As you know this post is a part of A-Z Blogging Challenge, based on the theme of hobby ideas, we are finally at a colourful creative art form, which starts with N

Let’s go with Nib Painting for N.

Nib is the stainless steel part of a fountain pen, quill or a ball pen, which comes in contact with the paper.  Some nibs are made of gold alloys too, if you are up for it!

Different types of Nibs

In Nib Painting, nibs are used to paint, instead of the good old paint brush! The advantage of nib painting is that the end result of the painting looks like it has been embroidered. Either acrylics or oil paints are used in nib painting.

Nib painting – Looks like the flowers are embossed on the canvas

If you thought nibs are only used in nib painting, you are wrong. The swirly art of Calligraphy uses different types of nibs.

Calligraphy Nibs

I knew about nib painting in my +2, when my friend R showed me her elder sister G‘s arts, who was good at nib painting. (I don’t know where R is now, thanks to her moving away to another city, due to her father’s work. She might be outside India now. The link I gave above is not the work of G!)

Work In Progress!

After one is proficient in nib painting, they can progress to Palette Knife painting, which is a large scale version of nib painting.

The Emboss effect is more pronounced in Palette Knife painting

What are you waiting for? Go ahead and get yourself a Nib Painting Kit and get painting!

P.S:

  1. Nib painting seems like fun. I plan to get into nib painting and immerse myself into this beautiful art.
  2. The other hobbies starting with N are Novel Writing, Nail Art and Newspaper Reading. Except for the occasional colouring of nail, I never tried the Nail Art on my own.  One snippet I would like to share here is that, during my first delivery, just before I went into active labour, Mr.Bee had done a little bit of nail art on my toes, to try to cheer me up and lift my mood. I was very nervous! My gynaecologist GL praised Mr.Bee for it later on! Nail Art really cheered me up and my gynaecologist said she never saw a women in labour with nail art! So, that’s a first!
  3. Wait up for my next post. Cheerio friends.