Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen – waterproof pigmented India ink pen

Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen – India ink pen with waterproof, pigmented ink

The Pitt Artist Pen from Faber-Castell is an India ink pen with pigmented ink for drawing, sketching and illustrating on paper. According to Faber-Castell, the ink is waterproof and permanent, lightfast, odourless, acid-free and pH-neutral. It does not bleed through the paper, so the back of your sheet stays clean too. Choose your nib size from the options.

The Pitt Artist Pen series includes other pens, such as brush pens, metallic pens and dual markers. This India ink pen is for anyone who wants to work in lines with black, pigmented ink without using a dip pen and an ink bottle.

What the ink pen is used for

Pigmented, waterproof ink is suited to line drawings, sketches and illustrations that you go on to work over later. Because the ink is permanent and waterproof, it does not run when you go over the lines with watercolour or diluted paints once it has dried. The high lightfastness matters for work that you want to exhibit, frame or keep in sketchbooks for a long time. Acid-free, pH-neutral ink suits work on paper that is meant to last.

Using the pen

If needed, first sketch in pencil and then go over the lines with the ink pen. Let the ink dry completely before you rub out the pencil lines, otherwise you will smudge the fresh line. It is best to try the pen briefly on an offcut of your paper to see how the line and opacity behave on that paper.

Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen product details

• Manufacturer: Faber-Castell, Pitt Artist Pen series
• Ink: pigmented India ink
• Waterproof and permanent
• Lightfast
• Odourless, acid-free and pH-neutral
• No bleed-through

You will also need: drawing paper or a sketchbook; a pencil for preliminary sketching.