Tag Archives: tools

In your sketch kit: Summer 2017

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

I’m finally packing my sketch bag for the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago. And I’m going with my smallest sketchbag to date. It’s a small Timbuk 2 Messenger, and I’ll carry just 2 sketchbooks: A large 9×12 wirebound Beta book … Continue reading →

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Sketching with (almost) nothing

Posted on December 26, 2016 by

I pulled out my kit at home to sketch when my friend and fellow sketcher Uma visited. And (I’m blaming it on the wine, see empty glass on left?) then I forgot to put it back in my bag. So … Continue reading →

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Packing for Manchester

Posted on July 7, 2016 by

Packing for my workshop in Manchester… Continue reading →

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What’s in my sketch kit?

Posted on March 16, 2016 by

My sketch kit is my studio-in-a bag. Here’s what’s in it today. Continue reading →

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Recent Obsessions. And Brush Pen Reviews.

Posted on March 30, 2015 by

There are themes I return to all the time, so I guess I have many recent obsessions. There’s vintage cars that I understand nothing about but love the shapes of. And there’s vintage signage, like this sign for the Sands Motel on … Continue reading →

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Talking shop on parkablogs.com

Posted on December 20, 2013 by

When I need my fix of ‘talking shop’, I head over to Parkablogs to drool over artists’s tools: their nib pens and their obsessions with a particular color of ink, their favorite papers and sketchbooks. Parka takes a look into … Continue reading →

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