A blog about writing, sketching, running and other things
I’m currently a third of the way through Italo Calvino’s “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller” and I love his descriptions of reading experiences.
Field Notes Signature sketchbook and Tombow Mono 100 F pencil. The Seed Radar eraser did the not so fine job of erasing a few lines.
Watching Neil Gaiman’s livestream of “Art Matters” and feeling inspired.
Tomboy Mono 100 F, Leuchtturm1917 sketchbook.
Field Notes signature sketch book, Super5 0.7 calligraphy nib, Rohrer & Klingner Lotte SketchINK.
We had a “street party” at work in Arca, a venue in Tel Aviv’s Port, and I took the opportunity to draw a quick sketch of the place.
Schminke watercolours applied with a waterbrush on a Stillman and Birn pocket Alpha. Sketch done with a Super5 0.7 fountain pen and Rohrer & Klingner Lotte SketchINK.
I went back and finished my sketch of the embassy today. I would have probably spent a little more time on it but I was eaten alive by mosquitoes, so I cut my sketching short. You can find the initial ink sketch here. As usual, I used Schminke watercolours.
Lost daylight while I drew this, so I couldn’t complete it in time. Will go back to I add watercolour, hopefully soon.
Drawn on a Moleskine A4 watercolour notebook, with a Sailor Fude 55 degree nib fountain pen filled with Noodler’s Lexington grey. This is the first time I’ve used the Sailor Fude pen, and it is taking some getting used to. Depending on the angle you hold it, it either creates thick, brush-like lines, medium lines, or extra fine lines (when flipped over and used upside down).
A first look at the new Staedler 308 colour pigment liners. The standard black ones are my fineliner of choice, since their barrel is more comfortable than the Sakura Pigma Micron or the Faber-Castell ones (Copics are overpriced, and I’ve had bad luck with them drying out).
I made a quick sketch of the vintage Parker ink bottle promo pen cup that I got at the local flea market. The ink spread a little, as most ink does on the Lebuchtterm sketchbook. Strangely enough that doesn’t bother me, and I still am a fan of these notebooks. The Staedler pigment liners are a joy to use, and their colours pop off the page:
Scanned in, you can see the ink spread, but also how vibrant the colours are.
All in all, I’ll probably pick up a few more of these once I get the chance.
This page isn’t done yet. I’ll probably add another little sketch to the bottom right.
Stillman and Birn Pocket Alpha, Super5 fountain pen, Rohrer and Klingner Lotte SketchINK and Schmincke watercolours.
Writing at Large 