Drawing Pens - The Spirit of Matter - Orbach and Galkin, 1997
- nonaorbach
- Feb 14
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 28
Drawing pens
produce a fine line. Different amounts of pressure will result in some control over the nature and thickness of the line. The pens come in many colors and widths.
Therapeutic and Spiritual Significance
The main trait of the drawing pen is the homogenous and flowing line it generates while applying only light pressure. The line clearly reflects the creator’s emotional and spiritual state. Its natural beauty expresses breathing, flowing, fragmentation or rigidity. Several thicknesses can be achieved with a bit of added pressure or change of position. Drawing pens requires some degree of control of body movements, a flow of hand mobility, inner harmony, and the ability to control hand pressure. Observing the hand create beautiful clear lines may give rise to pride and enjoyment, yet discomfort and dissatisfaction may appear, resulting from concerns about accuracy and realism.
Working in nets requires repetition, accumulation and delayed gratification. A line is usually associated with thought and image, thus the drawing pen is intuitively associated with narratives and storytelling in comics, manga, etc.
Surfaces and Tools
Drawing pens work well on white or colored paper, 120 gr. or more. Permanent pens are not water-soluble, so they are often used together with watercolors, sketching with the pens either before or after painting with watercolor.
Working with Drawing Pens
Boys who illustrate sports or other activities enjoy using this pen to illustrate team symbols, hero battles, uniforms, soccer nets and more.
Teens will use it to draw realistic drawings.
Girls sometimes enjoy using different colored pens to create colorful ornamental works and design clothing. Skilled teens or adults can be taught a netting method with drawing pens by covering the whole surface with crisscross nets and diagonals and turning the paper around from all angles. An image is created step-by-step by gradually thickening the net wherever necessary. The outcome is an etching-like creation. This technique requires delayed gratification, persistence, and drive, as the image slowly and organically emerges from the paper.
This tool is particularly relevant for people who have difficulty planning ahead. Through rhythmic and repetitive coverage, a process of meditation and inner concentration occurs. Usually, something suddenly appears on the paper, reflecting an image or organization of some kind. This process releases a path to less accessible areas, from which significant images emerge.
The drawing pens can also be used as a preparative base for working with markers and ink.
Initial Encounters
Experiment with different types of lines.
Sketch following rhythmic music.
Sketching a model. o A net sheet: produce an image and emphasize it.
Work with a permanent pen and add watercolor.
The text is based on The Spirit of Matter / A Database Handbook for Therapists, Artists, and Educators Nona Orbach and Lilach Galkin, 1997
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