A lot of times when I’m waiting for paintings to dry down in the studio, I like to take detail shots of the things I’m working on with the iPhone’s camera. These pics aren’t the same type of shot I’d need to take if I was documenting a finished piece, they’re much quicker & looser, so there’s no need to worry about making it perfect. I just play and try to get some interesting process pics at the same time.
I got some great new brush pens back in June and I haven’t had them out of arm’s reach since. Normally in the studio, I use a pen or brush, with india ink, if I’m away from the studio, usually a Sharpie or Faber-Castell pen brush. These are great, but I wanted see what other kinds of brushes were out there. I found some brush pens online & I decided to give them a try. They’re exactly what I was looking for, portable, yet still loose & with lots of ink.
I got a Pentel Brush Pen & a Piston Waterfiller Waterbrush and they’re both fantastic. The Pentel is a smaller, tighter brush that uses ink cartridges. This brush is really great for tight curves and more detailed brushwork. The Piston waterbrush uses whatever kind of ink I want to put into it, and I can control the flow of ink as well. The piston’s brush is larger and looser than the Pentel’s. It also comes with another slightly larger brush. I’ve been carrying all three around with me wherever I go, and I figured I’d share some of the drawings from the past month or so.
Dylan and I were drawing the other day & he helped me color in some monster guy I was drawing. I need to get his help more often.
Ive been playing around with QR codes, barcodes and other kinds of things lately. I’m not sure exactly what I’ll be doing with any of this stuff, possibly some fun geocaching spin-offs, add it to business cards, etc. We’ll see.
This one here is just a link back to this site.
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