This new sketchbook of mine is made up of Arches 140# rough watercolor paper, which I have never worked on before. The fine nib fountain pens that I usually use (Pilot Falcon and Kaweco Liliput fountain pens) don't work very well on this rough paper; neither do my fine-tip Gelly Roll white gel pens.
A new sketchbook with new-to-me rough paper, a few new colors never tried before in my emerald green folio palette (instead of my normal regular sized Pocket Palettes) . . . I might as well use new pens as well. Testing has shown that the Mahjohn Q1 bent nib eyedropper pen works well, as does Pentel's Pocketbrush and Milky Brush pens and my Wancher Puchico Mini with turquoise ink. Normally I use dagger travel brushes; I decided to switch to round brushes this time in large and small sizes.
The quote is taken from a longer post of Belgium artist and architect Barbara Luel that I read on Sunday. She often draws her tools so I did some of mine after jotting down the partial quote. Her post included a gorgeous sketch of 6 delicately stacked tea cups -- beautiful!
I loved what you wrote (The Barbara Luel quote) so went on a search for her and like what I see - thank you for sharing her name :)
ReplyDeleteI am going to experiment more this year with both art and writing - try and be more bold and try different styles, textures etc - nothing like the start of a new year to kick start the creativity!
I’ve followed Barbara on Instagram for quite a while — lovely lady! Watching her paint tea cups is mesmerizing. If only my paint was as “alive” like hers seems to be!
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