BallPoint Pen Art- Movement

Jerry Stith is the founder of an American folk art program titled Ball Point Pen Art. He started drawing with a ballpoint pen in 1968 and publishing in the year 2000. Mr. Stith is the most prolific ballpoint artist, publisher and information provider therefore leader of the ballpoint pen art movement. He has the most comprehensive ballpoint pen art site, blog and Facebook page & group in history!

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Jesus Christ riding into Jerusalam

Jerry Stith: colored ballpoint pen and ink drawing (Biro)

Jesus Christ & Mother Mary

Jerry Stith's multi-colored oil based ballpoint pen ink drawing (Biro)

Madonna

Jerry Stith's gold & brown oil-based ballpoint pen ink drawing (Biro)

Mother Teresa (Sister of Mercy)

Jerry Stith's multi-colored oil based ink drawing (Biro)

Extra-fine Parker BallPoint pen tip: 1981

Jerry Stith's ultra-fine ballpoint pen artwork (Biro)

John Wayne

Jerry Stith's oil based colored ballpoint pen & ink drawing (Biro)

BallPoint Pen & Ink Art Movement

SUGGESTIONS: Ballpoint pen artists might think of doing some of these things if improvement is of interest!

1. Create as many scribbles, doodles, inkling, sketches, renderings, drawings or illustrations as possible.
2. Obtain archival ISO/DIN ballpoint pens or refills.
3. Obtain as many different colored ballpoint pens or refills.
4. Obtain acid free or PH neutral paper.
5. Work outside or from life as much as possible. (totally recommended)
6. Look into new archival surfaces. (non paper)
7. Produce a statement pertaining to your life or background.
8. Express your views about what mediums or media you’re using. (promote & recognize virtues)
9. Help as many other people or artists as possible. (providing information or support)
10. Learn perspective, form, lighting, texture, shading or how to draw.
11. Read art magazines, booklets, books, articles or reviews pertaining to the art world.
12. Study advertising, marketing, sales, promotions, public relations, production art, publishing.
13. Visit art galleries, museums, groups, openings and public exhibits.
14. Organize, photograph or scan your artworks.
15. Frame, mat and display your artworks around your house, studio or office.
16. Give away as many sketches or artworks as you can.
17. Try to get your friends or family members involved with your art.
18. If you draw from pictures buy a camera and work from your own materials.
19. If you’re working from a picture enlarge it as big as you can.
20. Use natural lighting as often as possible if working in doors is of interest.
21. Learn as much as you can about pricing. Investigate commercial art price scales.
22. Look into art contracts, laws, copy rights, practices and reproduction.
23. Make your own business cards, stationary and letterheads.
24. Produce your own blog or web site.
25. Post your art or words of wisdom on many message boards, networks, forums or social networks.
26. Learn how to operate different software programs.
27. Experiment many different mixed media or medium.
28. Communicate with other artists.
29. Speck highly about yourself. Count your blessings not your sorrows!
30. Get a life or become productive!
31. Produce statements of your achievements.
32. Make suggestions of how to help others.
33. Publish as many other artists works as possible.
34. Explain your goals, programs or projects.
35. Publish art related materials for others.
36. Publish list of colored ballpoint pens and archival inks
37. Produce as many mixed media or medium as possible to broaden our art movements base line.
38. Produce commercial formats because advertising works.
39. Help as many beginners, youth or others as possible.
40. Publish as many different levels of artworks as possible because that reaches out to more people.
41. Have an easy to navigate Web site or blog.
42. Be professional in public all the time.
43. Deal with facts, figures and reality all the time.
44. Communicate with as many others as possible.
45. Work outside or from life as much as possible.
46. Don't pay attention to negative people which means stay focused and deal with supportive others.
47. Deal with your art as a business.
48. Stick to your morals, principles, values, ethics and values.
49. Practise or do as much art works as possible. Being prolific really counts.
50. Pray to God, obey him and work within his Kingdom!

FORTY DIFFERENT THINGS JERRY STITH HAS DON'T TO RETAIN LEADERSHIP OF THE BALLPOINT PEN ART MOVEMENT FOR THE PAST ELEVEN YEARS OR FROM 2000 TO 2011!

1. *1,000 worldwide ballpoint artists (greatest gathering in history)
2. *7,668 oil based ballpoint drawings (greatest exhibition in history)
3. *Ballpoint videos 372 (better than all search engine findings)
4. *Ballpoint inklings, scribbles, doodles, sketches, renderings, drawings & illustrations ( best over all examples)
5. *Ballpoint commercial ballpoint layouts (examples of what people can do with a ballpoint artwork)
6. *Ballpoint animation art (movement/ mixed medium)
7. *Ballpoint morphing (interactive digital artworks)
8. *Ballpoint slide shows (great display function)
9. *Ballpoint blogs (3 different locations)
10. *Ballpoint sites (3 different forums)
11. *Ballpoint digital art (new mixed medium format)
12. *Ballpoint illustrations (story telling)
13. *Ballpoint cartoon/Comic (action figures)
14. *Ballpoint design/ Interactive art (computer formatting)
15. *Classical realism ballpoint art
16. *Impressionism ballpoint art
17. *Abstracts ballpoint art
18. *Multi-colored ballpoint art
19. *Mono ballpoint art (single color)
20. *Black & white ballpoint art
21. *Ballpoint Domain Names .net, .com, .org, .us (I invented these domain names)
22. *ISO/DIN Archival Ink list (most comprehensive in history)
23. *Colored Pen and Refill list (3) (most comprehensive on the Web)
24. *Steadfast Light test results (ink fading information for artists)
25. *Ballpoint Pen History information (a background check)
26. *17 virtues (first to list a ballpoint’s qualities)
27. *Ballpoint company list (inform people of alternatives)
28. *Ballpoint tips extra bold, bold, medium, fine, ultra-fine, extra-fine (informing people of three new ballpoint tips)
29. *Ballpoint pen art statements (explaining history)
30. *Archiving ballpoint artists (logging artists names into history)
31. *Archiving ballpoint art (logging my comments pertaining to ballpoint art)
32. *Produced an American folk art program called: Ball Point Pen Art that is establishing the largest art movement in history, ballpoint pen art which is an extension of Pen And Ink.
33. *Produced the largest pen & ink and ballpoint pen art sites on the Web
34. *Published 1,900 of my ballpoint pen images
35. *Framed my ballpoint pen pictures for display
36*Elevating sensitivity level of mankind (recognizing ballpoint pen virtue)
37*Longest flowing lines in history (best examples of quality)
38*Bright rich colors (I was the first person on the Internet to display colored ballpoint art in 2000 and have more such pictures displayed here than all other placers)
39*Provided undisputed leadership of the ballpoint pen art movement for 11 years
40*Presented Bic with a program to establish ballpoint pen art

17 BALLPOINT PEN VIRTUES

1. Most sold pen system in history! (oil based inks)
2. Most sold art medium in history! (popular)
3. Best carbon copy making tool in history! (produces consistent dark lines)
4. Longest flowing line in history! (one mile long line cartridge capacity)
5. Subtlest camera-ready half tone art lines in history! (Elevates mankind’s graphic art lines to a new sensitivity level)
6. Only pen system that can draw underwater in history! (research, communications, measuring)
7. Only pen system that can draw upside down in history! (extremely practicable on the job tool)
8. Only pen system that can draw in space throughout history! (gravity-free void) (space or high flying airplanes)
9. Only pen system that works in the freezing cold in history! (-50F) (pressurized jel inks)
10. Darkest full toned colored pen inks in history! (dark rich colors)
11. Only oil-based pen ink in history! (all other pen systems used water based inks)
12. Only pen in history that draws over grease! (Works over many surfaces, textures and conditions)
13. Only pen system in history to work in extreme heat (+250F) of Space! (industrial conditions or adverse conditions)
14. Strongest pen tips in history! (portable, works for prying, digging or scraping)
15. Strongest pen casings in history! (durable, portable, practicable)
16. Largest pen ink reserve in history! (spontaneous creations, capturing motion, quick action)
17. Easiest pen system in history to use! (children and most other can use with minimal instructions)

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The Cramp-free pen!

OUR BALLPOINT PEN ART SITE HAS 1,000 artists, 7,693 drawings, 372 videos, 480 blog entries & 199 related links for your enjoyment. Jerry Stith is the most prolific ballpoint artist, publisher, video producer, information provider and creator of this site therefore leader of the Ballpoint Pen Art movement. (picutre is the link)

Jerry Stith's ballpoint pen collection & refills

16 Ballpoint pen colors: Gold, silver, brown, yellow, burgundy, turquoise, blue, yellow-green, green, blue-green, orange, pink, light purple, purple, red and black. Plus all the mixers of such listed colors!