Private Reserve Plum is a fairly standard purple, with just a little shading and fairly lengthy dry times. I struggled to get the colour right with this one but what’s on my screen is about the same as the ink. Obviously screens vary a lot but I do what I can do…
The Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth 5311 is a 5.6mm clutch pencil. It costs about £13 in the UK. I picked this one up second-hand from eBay. It’s quite a heavy pencil. I suspect it’s made from brass but I can’t be sure. It’s built like a tank. You will never need to worry about breaking it. The […]
The good thing about drawing is that you never need to be bored. This was drawn while waiting for someone to arrive for a meeting, sat in my car in a beautiful Dorset village. Platinum #3776 Sai, fine nib, Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-Iro, Calepino notebook
The Forest Choice is a wooden pencil available in #2 (HB) grade. It comes with an eraser and is available in boxes of 12 for about $3. The pencil is made from incense cedar and lays claim to being the first FSC-certified pencil. The barrel is lacquered and is simply branded. There’s no barcode but […]
This is the third and final instalment of the ever so exciting Sketchkit series. In the first episode, I wrote about what I carry around with me at all times. In the second, you found out all about what I like to keep around ready to pick up and go. This post is about what […]