Husb and I were out and about today, doing some shopping for art supplies at The Range and we stopped for a cuppa. I spotted this woman across the cafe, absorbed in reading and thought I’d have a quick scribble, en plein air, into my very small sketchbook, about 5 inches by 3.5 using a ballpoint pen. Does anyone call them Biros any more? They were always called Biro pens when I was a kid – I think that’s the name of the inventor.
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Coming up February 16th and 17th, I’ll be running a 2 day printmaking masterclass at Swansea’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery inspired by the forthcoming exhibition PHYTOPIA. The creative imagery of the tree is rooted in the ancient oak forests of Britain, growing through the ages to branch into the present. From ancient Druidic and Celtic […]
The Swansea Open, December 8th to February 2nd 2019, Glynn Vivian art gallery. I just heard today that I have had 2 artworks accepted into the Swansea Open exhibition and I’m chuffed to bits as Swansea is full of talented artists and the competition is stiff. I submitted two monotypes of the Mari Lwyd, based on drawings I […]
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Yes.
It seems to be more common in the UK and Europe
me
Cool 🙂
biro biro biro , I always make my drawings with birossss
I still call them biros. Let’s keep the word in circulation
I do too, it honours the inventor
Aha! Biro! I had to look it up the first time I saw that word. On this side of the pond we just call them “ballpoint pens”. “Bic” would probably be the equivalent here 🙂 Amazing what a skillful artist can do with a simple tool. Happy New Year, Rosie! Still enjoying your blog here in Boise!
Thank you Mary, so lovely to hear from you. I’d love to see Boise in Winter, it was a tad too warm for me by the end of my visit before.