Tools and Materials Archive

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…

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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