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richardf8After polishing off a story commission, I did a little piece of art which I colored using Crayola Markers. They were, ah, soppy, and the laydown was not real consistent. My skills surely had something to do with it, this being my first attempt at coloring with markers, but there was also as sense in which I felt the markers were at war with me.
So next day it was off to the art store for a some of the new Pitt Artist Brush pens with colored ink. They're no Copics, and they're no Prismacolors, but they're no Crayolas either, and that's the point. After doing a sketch of Willie on bond paper in the art-store, I decided they would do, and picked up the Basic and Landscape sets (I had the greys at home; used them to render a certain rat on the otherwise crayola project) as well as some cheap for-farting-around-with bristol. Next week, I'll pick up the Terra set, which should give me some nice flesh tones.
We then went hiking down by the Saint Croix, where I couldn't resist doing a little sketch of Grendel and Willie camping out, roasting mice over a campfire. And tonight, I had more fun with them, coloring a political cartoon I did about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
In short, I love these pens. They're not priced too badly, they are luscious to handle, and between the colors, grays, and line-art set, everything needed to do some nice, full color illustration fits into a very small space.
So next day it was off to the art store for a some of the new Pitt Artist Brush pens with colored ink. They're no Copics, and they're no Prismacolors, but they're no Crayolas either, and that's the point. After doing a sketch of Willie on bond paper in the art-store, I decided they would do, and picked up the Basic and Landscape sets (I had the greys at home; used them to render a certain rat on the otherwise crayola project) as well as some cheap for-farting-around-with bristol. Next week, I'll pick up the Terra set, which should give me some nice flesh tones.
We then went hiking down by the Saint Croix, where I couldn't resist doing a little sketch of Grendel and Willie camping out, roasting mice over a campfire. And tonight, I had more fun with them, coloring a political cartoon I did about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
In short, I love these pens. They're not priced too badly, they are luscious to handle, and between the colors, grays, and line-art set, everything needed to do some nice, full color illustration fits into a very small space.
