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Madona

Pen and ink has been around for over four thousand years. One of the oldest writing or drawing mediums in history. Manuscripts, scrolls, books, documents and most important the bible were all produced with a pen and ink. History of mankind was developed, advanced and elevated by pens thousands of years before other major mediums became invented or made. The ballpoint pen is the most sold or used writing or drawing instrument. Bic alone has sold one hundred billion pens of their own. The ballpoint pen is the only pen system to deliver multi-colored oil based inks. Today, ISO or DIN archival ballpoint pens or refill have arrived on our worldwide market place. Presenting things a ballpoint pen can produce is what Ive been doing for the past thirty-eight years and five of those have been on this WWW. Presenting multi-colored ballpoint pen inks to the art community and public worldwide simply documents, records or archive this art medium history. I have published over two million bytes of art and information pertaining to what a ballpoint pen can do as an art medium. This drawing displays gold ballpoint pen ink. For the past five years Im the only artist on the Web with gold and other colors. I have over three thousand five hundred sketches produced with a ballpoint. Red was my over all favorite color throughout almost four decades as a graphic pen artist. Gold is a special, all-purpose color in my opinion or book. Gold's a pleasant color to draw with and it works well with a primary red or blue. This detailed face and colorful surroundings works well as you can see. Theres more to art than imitating a camera. Im a colorist introducing ballpoint pens colored inks as an artist. Changing colors, faces, styles and tip sizes produces excitement plus keeps drawing on the edge or fun! I love the grid because its been very kind to me yet can have fun playing with different colors or subject matters along the way. Let the inks flow! Jerry Stith

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Anonymous Guest 13 Feb 2009

Very clean and beautiful portrait!

judit dora 26 Jun 2008

Beautiful Job. Great subject.

Kelly Barrett 30 Jan 2008

That you create such beautifully detailed and realistic images from the humble ballpoint pen is amazing! Again, beautifully done!

Heidi Olson 20 Jan 2008

wow, the skin tones are so realistic! Beautiful...simply awesome work!

Federica Bentivoglio 17 Dec 2007

Stunning work, my dear Jerry!

Shari Dunn 24 Oct 2007

reminds me of michael angelo and the cistene chapel! very old world master!

Donna Sherwood 05 Jul 2007

So very,very beautiful. Yup stained glass would be exceptional!

Mark Peterson 23 Apr 2007

This piece caught my eye...and I agree with Faith...this would look great in stained glass.

Robin Brown 28 Mar 2007

Madge looks a bit tired in this one. Only kidding. Excellent work

Joanna Jungjohann 24 Feb 2007

outstanding image, so absorbing, she has hypnotic eyes

Faith Bengtson 16 Feb 2007

Out of all of your pieces this one grabbed me. I love art history, and she seems to touch a chord with me in that regard. She would be lovely in stained glass.

Lili Rose 18 Sep 2006

Beautiful work!:)

Anonymous Guest 17 Sep 2006

Amazing Work!

cynthia berridge 12 Sep 2006

brilliant colours wonderful art work

Terry Harris 20 Aug 2006

Fantastic colors, and wonderful talent in this beautiful rendering. Love the colors andthis one is one of your best!

Randy McCullough 05 Apr 2006

Nicely done.

Paul Sandilands 02 Apr 2006

VERY WELL DONE. ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT USING A "BIRO" ?? JUST KIDDIN' WONDEFUL WORK

Renata Cavanaugh 29 Mar 2006

Wonderful work...once again

eileen martin 29 Mar 2006

beautifully done:)

Angel Estevez 28 Mar 2006

Wonderful painting and very expressive. Congratulations !

Anonymous Guest 28 Mar 2006

this is simply stunning Jerry, excellent work

Carla Klosowski 22 Mar 2006

Simply amazing Jerry!

Gary Glass 20 Mar 2006

very nice detail in this illustration, wonderful shading and amazing the texture you managed with the pen.

Vera Harned 18 Mar 2006

Beautiful colors! Jerry

NVJasmin Rodriguez Garcia 17 Mar 2006

this is amazing!!,great lines ,perfect colors and she is just so peaceful and pretty!

Kwabena Poku 13 Mar 2006

Really skiful work

Bob Berthelotte 02 Mar 2006

Outstanding image, Jerry !!

Maria hedblom 23 Feb 2006

beautiful lighting! so simple so realistic in a surrealistic way!

Nira Dabush 22 Feb 2006

Wonderful work..pose and..classic expression...well done!!!

Diana Hume 20 Feb 2006

Beautiful work, Jerry! Great colours!

Paula Taylor 19 Feb 2006

What a classic beauty! You amaze me what a Talent!!

Terry Bassett 15 Feb 2006

Beautiful ink Jerry.. Excellent!

José Fortunato 15 Feb 2006

Great work ! All your portfolio is amazing. Congratulations

charles hooper 13 Feb 2006

Outstanding Artistry Jerry!!!

Pepita Selles 13 Feb 2006

A marvellous illustration,fine work.

Hanna Stawska 12 Feb 2006

Excellent work, beautiful work!

Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 09 Feb 2006

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

maggie Barra 08 Feb 2006

this is lovely

Jude 08 Feb 2006

this is beautiful. Lovely work

David Holcombe 07 Feb 2006

I like the abstractness of the hair and the realism in the features. You certainly have a talent with your art form.

tim linville 07 Feb 2006

Beautiful control!

geri pratt 07 Feb 2006

This is truly classical Jerry! I'm still amazed that you do it all with ball point pens. Lovely, simply lovely!

Tabitha Borges 07 Feb 2006

she very lovley and I like how see looking down ....

Anita Thompson 05 Feb 2006

Absolutely beautiful artwork...and I am in awe that it is done with ballpoint pen....the colours are soo perfect!

Artist Reply: Thank You, Anita.

stephanie atlee 03 Feb 2006

Lovely work and presentation...well done

Artist Reply: Thank You, Stephanie.

Sara Deutsch 03 Feb 2006

Amazing technique...inspiring image.

Artist Reply: Thank You, Sara.

Svitozar Nenyuk 02 Feb 2006

Very nice!!!

Cristina Marsi 02 Feb 2006

Great work, Jerry :) Btw, it is spelled "madonna" ;)

Artist Reply: Thank You, Cristina. Also, thanks for the spelling correction. Cheers!

Aris Stathakis 02 Feb 2006

awesome work Jerry, great!

Artist Reply: Thank You, Aris.

Alex Preiss 01 Feb 2006

Excellent portrait.

Artist Reply: Thank You, Alex.

Analua 01 Feb 2006

Superb beauty in this work Jerry!!!!!!!! A marvelous masterpiece!!!!

Artist Reply: Thank You, Analua.

Patty Day 01 Feb 2006

Very impressive with your artwork, Awesome job, Jerry!!!!!

Artist Reply: Thank You, Patty.

Peter Rivron 01 Feb 2006

This is lovely work, you are a very talented artist.

Artist Reply: Thank You, Peter.

K L Marsala 01 Feb 2006

you have such skill and talent! thank you for visiting my site so i could find yours! You are incredibly good!

Artist Reply: Thank You, K L Marsala.

Loredana 01 Feb 2006

Very special beautiful work Jerry Love it :)

Artist Reply: Thank You, Loredana.

Lucia Stewart 01 Feb 2006

That skin tone is wonderful, the overall effect of this picture is so delicate, nice work!

Artist Reply: Thank You, Lucia.

C DeMaio 01 Feb 2006

very nice work!

Artist Reply: Thank You, C DeMaio.

John Graham Inkson 01 Feb 2006

Beautiful, must take sometime to complete. Regards John

Artist Reply: Thank You, John.

Emily Reed 01 Feb 2006

Exquisite art work!

Artist Reply: Thank You, Emily.

thea walstra 01 Feb 2006

Outstanding art jerry

Artist Reply: Thank You, Thea.