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- B2-kun
- Alberto Lung ("Lung" being the Spanish-spelling for "Dragon" in Chinese) completed a Master of Science and worked in Food Safety/Brand Protection for a few years before returning to his artistic roots. As a self-taught artist combining a scientific academic background, a passion for archaeology and mythology, and some Manga inspiration, I currently design and teach cartoon-sketching workshops for children to promote their visual literacy and creativity. I often rely on speed-sketching demonstrations of ninjas and fantasy creatures to engage young audiences and introduce them to suitable art supplies to develop their drawing skills. Love to sketch Sci-Fi and action figure concepts (robots, ninjas, and monsters) while searching for cool art supplies. Feel free to contact me if you need another opinion or advice on selecting your art supplies. If after reading my reviews you end up choosing to get some supplies through the Blick Art Materials website, I would really appreciate it if you were to click on any of the Blick banners displayed on this blog before placing your order since I am one of their affiliates.
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- All around my favorite first stop: Blick Art Materials - Most art supplies you could ever want with a reliable fulfillment department and excellent customer service
- All Art Supplies - got a boxed set of Tombow Mono Professional pencils (6B-4H) from them
- Art Supplies at Jerry's Artarama - worth checking out for the close-out art supplies section and some unique art supply lines from Asia and Eastern Europe manufacturers
- Cheap Joes - Got some nice watercolor brushes from this site
- DANIEL SMITH - got some watercolor tubes triads to try, and currently they feature some watercolor sticks with intriguing creative possibilities
- E-bay seller of New Old Stock (NOS) Tru-Point Vintage drafting supplies
- Ipentore - good source for Worther Shorty 3 mm clutch pencils and reills
- JetPens - stocks a wide assortment of Japanese pens , mechanical pencils, and rare watercolor sketching tools
- Levenger - Got a really nice Graphiti 2 mm leadholder at this site
- Mister Art - Got the best Copic Marker sketchbook from this site
- Montgomery Pens - they carry the full range of Caran D'Ache graphite refills from 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm
- Pearl Paint - Their brick and mortar stores often have ancient treasures (discontinued items) in their well-stocked shelves
- Pen City - also carries Caran D'Ache 2.0 mm graphite leads 12-packs
- Pencil Things - Every hard-to-find pencil and KUM sharpener your heart might desire with great customer service
- Pencils.com got a dozen Palomino Blackwings from this site
- Period Style - Pretty much carries the full range of Copic Marker products and accessories
- Sketchbook Central - great source for custom sketchbooks
- Trekell Brushes - Source for affordable high performance Kolinski brushes
- Utrecht - got cool bottle of glycerine (plasticizer) to adjust watercolor paint flexibility and prevent cracking of watercolor pans since they did not stock it in the Miami store at the time
- Wet Paint Art - another good source of Caran D'Ache art supplies in the USA
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