For the next three months, I’m doing a Foundations Friday series of posts on Instagram – sharing concepts from my Foundations course. On Friday it was all about Foundations Lesson 1: Knowing (and loving) your materials and I did an updated sketch of what I’m currently carrying around with me.
So here is the notated page in a large size (click on the image below to view larger):
And here are some links to more info relating to these items:
- Why I like the Lamy Joy and the Sailor Fude
- The ink I use in these pens (and other options)
- Why I love using a dagger brush
- New Watercolour Pencil Selection
- Articles using the GoldFaber Aqua Dual Markers
And in regard to watercolour…
- Current Palette – full listing of all paints
- Explanation my colour choices
- Mixing in my palette (and why I like metal tins with three wells in the lid)
- Setting up a watercolour palette
Let me know in the comment section below if you have any specific questions.
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8 Comments
Liz in your sketching tools photo in post 8 April you show 4 Faber Castel marker pens as part of your sketching kit.
Three markers appear to be greys and one is a cream colour. Could you please mention what these are as there is no comment on the post.
Thank you.
Hi Suzanne – they are Goldfaber Aquas – numbers are indicated on the sketch 196, 281, 277, 279. This isn’t a locked in selection so I didn’t highlight it in my text! š
Thank you for this Liz!
My pleasure!
Great sketch of your tools! The page is so alive and well designed, Iām studying it for how to do pages with lots of little things, lots of text, yet still have the page be alive and easy to read. Note to self, arranging things in different directions instead of all one way, really adds dynamism.
Thanks Jamie – I intended to do an angled layout (and did a thumbnail to plan it) but actually thought mid-sketch that next time I do a similar page I’ll draw all the items straight. š
? Hmmm, intrigued by āMGā – obviously a green, but not Sap ! Is it your own mix (My Green!?) or one I donāt recognise ? Hope all is well with you and warm wishes from a chilly Spring on the west coast of Scotland xx.
Hi Fiona – It’s Mixed Green. On the listing page I wrote: Removed Sap Green and now using a pre-mix of HYM and SCH FU…https://www.lizsteel.com/removingsapgreen/
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