Yes, there is amazing art created only with a humble ballpoint pen. Chris from Scrawlrbox returns to talk about how crosshatching, line variation, and applying water, can be used to create art with ballpoint pens. This episode is part of our series on using art supplies that you most likely already have at home.

Chris website: https://scrawlrbox.uk/

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Making Art With Paint Markers - featuring Alan Trautman

Alan's Instagram: @miathet13

Below is the list of paint markers that Alan owns, with US based links.

Our first interview with a maker of inks. Kiwi inks is named after founder Kapui’s mentor from New Zealand, who instructed him in ink making.

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https://www.kiwiinks.com

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Art using graphite pencils with guest host Chris Lambert of Scrawlrbox. Kim and Chris discuss the advantages of using graphite pencils to create art.

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Art supplies mentioned:

Staedtler Norris pencil, aka "the school pencil" (yellow and black)

Derwent sketching pencils

Faber-Castell pencils

Palomino Blackwing pencils

Tombow Mono 100 pencils

Musgrave pencils

For more on pencils, check out the "Erasable" podcast, and the "Wood & Graphite"  YouTube channel.

Origami with Brendan Plumb - @foldymcfoldface

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Brendan first tried origami as a pre-teen, using an origami book belonging to his brother. His signature models are dragons, small flowers, and figures.

Art supplies:

Brendan recommends tissue foil paper, matt on one side, shiny on the other.

Takeaways:

⁃ Don’t worry about the end result

⁃ Avoid thinking you can’t do it

⁃ Always try harder things, so you don’t become afraid

⁃ Good light is important

Recommended tutorials:

Robert Lang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ4hDppP_SQ

3 minute butterfly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZdO2e8K29o

Elephant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6822yu8CRg&t=438s

Dragon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CmCKm20t5A

Brie of Documented Journey

Brie grew up surrounded by art. Her mother had an art degree, and her father was an architect. Brie’s journals feature botanicals and nature. Her journals are chronological.

“Anything goes” when it comes to what she journals.

If you’re new to art journalling, Brie suggests asking yourself what you’d like to get from your journal. “All that matters is if you like it”.

“You can’t compare yourself to someone who’s been doing it all their life” (in reference to feeling unsure of ones self when it comes to art)

Art Supplies

Brie primarily uses watercolour. Favourite is Schminke, but Daniel Smith are easier to find in the US.

Tomoe River

Strathmore mixed media paper

Escada travel brushes

Prado and ultimo, size 4

Sekura waterbrush

Also likes using a Ballograph ballpoint pen

Jim Richards is an urban sketcher and art teacher. Jim has travelled the world working on urban planning projects for large cities. Visit Jim’s website to learn about his book and classes.

jamesrichardsketchbook.com

Jim uses Daniel Smith watercolours, but says “Start simple. Use supplies that won’t intimidate you”.

He prefers fude nib fountain pens particularly those by Sailor. The Sailor bamboo pen, Platinum Carbon Black ink, and DeAtramentis waterproof ink. Moleskine A4 sketchbooks for the smooth paper.

“Don’t aspire to be to be great, aspire to be prolific. Great will come over time”.

Kristine Von Hilderbrandt is a costume designer, fashion historian, pattern maker, seamstress, and florist.

At University Kristine studied fashion history and fell in love with the make-believe of costumes. Her favourite fabrics to work with are cotton sateen and velveteen.

Recommended website: spoonflower.com, a place to print your designs on fabric or to purchase items designed by others.

“Share your knowledge with as many people as possible”

@scarlett.menagerie on Instagram and Facebook

If you want some motivation to start drawing, or creating anything, listen to this very inspiring chat with artist AntonioMabs.

AntonioMabs is a freelance artist working in illustration, graphic design, character design, cartooning, and animation.

Most work is created digitally, using a Cintiq tablet. Adobe Photoshop and Flash. Cricut machine for creating stickers.

Art supplies: When sketching he uses a Bic pen or No. 2 pencil, on copy paper. Carries with him a small sketchbook that he’s made himself- available for sale on his website.

Some takeaways:

“Fail fast. Fail often. Every drawing gets you closer to finding your style”

“Get comfortable with failing. Understand it’s part of the process”

“Try to experiment within the fields of your medium” This allows you to understand it more, even if you don’t necessarily end up doing that work.

“Every day you give to your art, you’ve added energy to it and it grows”

Website: Mabsarts.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antoniomabs/

Book recommendation: The Principles of Animation

Artist mentioned: mcbess.com

Isaac Gorden goes through his impressive stash of unused art supplies. Handmade Japanese watercolours, Parisian pastels, and rare pencils. Along the way, Isaac and Kim discuss being too precious with art supplies, and the fear of “failure” — however you want to define that personally.

Isaac’s Instagram @dirgesinthedark

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Art Supplies Mentioned

Eberhard Faber Blackwing Pencil

IBM Electrographic Pencil

General’s Test Scoring 580 Pencil

CW Pencils Futura Pencil

General’s Golden Bear Pencil

Mitsubishi Kohitsu Shosha Pencil

Conte a Paris Sanguine Sticks

Gekkoso watercolor paints

Eagle Verithin Pencils

Mephisto Copying Pencils

Eberhard Faber Noblot Copying Pencils

“Postal” colored pencils

Greenleaf & Blueberry watercolors( @greenleafblueberry )

Sennelier Watercolor paints

Conte a Paris hard pastels

@nancychiu Noblot Art on IG