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Art Supplies
April 22, 2018
Art Candy: Hahnemühle Watercolor Sketchbook
Last year I noticed a watercolor sketchbook in my favorite art supply shop that I had never seen before. So of course, I bought it. It’s from Hahnemühle, an established German brand. When starting a new sketchbook there’s always a period of getting used to how the paper handles your materials, but soon enough I was filling up the book quickly. It …
Read more »April 14, 2018
Creative Habits: Spring cleaning to help others
Some spring cleaning tasks are more fun than others. Instead of scrubbing your toilet, take some time to dive deep into your art supplies! Whether they’re organized in drawers and storage bins, or scattered around the house, chances are there are some tools you haven’t touched in a while. Give yourself a challenge with these extra supplies. …
Read more »February 23, 2018
Art Candy Sailor Fountain Pen with Fude Nib
The Sailor Profit Fude de Mannen Calligraphy fountain pen kind of looks like an ordinary plastic fountain pen. When you screw the cap off, there’s the hidden secret: the nib, doesn’t have a normal point, but is angled at 55. It looks like it was dropped and fell right on the tip of the pen, bending the nib. This angled nib allows the pen to be …
Read more »February 1, 2018
Art Candy Easy To Fill Fountain Pen
Do you love the way a fountain pen writes but hate the extra work that comes with certain kinds? Me too, and that’s why I have a crush on my TWSBI ECO fountain pen. The ECO stands for “economical”. I guess that’s because of the filling mechanism that usually you only find in more expensive fountain pens: a piston filler. The pen has a transparent …
Read more »December 28, 2017
Art Candy Our New Fakulty Art Supply Obsession
I love drawing with a pen that responds to pressure. Push hard — fat and squidgy. Pull back and get a razor-fine line. Usually I had to rely on a dip pen to get that sort of play, until I found the category of Japanese manga pens. Originally designed for writing kanji (Chinese characters), these pens have nibs that are like a lettering brush with …
Read more »December 9, 2017
Art Candy A New Fakulty Art Supply Obsession
If you haven’t heard of the #100DayProject, the idea is pretty simple. You choose one action to do for 100 days straight and share your photos on Instagram using your unique hashtag (#100DaysOf____). Sharing your goal publicly can be a great accountability tool, especially on those days when you can think of a million other things to do instead. …
Read more »September 14, 2017
Fakulty Chat: Koosje Talks Art Supplies
Art supplies: We love them! Some of us have a lot of them, and others are minimalists, using a favorite pen and sketchbook. Wherever you are on the art supplies spectrum, Koosje Koene, Sketchbook Skool’s co-founder, will tell you everything you need—and don’t need—for our upcoming kourse Imagining. Aside from art tools, here are answers to some …
Read more »August 14, 2017
Tips! Liz Steel Shows You How to Make a Sketchbook Support
Meet Liz Steel, this week’s teacher in our Urban Sketching kourse! In this video, you’ll get a look at Liz’s klass, which she teaches from her home in Sydney, Australia. Liz is an architect whose love for drawing changed her life—she took a sabbatical for work to draw full time, and she now teaches the art of drawing from real life all over the …
Read more »August 9, 2017
Tips! 8 Great Art Tips from Danny Gregory
We love talking about art supplies and various tips and tricks for using them almost as much as we love drawing. Here are some great ideas from Sketchbook Skool co-founder Danny Gregory: Don’t feel compelled to start a new sketchbook on the scariest page: the first one. Open in the middle and then, once you have confidently filled up some pages, …
Read more »August 8, 2017
Draw Tip Tuesday Lamy Safari Pens 101
Hang around Sketchbook Skool for a while and you’ll hear a lot about Lamy Safari Pens, a favorite tool of many of our students and fakulty members, including Sketchbook Skool co-founder Koosje Koene. In this week’s Draw Tip Tuesday, she’ll tell you all about how to fill and use this fabulous fountain pen. Now that you know how to fill your pen, …
Read more »July 19, 2017
Urban Sketching What to Do With a Sketchbook You Hate
The sketchbook itself was beautiful. Paper thick enough to handle watercolors as well as pens, and definitely markers, my favorites. A glossy burgundy cover that implied This is meant for serious artwork. Maybe that’s what made me buy it, and maybe that’s what made me hate it. I’ve always been a nervous sketcher. When I sit down to Draw Something …
Read more »July 13, 2017
Inspiration 6 Things You Need to Learn to Draw (and 1 You Don’t)
You want to learn how to draw. You know there are some important things you’ll need for this admirable goal. But we’re willing to bet they’re not what you think they are (one of them definitely isn’t). We made this handy list to show you what you’ll need to learn how to draw almost anything. A good pen. When we say good, we mean what feels good …
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