Botanical Garden of Bucharest (April 2021)
Winter scape
Materials used:
Watercolour sketchpad: Langton Watercolour Paper, cold-pressed, 100% cotton, 300 gsm
Watercolours; Winsor&Newton Professional
Watercolor sketch of a house in Bucharest
Materials used:
Watercolour sketchpad: Langton Watercolour Paper, cold-pressed, 100% cotton, 300 gsm
Watercolours; Winsor&Newton Professional
Western capercaillie
Materials used:
Watercolour sketchpad: Langton Watercolour Paper, cold-pressed, 100% cotton, 300 gsm
Watercolours; Winsor&Newton Professional
Sketch of a rooster
Materials used:
Watercolour sketchpad: Arches, Hot Pressed A4 185gsm, 100% cotton, 300 gsm
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
Watercolor sketch of Northern Railway Station in Bucharest
Materials used:
Watercolour sketchpad: Langton Watercolour Paper, cold-pressed, 100% cotton, 300 gsm
Watercolours; Winsor&Newton Professional
Sketch of a cow
Materials used:
Watercolour sketchpad: Arches, Hot Pressed A4 185gsm, 100% cotton, 300 gsm
Pen for drawing: Dip pen – Tachikawa T-40 Rubber Grip Nibholder and Nikko Spoon Nib
Ink: Rohrer & Klingner Calligraphy and Drawing Ink Schwarz (Black)
Watercolours: Rembrandt Pocket Box 12 Pans by Royal Talens
A yellow house in Bucharest – ink and watercolor sketch
Materials used:
Watercolour sketchpad: Langton Watercolour Paper, hot-pressed, 100% cotton, 300 gsm
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
Watercolours; Winsor&Newton Professional
Sketching a goose
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.
The second drawing I did with a plain graphite 3B pencil with a bit of shading.
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.
Materials used:
Watercolour sketchpad: SMLT Art, watercolour paper, 100% cotton, 300 gsm
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
Watercolours; Winsor&Newton Professional
Colored pencils: Caran d’Ache Luminance pencils
Graphite pencil: 3B, Faber Castell
Clopotarii Vechi Street, Bucharest (Feb 2022)
Materials used:
Arches Paper – Hot pressed, 185 gsm, 100% cotton
Dip Pen – Tachikawa T-40 Rubber Grip Nibholder
Nikko G Nib
Watercolours – Winsor & Newton Professional: French Ultramarine (PB29), Yellow ochre (PY43), Alizarin Crimson (PR83).
Synthetic Brush – Winsor & Newton Cotman 111 Round No. 10