Tools and Materials Archive

Torcello without my camera

28.09.22 28.09.22Tools and Materials, Travel, Urban Sketching

The decision was not easy for me. A self-bound sketchbook made of Moleskine paper in A5 size, watercolour pencils, paint box, brushes, fineliner and fountain pen but no camera would…

My Eternal Dilemma With The Sketchbook

22.11.21 23.11.21Sketchbook and Paper, Tools and Materials

No matter what format my sketchbook has, I am always dissatisfied with it. Before I think about the right paper quality, I already despair about the ideal size. I can…

Sketch Board – DIY

20.06.19 20.06.19Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

I’m awfully comfortable and like to settle in, even when urban sketching. That’s why I made myself a sketching board some time ago. It has room for my water containers,…

Silverpoint – A Touch of Genius

03.06.19 28.12.19Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

I bought a pencil in Florence. No, I am not that bored, that I have to write blog posts about such banalities. To be specific it is not any pencil,…

Fude de Mannen By Sailor Pen

28.05.19 28.05.19Fountain Pen, Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

Since I have started with urban sketching, I use a LAMY Safri (EF-nib) and from time to time a MICRON fineliner by Sakura Pigma. Having a horrible handwriting, I have…

Moonglow – Nice-to-have or Must-have?

27.03.19 27.03.19Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

I banned Ultramarine Blue temporary from my pallet. Therefor I have room for an additional colour. This free space irritates me and I have to occupy it. Moonglow by Daniel…

Daniel Smith Sugilite – It Glitters

13.03.19 13.03.19Colour, Tools and Materials

Recently I mentioned my enthusiasm for Daniel Smith PrimaTek colours. Thanks to that euphoria, I now possess a colour I have no idea what to do with it. Looking at…

Travelling With Ink

03.03.19 04.03.19Ink, Tools and Materials

A converter for a Lamy fountain pen holds ca. 1 ml ink. Being en route one has to restrict oneself to manage with that amount. I use document ink by…

Palette – February 2019

01.03.19 04.03.19Colour, Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

Last weekend was very relaxing. I was listening to my Opera collection – something I have not done for a long time. And I was playing with my watercolours –…

All That Glitters Is Not Gold – Part 2

28.01.19 04.03.19Colour, Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

As promised, in part 1 I tested all the presented tools for sketching gold and silver. And as in part 1 unfortunately the pictures do not represent lifelike colours. Obviously,…

All That Glitters Is Not Gold – Part 1

21.01.19 04.03.19Colour, Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

The headline is justified because this post also deals with silver. I use mainly ink and watercolour for urban sketching. Bothe media reach their limits when it comes to paint…

A non-recommendable fountain pen with a flexy nib

25.08.18 04.03.19Fountain Pen, Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

Prestigify, an online shop for art supplies, located in Canada, offers a flexy nib calligraphy fountain pen to a very low price. "If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly." This…

Antarctica Palette

04.02.18 04.03.19Colour, Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

For many days I was experimenting like an alchemist to create the perfect mix of my ink for my trip to Antarctica. I still haven’t found it, but I was…

Ink Colour – Or The Absurde Secrets Of Amazon

22.01.18 04.03.19Ink, Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

Two facts are deemed to be known. Not every product is available in every country. Amazon does not deliver every product to every country. Austrians can tell you a thing…

Rohrers Traditional Ink vs De Atramentis Document Ink

03.12.17 04.03.19Ink, Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

Beside some pathetic attempts in calligraphy during schooldays I had no idea about waterproof ink before I began urban sketching. On the internet I discovered two major recommendations: Noodlers and…

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