#tools i use

[karroana]

what brand of gouache do you use please? I love your colour palette too

Here are the paints i mainly use these days !

it's the standard holbein 12 gouache set + 2 additional colours (opera and cobalt turquoise). i keep them in an airtight palette and paint with it, outside and inside :)

[gezeit]

Hallo! Als erstes, deine Zeichungen sind wirklich Meisterwerke! Ich weiß nicht ob du eine ähnliche Frage schon mal beantwortet hast, aber was nimmst du zum Zeichnen her? (Grafiktablet?) Dankeschön!<3

Heyho und vielen Dank. Irgendwo hab ichs schon mal beantwortet aber ich kanns gern nochmal tun. Ich arbeite mit einem Wacom Intuos 5 in der Größe m?  (nach der absolut unnötigen Umbenennung heißt es jetzt glaube ich Intuos Pro M oder so. ^^ )

Von den Programmen her nutze ich hauptsächlich Sai und Clipstudio Paint mit ein wenig Photoshop reingemixt.

[karroana]

Salut ! J’aime beauuuucoup ton travail et j’avoue que regarder ce que tu fais m’a carrément donné envie de tester la peinture:)) du coup, désolé de te poser la question si tu as déjà posé quelque chose sur le sujet mais quel type de papier utilises-tu pour peindre ? C’est jamais évident de trouver le bon carnet pour, aloooors je me suis dit que c’était l’occasion de demander ! C’est toujours trop cool de découvrir des artistes comme toi, merci d’avance pour la réponse:)

🇨🇵 - Merci beaucoup pour ce gentil message !! Si tu permets je vais répondre en anglais, histoire que le + de monde possible puisse comprendre la réponse :)

🇬🇧 - I got a question about which type of paper I use for painting, so I'll answer right here !

Most of the time, if I'm not planning on a full piece but simply painting from observation or just doodling, I'll use my sketchbook (it's from Talens Art Creation. Quite cheap and easy to find sketchbook). The paper is on the thinner side, but sturdy enough to handle gouache if you don't use too much water !

For fully rendered pieces that I put more effort on though, I paint on this Canson watercolour paper. I usually cut it to A5 size ! Compared to other watercolour papers, it's on the cheaper side, but it's more than enough for the use I have of it.

Hope this helps !! Enjoy painting :)

[karroana]

Hello ! Déjà, félicitations pour le bébé ^ _ ^ Rien à voir but i wanted to ask where you bought the little palette you put your gouache in :) i'm currently looking for one, but all i can find in shops isn't suitable.... merci d'avance ! 🍀🍀

Merci beaucoup, c'est hyper gentil ! 🧡🕊️

Et oui, the palette I use for gouache is an air tight palette I bought online, from the brand Transon ! I think it comes from the US ? I couldn't find it in stores either when I was looking for it...

I highly recommend it though ! Been using it for around 6 months now and I've had zero problem 👌

Hope you enjoy painting !!

[bratniadusza]

What types of tools do you color your art with? It's always so pretty!

Hi! My heart just grew three sizes since I saw your ask! >u< Thank you so much for appearing here and for the lovely ask! >U<Onto the question! :DI use these badboys :D

Most of the time I color with alcohol based markers, cause I really like they way they blend and how they look on drawing :D The ones I use particulary are Winston and Newton Promarkes/Brushmarkers and they are working for me pretty well, so I’m sticking with them for now ;P

I also think that white gel pen and a bit of photo edition might do the job :D I’m usually editing the photos a little bit to make them more clean and pleasant to look at :D Especially now since light in my room is not good to take photos aaand it’s getting pretty dark pretty quick :P Hope I helped! And again, I’m so flattered to see ya here, u great artist u >u< Thanks for the question and for that sweet last sentence!Have just as great day as you are! >u<

[samanthadolan]

Tools I use Part 1: Drawing

I’m a self confessed stationery an art supply buying addict. My hoard may be reasonably organised but I have so many pens and pencils there is no reason I should buy anymore again. Or at least in the next three or four months. 

Even with this in mind there is a high chance I will purchase something by the end of this month. Just to test out! I like to experiment and highly recommend everyone, new or old to drawing, experiment too. Things are always changing. You never know what a weird pencil from a shop you have never been into before could inspire you to create.

Another perk of experimenting is you concretely decide what your favourites are. Here are my favourites.

That is until I discover something new and amazing on my next stationery buying adventure!

Staedler Mars Lumograph Black.  I discovered these pencils last year. I like to draw in graphite pencil but I have a pet hate about it. When i scan a finished drawing the tones shows up shiny and washed out. These pencils solve this problem. They are a matte black pencil but graded like graphite pencils. When you scan it, no shiny washiness, just clean dark lines!

Mechanical pencils and lead.  Good for sketching and when you have to get the finest of details. I use a range of different grades of lead from 4h to hb. When i do proper tonal drawings I use these. I also use 0.5 mm and 0.3 mm thick lead, the smaller the better. 

Carne d’ache Supracolor pencils. These are nice soft watercolour pencils in a range of great colours. I use them for drawing and adding details to watercolour paintings. 

Faber castell Graphite pencils. Grades 4h,3h,2h,f,hb: Current range of pencils I use for tonal drawings and studies. I like to draw with pencils that are all the same brand so there is no difference in tone. Occasionally you could be using two different brands of pencils that are the same grade but they look different on paper. But thats just me being a perfectionist. 

Pental bursh pen. Nice and inky. I like using this when I’m brainstorming in my sketchbook. It’s also good for calligraphy. 

Micron pens. You can get lots of different brands of micron pens. At the moment my favourite brands are Staedler and Sakura. The pens come in various nib sizes all the way down to 0.05 which gives you a very thin line. They are great for drawing tiny details and they scan nicely.

Pental Touch Brush pen. Great for lettering and doodling. Has a nice soft pen tip like a fude pen.

Dip pen and ink. I use the smallest nibs I can find. I’m not actually sure what they are called but if you are looking for some search for map drawing nibs. Ive used a large array of inks and still haven’t found my favourite. I used to have a bottle of ink I got out of Diaso when I lived in Dubai. It cost 7AED (£1ish) and it was amazing. But ive never found it again. I currently use Diamine Drawing and Caligraphy ink in Jet black and warm grey. Also Winsor and Newton Black Indian ink and Higgins waterproof caligraphy ink. Don’t spill the latter everywhere. I still have stains on my keyboard from a terrible incident about 3 years ago. 

Hard and soft eraser. It’s always good to have both on hand. Hard erasers are good for correcting errors and picking out sharp detail. Soft putty erasers are good dabbing on the page to pick up excess graphite and picking out detail that is a softer shape. 

Stabilo Point 88 fine line pens: good for doodling and come in a big range of colours. 

If you have any questions on the above comment or send me a message on my instagram. You can find all these at your local art shop. Or have a search online. 

Next up in this series I’m going to talk about paint and paper! Which I also have a far too much of!

[casmo-blog]

A better email tool

Whenever I write a letter, especially a draft letter, I usually write the text first. The reason is simple: texts tend to evolve, and may end up being about something completely different from what I set out to write about.

Paper is not forgiving, in that a mistake requires me to cross out or apply correcting fluid to the text. We believe our electronic tools are much more forgiving. But they are not.

Email applications are not fit for email

Case in point: email applications. The way in which they are set up invites mistakes or waste of time. Think about your favorite program. In all likelihood, it asks you for the email address of the intended recipient first, then for the subject, then for the actual text. However, that is not how you work. You know who you are writing to, but the subject line may well evolve throughout the actual writing of the text. And with the change in subject matter may well come the realization that other people need to be informed about the contents of your message.

However, few people take the time to revisit their subject lines or to reconsider whom they add to the already filled in recipient list.

There is one tool I have been using on iPad and Mac and that I miss on my iPhone: Ulysses. This markdown editor has a dazzling array of features, among which is a diverse set of export features. Any email I write starts right there, in that application, in markdown. Forts I write the text, then I write the tittle, which is the subject line, and only when I export as a mail, I add the subject line.

Mails have the time to develop and mature. I have no flashing send button imploring me to share whatever complete or incomplete considerations with the perhaps inappropriate but most certainly incomplete list of recipients.

So, Soulmen, kind purveyors of this app, when will you bring this tool to iPhone? And thanks for developing such a great tool.

[thecraftymummy]

Tools I Use: iPad Stylus

Tools I Use: iPad Stylus

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