Some have asked me about using felt tipped pens (Micron, Faber Castell Pitt, Sharpie, etc) over gesso. This combo can be a big problem for people where their lovely pens suddenly dry up having been clogged by the gesso! White gesso tends to clog while clear gesso is so gritty of surface it tends to damage the pen tips. Even a few ball-point pens can get clogged up. I have lost two wonderful pens. How many have you lost? 🙂 I still have them sitting on my art desk hoping someday, I’ll hear a secret of how to fix them. Share if you know please!

Anyway… I’ve recently been [click to continue…]