffee-break skull sketch. Drawn with a Kaweco Sport fountain pen (1.1 mm nib) on a Strathmore 300 mixed-media pad (5.5x8.5") #PenAndInk #drawing #sketch #fountainpen #SciArt

Is that a skull match holder?!

Engraving-style drawing of a hand pointing a finger in a sketchbook with a fountain pen

A 19th-century advertising hand drawn in a weathered-engraving style for #FountainPenDay
#PenAndInk #drawing #fountainpen

Will do! 🦷

Two skulls: My usual "illustrative realism" drawing style vs a more woodcut print style. It is really difficult for me to simplify shapes and not add details. Drawn with Kaweco Sport fountain pens in a Strathmore 5.5x8.5" mixed-media sketchbook. #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen #SciArt

An ink drawing of a turnip with a face carved into it. Drawn in an old-world engraving style

Did you know that the Irish would carve faces into turnips (and other root vegetables) to ward off spirits? This tradition was the precursor to carving pumpkins at Halloween. My 2nd attempt at this drawing. #PenAndInk #FountainPen #Drawing #turnip #Halloween #skystorians

Ink drawing of teeth done in a old-world engraving style with a brass fountain pen

When you need something to mindlessly draw, I highly recommend teeth. No straight lines, beautiful organic shapes - just perfect for sketching. Practicing an old engraving style with a Kaweco Sport #fountainpen (1.1 mm nib) with Platinum Carbon Black ink
#PenAndInk #Drawing #Teeth #sketch #SciArt

This is great! How tiny is this illustration?

Will do!

Now this is quality!

It is a sickness! 😝

Will try it! 🦷

Thanks! I need to do a "cleaner" version. I really struggle with trying to "stylize" my drawings - I naturally want to render everything realistically 💀✒️

Woodcut style ink drawing of a skull with a brass fountain pen.

Playing around with drawing in an old wood-cut style. It is really difficult for me to simplify my illustrations - I really have to fight the urge to add tiny details! Drawn with a Kaweco Sport fountain pen w/ a 1.1 mm nib. #PenAndInk #Sketch #FountainPen

Zen activity

Thanks! Still working on it ✒️

Inking is always relaxing for me. I tend to pencil rather loosely, so this is the stage where the drawing "comes alive" Using Rotring Art fountain pens on Bristol. I use a lightbox to trace over my sketch - that way I don't have to worry about erasing. #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen #SciArt

He's doing fine on his own ruining everything he's done since "Big Fish"

It's all the adorable anuses.

Now I know!

Aren't they?!

Sea Pigs sketches. Scotoplanes are a type of sea cucumber that use a ring of feeding tentacles to sift through sediment for decaying organic matter on the sea floor and have tube-like feet for locomotion. Drawn with Rotring Art pens with Platinum Carbon and Sepia ink. #SciArt #Sketch #FountainPen

Join us next Sunday for our second ...But Not Forgotten: Victorian & Antique Market at Gallery 5 in Richmond.

We have a great vendor lineup bringing you authentic antiques, oddities, clothing and jewelry from the 1700s to the 1940s. #antiques #oddities #popupmarket #rva #victorian

This looks like so much fun!