Greetings, this is Jerry Stith or the founder of an American folk art program referred to Ball Point Pen Art, Ballpoint Pen Art or Ballpointpenart. I’ve been on the WWW from the year 2000 as an artist, publisher, researcher and video producer. Providing ballpoint pen art a platform or home base has been my ongoing goal during that time span. Posting information pertaining to colored ballpoint pens, refills or colored pen packets, ISO/DIN archival inks, light fast tests results, artists names, artworks, videos and related URL’s or links have been taking place in order to help others learn about this developing art movement.

 

The Bic Pen Company reported four years ago (2005) that they alone have sold one hundred billion ballpoint pens. Needless to say, that's a lot of ballpoint pens, many purchases or a worldwide best selling product. Pen and Ink has been around for the past four thousand plus years, is one of the first art or writing mediums that helped shape, advance or improved every society throughout the world. A ballpoint pen is used for writing, carbon copy producing or art which in turn prospered almost all realms of society! That’s in part why I love introducing it as an art medium my friends.

 

A ballpoint pen has three major virtues that no other pen system in history has produced. A ballpoint pen is the only pen ever manufactured with an oil based ink delivery system. Many ballpoint pens can produce a mile long flowing line, brilliant or dark rich colors plus an exquisite half tone line perfect for doing artworks. Imagine producing a half tone line from a full toned ink if you may. The ballpoint pens ultra-fine (extra-fine) or fine tips produced the subtlest camera ready line in history which elevated the sensitivity of the art world globally. The long flowing line is spectacular for creating spontaneous artworks, for capturing motion, life and nature in real time. Last yet not least are its deep rich or outstanding colors. It’s very important because that places it on the same level with many other art mediums.

 

I think that Pen and Ink was held back because our art movement never developed colors. Nature arrives in color so reproducing, capturing or imitating it is rather difficult with only a black ink or medium. India ink was however an archived medium which is exceptionally important in the art world yet that’s not a substitute for color. Today, however a ballpoint pen does arrive on the marketplace in color as well as an archived inks. This year 2010 will mark my tenth year of publishing multi colored ballpoint pen drawings that have been viewed by over one million people therefore many more people are becoming aware of this relatively new art form.

 

Again that places a ballpoint pen on the same level or footing as other colored art mediums. Those developments have tremendously increased the Pen and Ink or Ballpoint pen and ink art movements as never before. Please remember, that the Ballpoint Pen Art movement is the largest developing art movement in history and Jerry Stith is the one doing more to establish it because he’s the most prolific ballpoint pen artist, publisher, video producer and information provider in history via the WWW. One decade of dedication to the ballpoint pen art movement marks Mr. Stith as the man with the plan or the driving force behind establishing this instrument as a recognized movement!

 

Educating a worldwide pubic of ballpoint pen virtues and providing them a home base or forum certainly helped improve our art movement. I’m currently publishing over 800 ballpoint pen artists names, 5,440 artworks, 153 videos, information and facts therefore archiving history is taking place as well my friends. Nine years of my life have gone into archiving, recording, publishing or documenting ballpoint pen art in order to advance the Pen and Ink art movement. A ballpoint is just one pen system that makes up the Pen and Ink Art movement yet stands on its own as an art medium. An art movement consists of many, many people from the past, present and future and that most likely means you as well! Supporting ballpoint pen artists through purchases, conversations, writings, building sites, sharing experiences or knowledge is how it all takes place people.

 

How can the most popular or sold art medium in history go unnoticed and not get recognized? Why aren’t the pen companies, art communities, the media or investors jumping on the bandwagon? Billions of dollars can be produced by capitalizing the most popular art movement in history, I would think! What about you? I’ve been doing ballpoint pen art from 1968 therefore have a complete program for those with millions to invest in producing ballpoint pen art history, helping others or making a profit.

 

I started an American folk art program called Ball Point Pen Art in order to establish what a ballpoint pen can do as an art medium, instrument or movement. No other people or artists on the WWW have produced such a program, verbalized such virtues or facts yet alone publish so much information pertaining to Ball Point Pen Art. History indicates doing such makes me the leader of the International Ball Point Pen Art movement. The facts indicate a truth as do my artworks, publications, video and written statements!

 

My site shows thousands of scribbles, inklings, doodles, sketches, renderings, drawings or illustrations for your enjoyment. I’ve also advanced the ballpoint pen art movement by creating and publishing ballpoint pen art videos, animations, commercial formats, digital variations, mono drawings, black and white pictures or multi-colored drawings like no others before me! All those things plus much information is archived for your knowledge or pleasure folks.

 

At sixty my thinking roams through the passages of time from within my mind. People, places, things or dreams have come and gone yet Father God Almighty’s holiness prevails over my soul, amen. His love and mercy has prepared me to serve others. Using God’s blessings and favor to help others by introducing BallPoint Pen Art has been a tremendous healing energy or source of peace throughout my life. Love is a verb or action word as is helping others.

 

Publishing over eight hundred ballpoint pen artists on my sites or blogs places each and everyone of us in art history. It gives all significance, value, honor, recognition plus a place in this art movements history. Each person takes their place before all, in order to stand the test of time, before a billion others from around the planet. I’ve been on the Web from the year of 2000 researching, reading, watching, observing or just arranging materials that best serve a developing art movements because no others have done so.

 

The internet’s impersonal aspect seems to keep many away or at bay. Inspirit of that people are seeking a living as an artists yet realize there’s nothing already here designed for that purpose. Pen and Ink has been around thousands of years yet there are no networks, organizations, societies, forums or commercial outlets established which in turn is very difficult to comprehend. The fine art community isn’t very supportive and the brokers, galleries, museums, auctioneers and publishers only seem to care about making a buck at the artist’s expense. (You’ll be worth something or more valuable once you’re dead theory comes to mind!)

 

Most artists know little to nothing about the art world, pricing, advertising, marketing, sales, promotions, public relations or often communications unlike the commercial artists. Needless to say, those things discourage the average artist plus limit growth on the Web. Fortunately there are more and more user friendly art networks developing that take care of the production art, pricing, collections, sales, shipping and displaying or business side of things. I personally think those places are tremendously helping many artists. They also bring people or artists together on a social level which is great knowing they are from around the world.

 

I’ve traveled much of my life therefore realize societies shortcomings or man’s weaknesses. Establishing a ballpoint pen art forum or network naturally came to mind. Bringing together ballpoint pen artists, advancing the pen and ink art movement, displaying art, introducing new names and faces to history plus serving society as a publisher gave me an opportunity to exercise my abilities. It also provides me with a place to show my own artworks, express my views, to share experiences or knowledge’s compiled while in the field of life.

 

By the way, I’m a born again Christian therefore all credit goes to Father God Almighty, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit. All my time represents a “labor of love” because serving others is a blessing or tremendous gift from God plus such heals my soul, amen!

 

Have a blessed and prosperous day, Jerry Stith

 

Here’s a list of nineteen ballpoint manufactures of colored pens.

1. 10 Superior Quality: 10 colored ballpoint pen pack.

2. ColorTech: 20 colored ballpoint pen pack.

3. Prism: 10 colored ballpoint pen pack

4. 10 Rainbow: colored ballpoint pen pack

5. Jell Tek Rainbow: 7 colored pack

6. Pentel: Firestick 10 colors all in one pen

7. Pentel: Coca-Cola Bear 10 colors all in one pen

8. RoseArt: 6 colored pack

9. A&W: 10 colors in one pen (I’m told yellow is one of those 10 colors)

10. Staedtler 10 colors: ball 432 ice colors

11. Schefield prism 10 ballpointpen colors

12. 10 Color Ball Pen of Assorted

13. Bic Mini Crystal Pens (France)

14. Monteverde

15. Sanford

16. Shanghai Weijun

17. Arty Crafty Rainbow Neon

18. Fisher

19. Sensa