Sometimes you've got to push yourself a bit. In February 2022 I challenged myself fill a 1.15 by 1.40 meter piece of paper using only the most humble of writing tools: the blue BIC Cristal ball pen. The only other requirement was accepting that the drawing couldn't fail, whatever happened. A Bic has a reservoir that holds about three kilometers of ink. I ended up emptying three of them.
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'The Big Bic' (2022), by Erik van Tuijn, BIC Cristal ball pen on brown paper