Tools and Materials Archive

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 03.06.19Tools 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,…

Minoritenkirche And Sketch Walk

02.06.19 02.06.19Fountain Pen, Ink, Urban Sketching

Before joining the USK Vienna for a sketch walk and a guided tour with the USK Prague I had some time to sketch the Minoritenkirche (Friars Minor Conventual Church). At…

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 –…

MAK – Inner Courtyard

21.02.19 04.03.19Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

I sketched a part of the MAK (Museum of Applied Arts) last year using a smaller sketchbook (Stilman & Birn, Beta, A5, hardbound). In the meanwhile I use a bigger…

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…

Seestadt Aspern – Cretacolor Mix

20.09.18 21.09.18Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

If you are interested in history you might have heard about Aspern. Archduke Karl defeated Napoleon there in 1809. Today the Seestadt Aspern one of Europe’s biggest urban development project…

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…

MUMOK and Faber-Castell

02.05.18 13.08.18Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

This was an unusual meeting of the USK Vienna. Faber-Castell presented some of their products especially for urban sketcher. We could use them on location and – how nice of…

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…

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