Doodling materials: Piccadilly sketchbook,
Lyra 2B graphite crayon shavings suspended in water in a porcelain dish, and
Winsor & Newton Sceptre Gold II #4 round brush.
The value of the washes can be easily controlled by adjusting the amount of water loaded on the brush tuft before picking up the graphite wash.
Gotta admit that drawing with a brush has a nice feeling to it. The strokes seemed to flow much more freely than my usual brush pen choices. Going to have to start using my collection of real brushes more frequently. Even like the sand-like sheen noticeable on the darkest wash sections (though the photos fail to capture that sparkle effect). The suspension of water soluble graphite shavings also washed off more easily from the brush hairs than regular India ink.
Video 1 and
Video 2. This was the perfect opportunity to test a recently fixed
Winsor & Newton Series 7 Kolisnky #7 round brush. Its ferrule had become wobbly on its wooden handle, so I had to glued them back together.
I'm pretty happy that the Super Glue fixed this
Series 7 round brush and continue to find the
Lyra graphite crayons quite fun to play with.
Doodling materials: Piccadilly sketchbook, Lyra 2B graphite crayon shavings suspended in water in a porcelain dish, and Winsor & Newton Sceptre Gold II #4 round brush.
The value of the washes can be easily controlled by adjusting the amount of water loaded on the brush tuft before picking up the graphite wash.
Gotta admit that drawing with a brush has a nice feeling to it. The strokes seemed to flow much more freely than my usual brush pen choices. Going to have to start using my collection of real brushes more frequently. Even like the sand-like sheen noticeable on the darkest wash sections (though the photos fail to capture that sparkle effect). The suspension of water soluble graphite shavings also washed off more easily from the brush hairs than regular India ink.
Video 1 and Video 2. This was the perfect opportunity to test a recently fixed Winsor & Newton Series 7 Kolisnky #7 round brush. Its ferrule had become wobbly on its wooden handle, so I had to glued them back together.
I'm pretty happy that the Super Glue fixed this Series 7 round brush and continue to find the Lyra graphite crayons quite fun to play with.
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An Italian comic artist I admire told me a few years ago that he is using a "Windsor and Newton No. 1". I am not familiar with the tools used by artists, so this might sound like a stupid comment, but Windsor and Newton seems to be really popular with comic artists (I never heard of this brand again, except on your web site).
Not surprising that in this day and age when digital tools have become the norm, that classical art material choices of the past decade might not be getting as much online coverage. Yet if you run a search for "Windsor & Newton Series 7" you are still bound to find quite a few references to what many comicbook inkers list as the top choice for sable bruhes. Another often mentioned tool I have yet to try would be the Raphael 8404 Kolinsky Red Sable fine pointed round brush.
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