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Rotring Pens I bought: Isograph 0.5 & 0.7
These are the two Rotring Isograph technical pens that I bought recently. They are the 0.5 and 0.7 tips. I was actually looking for the Rotring Rapidograph technical pen but it's not sold here in...
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Review: Wacom Intuos5 Medium Touch Tablet
Below are two reviews originally published on websites of my friends Don Low (here& here) and Drewscape (here) respectively.There are even more reviews of Wacom Intuos5 Tablet on Amazon (US | UK |...
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Stillman and Birn Sketchbooks First Impression
Here are some Stillman and Birn sketchbooks that I bought recently. Stillman & Birn is a company that was founded in 1958 by Philip Birn (1911 - 2004). Information is quite scare on their website...
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Review: Pebeo Colorex Atelier Ink Box Set
This review was originally published on Don Low's blogThe colours in the Pebeo Colorex Atelier set include Primary Yellow, Sanquin, Cyan, Cobalt Blue, Sepia, Magenta, white and Violet. These come in...
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Review: Hand-book watercolour sketchbook from Global Art Materials
The hand-book watercolour sketchbook is part of the trav-e-logue series from Global Art Materials. It seems to be distributed in the USA currently. It has a nice hardbound bookcloth cover with a...
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Review #2: Pebeo Colorex Atelier Ink Box Set
My friend, Don, has already done a review on these watercolour inks. So my review will be more of an add-on on what he's said. I took snapshots of all the drawings so you could see the saturation of...
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Review: Stillman & Birn Gamma Series Sketchbook
UPDATE Mar 11: After further testing, I realise I've been inaccurate to say that heavy washes in general produces puddling stains. This seems to happen mainly with certain fountain pen inks and dyes....
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Da Vinci 5240 Watercolor Deluxe Wood Box 5 Brush Set
Here's a nice watercolor box set I found while surfing around. It's the Da Vinci 5240 Watercolor Deluxe Wood Box 5 Brush Set with the following brushes:Series 991 Size 18 Flat Russian Blue Squirrel Mix...
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Review: Staedtler Mars Micro 775 Mechanical Pencil 0.7mm
I've finally found the mechanical pencil that can take the brittle Pilot Color Eno pencil leads.That's the Staedtler Mars Micro 775 Mechanical Pencil which takes the 0.7mm lead.Previously, I was using...
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Affordable fountain pens with flex for drawing- A review of the FPR Dilli and...
Most fountain pen reviews out there are for people who want to write with them. And it's hard to judge whether a fountain pen is good for drawing from those reviews because writing with a fountain pen...
View ArticleMike Krahulik drawing on Microsoft Surface Pro
Here's Mike Krahulik, artist of Penny Arcade, drawing and inking on the new Microsoft Surface Pro. He's using the Sketchbook Pro software. Yes, the Surface Pro supports a pressure sensitive stylus with...
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Review: Sailor 1911 Pro Gear fountain pen (fine nib) for drawing
This is a fountain pen review for artists. If you have been drawing for awhile, you probably already know that you don't need a super expensive pen to do a great drawing. Any cheap pen that can make a...
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Review: Stillman & Birn Zeta Series Sketchbook
The Zeta series of sketchbook belongs to the extra heavyweight line of Stillman & Birn sketchbooks.There are 52 pages of 270GSM paper with smooth white surface. Paper is acid free so it's archival...
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Refilling the Pilot V5 & V7 Hi-Tecpoint Rolling Ball Pens
The Pilot V5& V7 Hi-tecpoint rolling ball pens are among my favourite drawing pens. They are with me for every trip just in case other pens fail me. They are sometimes sold under the name Pilot...
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Modifying a Parallel Pen into a Folded Pen
My friend modified a Pilot Parallel Pen into a folded pen. -_-http://drewscape.blogspot.sg/2013/08/folded-pen-nib-in-parallel-pen.htmlTags: drewscapepilot penart product reviews
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Winsor & Newton Watercolor Set: The Chelsea Box
Winsor & Newton Watercolor Chelsea Box Set is the luxury set for those have taste for the finer things in life in addition to painting. This is a collector's item that makes for a great gift either...
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Review: Strathmore Visual Journal - Watercolor 300GSM
I tried the 9” X 12” watercolor journal book, with paper weighing 140lb (300GSM), and is acid free. The book is spiral bound and the sheets, a total of 22 sheets, are sandwiched between 2 very thick...
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Artograph LightPad Light Box
The Artograph LightPad Light Box is an improvement over the earlier LightTracer model. It also seems to be quite popular among artists and even photographers.DesignThe LightPad looks durable, is...
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My modification to the Ackerman Pump Pen
When I visited Japan this year I bought a pack of Tachikawa (crowquill) nibs that came with reservoirs. I decided to use them to improve the Ackerman Pump pen that I had. The Crowquill pump pen comes...
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Review: da Vinci Series 1573 Cosmotop Spin Round Travel Watercolor Brush
I decided to try the da Vinci series 1573 travel brushes after being impressed by the series 1503 Maestro watercolour travel brushes which I have been using for years. The 1573 series are marketed as...
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