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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • September 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • September 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sketch at the Neltje Center • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 8” • Wyoming • August 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sketch at the Neltje Center • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 8” • Wyoming • August 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Aug 2

Sketch at the Neltje Center near Sheridan • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 28

No issues at all with clogging. At least with the inks I have used.

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 28

Both really. I have one water brush with just water, a second one with the gray ink straight from the bottle, and a third that has diluted gray ink in it. And then I also build up layers and/or dilute a wash further with the water-only brush.

Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 28

Sunday backyard sketch • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #sketch #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 22

Indeed. Very affordable.

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thanks!

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 21

I continue to be very impressed with the Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen and its incredible range of marks • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #sailorfudepen #fountainpen

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thanks!

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thanks Alexa!

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thanks!

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 20

Sketch of forest and lake at Medicine Bow Peak • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 20

Sketch of forest and lake at Medicine Bow Peak • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 14

Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Da Vinci travel brush and gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and a gray Pentel Pocket Brush Pen in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Laramie • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jul 13

Current view of studio with several drawings from 2016 being revisited and reworked • Visual Arts Building • University of Wyoming • July 2025 • #artyear #urbansketchers #studiopractice #drawing #ruins #reworking #prismacolor #duralar

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University of Wyoming Department of Visual Arts @wyomingartdept.bsky.social · Jul 2

We are excited to announce that Swoon will be our eminent visiting artist for the 2025-26 academic year! A solo exhibition of the artist's work will open in the UW Visual Arts Gallery on August 25. Events with Swoon and her collaborators will enrich our community throughout the coming year.

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jun 30

Detail shots … continuing to breathe new life into some old drawings from 2016, reworking them with more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • each drawing 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 (in progress … again) • #artyear #ruins #prismacolor #acrylic #drawing

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jun 27

Breathing new life into some old drawings from 2016, reworking them with more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, acrylic paint, ink, and graphite on Dura-Lar • 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 (in progress … again) • #artyear #ruins #prismacolor #ink #acrylic #drawing #reworking #studio

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thanks Kevin. About 2.5 hours…

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jun 21

Drawing from the Hammamhane Hotel in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 7.5” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jun 21

Drawing from the Hammamhane Hotel in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 7.5” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · Jun 19

Sketch of the Yildiz Hamidiye Mosque in Beşiktaş, Istanbul • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 3.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers

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