25-10-2017, 07:37 PM
They are quite fine, but so are the eyes and belly button of the figure on the left. I'm guessing a finer writing instrument may have been used for parts of the drawings.
Not all writing instruments had a slit to direct the ink (which can cause blobs if one is not careful), some were dabbed into the ink as needed and a preliminary dab on a piece of waste parchment or cloth can remove the excess so that the next few strokes are fine and light.
Not all writing instruments had a slit to direct the ink (which can cause blobs if one is not careful), some were dabbed into the ink as needed and a preliminary dab on a piece of waste parchment or cloth can remove the excess so that the next few strokes are fine and light.