Pen for drawing: Duke 2009 Charlie Chaplin Commemoration Bent Nib Fountain Pen, Dark Blue Color, Calligraphy Collection Fude Pen 0.5-1.2 mm
Ink: Bulletproof EEL Noodlers’s Fountain Pen Ink-Black
Watercolor portable set: Micro Portable Painter Watercolor Palette filled with Daniel Smith Essential Set watercolors (Hansa Yellow Light, Quinacridone Rose, Phthalo Blue (GS), New Gamboge, Pyrrol Scarlet, and French Ultramarine)
Watercolor brush: Winsor&Newton Cotman, 111, Round No 10
I sketched a goose today. Before filming the process for a YouTube video I tried out to sketch the goose to practise and to warm up my hand. There were 3 times I sketched the goose before the fourth final one.
The first one was with direct watercolour and background.
Graphite 3B pencil
The second drawing I did with a plain graphite 3B pencil with a bit of shading.
Watercolour and colored pencils
For the third one I began with a 3B pencil. Then I added watercolour and in the end I used some final touches of colored pencils.
For the sketch I filmed I used a fude bent nib fountain pen. Duke fountain pen with Noodler’s black waterproof ink. Then I applied watercolour. I should have waited longer for the ink to dry. Even though it is waterproof, the ink interacted with water creating a grey wash. This did not bother me, because I applied watercolour on the shady parts only. I did not do the background for the final one. I learned from the preparatory sketches that a background makes the subject unclear. So, a white background makes the subject more readable.
