Last week I had an extended weekend in Newcastle – a great sketching location 2 hours north of Sydney (I spent 2 weeks in the region earlier in the year.) The reason for this trip was two workshops for Faber Castell which I taught on the Saturday (I’ll share more about these separately) so I...
CONTINUE READINGAs I’ve been playing with 6 different types of Faber Castell products in the last month, I thought it was time to document my current selections. So it was fun to do a number of colour charts yesterday and review what I’ve been carrying around. As for how I’m organising and storing them… I’ve gotten...
CONTINUE READINGLast week I only used Pitt Artist Pens in my sketchbook (along with my usual ink lines) and I totally fell in love with them! There is something really special about the crisp hard-edged marks they make and their colour is so vibrant and transparent. I’m also loving having totally buckle-free pages with no transfer...
CONTINUE READINGOn Thursday last week I visited Larrypost… which is always a little dangerous.:-) I had two gold nibs that needed adjusting and I knew that Jen wanted me to have a play with the new Kakimori dip pen with reservoir. I’ve recently seen a number of my friends playing with one (Paul, Suhita, Shari, Paul...
CONTINUE READINGI’ve had a few zoom catchups with friends lately and my general rule for such catchups is to sketch something that relates to the person I’m talking with. I’ve shared some of these in previous Recent Sketches articles but I wanted to give them their own article as they are good examples of reflex sketching....
CONTINUE READINGLast week wasn’t the most exciting in terms of subject matter but it was significant due to new tools/techniques and new ideas. The Faber Castell products that I used… I started the week using coloured pencils (Polychromos) under the Albrecht Durer Watercolour Markers (AD Markers) After a few days I switched to combining the Albrecht...
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