Sharing My Creative Tools

Every artist knows you have to keep your creative juices flowing, I can not always find the time to paint so I doodle or draw. I have been interested in Zentangle for a while, I think it is a very interest form of art. Now I can't say I dont use an earaser (you are not suppost to) I am too much of a perfectionest not too. Anyway, for me this is a great way to get your creative juices flowing. I would like to share some of my skeching tools with you. When I find a product that I love and I know works I want to share them. I will admit, some of my tools can be pricey but I have used trial and error and found that spending a little extra money on a great product makes a big difference.

These are my go to sketching tools:

Blackwing Pencils - they are so smooth to draw with
Copic Multi liner pens - Great to use with my next tool, they do not smear when used with markers.
Copic Sketch Markers - they are alcohol based so the blend beautifully
Prismacolor colored pencils - these also blend very well with each other

There is one item in this picture that I have used for the first time and I love it too, Acryl Gouache. I actually just ordered some and I can't wait for them to be delivered. It is nothing like what I have worked with before, it will take some time to get use to but I can see good things with this paint. You can use it like a water color or thick like an acrylic and it has this wonderful matte finish.

I used everyone of these tools on my sketch:

The black background is the gouache, if you have a change to try it out you will find it has a velvet look to it once it dry's, oh and it drys really fast.

Let me know what you think or tools you use that you think are great, I alway like to try new things. Especially when it comes to art tools.

Comments

Lots of Patterns

Still just doodling away, my goal is to fill this small sketchbook up over the next few months. The biggest challenge with this trying to use different patters for each section.

Digital Zentangle

Well it took me a little over a week and half but I have finally finished it. I wanted to put my tablet to good use for what I originally wanted it for, sketching. I was at a stand still, I have this huge piece of watercolor paper that I want to use for a large Zentangle™ project and I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do. I grabbed my tablet and just let it flow. I wanted to test out patterns and that is what I did. I will admit, I think I would like this even more if I had added color. I am not advertising for Samsung, but I will say the Samsung Note Pro 12 is a great tablet. If you can not afford or just do not want to spend over a $1000 for an actual artist tablet (I am not talking about the once you use with your computer) then this is the next best thing in my eyes. I love traditional art, nothing is compares to it. There is so much in a piece of art that was created with a paint brush, pen, ink, etc. But the sad thing is a lot of things go digital. How long will...

My Three Trees

I have been experimenting with Ph Martin inks lately, I like them. They are pretty much like watercolors but seem to have a bit more pigment in them. The background on this was done with the inks, the clouds and the foreground was done using black and white gouache. I feel like I am the middle tree, my dreams are on one side of me growing larger and larger, while my regular 9 to 5 is on the other getting smaller. I am reaching for the dream but I still have the 9 to 5 pulling at me. One day it will only be the two trees and I intend on it being the larger one. Dream big and don't give up, through all the fog there is a bright future.

Danielle Calabro

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