sketching Materials?
polycounter lvl 18
Hi folks,
Can anyone recommend me good drawing paper and pencils and stuff like that, which they use for all their drawings.
oh and it must be equipment avilable in the UK
Can anyone recommend me good drawing paper and pencils and stuff like that, which they use for all their drawings.
oh and it must be equipment avilable in the UK
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I like sketching with a photo-blue pencil, then going over that with pens. People used to use these pencils because a film camera would ignore the blue color, so you wouldn't have to erase the sketchy lines when scanning. But it's still fun to use one because it forces a light line, you can't draw dark with it, so it's easier for me to refine the sketch since I tend to press hard.
I like mechanical pencils too, using an H lead (or harder, again it forces the light touch).
Paper is whatever. Unless you're using marker pens, then you might want a non-bleeding surface, like illustration board. More expensive tho.
I like keeping things in a sketchbook, makes it harder to lose stuff.
i have been reading up on how Carlos Haunte does his work...big fan of his style. and he seems to use a prisma colour pencil and teh bienfang 360 marker paper. i have been looking for these in teh uk but they are only available in North America. does anyone know of good substitutes for these that wouldbe available in the uk? i really love carlos's style of drawing and wish to try and practice achieving a simlar style..of course not identical...but it is always nice to have an influence as a starting guideline.
just one other thing the equipment you have said you use...do you have an example of work so that i can see what kind of an effect it has. thanks!
I thought he used a regular pencil, I'd like to try these prismacolor pencils.
He's uses prismacolor pencils?
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yes he does, but suggests using it on the bienfang 360 marker papers. In his owns words "paper from the gods".
I draw just about everything with a .3 mechanical pencil, currently I'm using the papermate protouch II, which works well and doesnt jam often. When I want a softer line I stick with mechanical and use a 1.3 pentel fiesta.
Ive tried a lot of pens but none have beat the paintbrush (sable hair #1) when it comes to inking (though the brush tipped felt pen I think is from faber castel comes close).
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The Copic markers can be tough to find (and expensive) but they are well worth it. For one, they don't have a strong odor like Prismacolors and they last for a very long time. If you can get a hold of the Gnomon workshop drawing DVDs by Feng Zhu, you'll see some good demos with Hi-Tec-Cs and marker.