Hi! Lots of people have asked me about what paper, sketchbook, pen, ink, etc that I like to use, so today I’m going to post pics of them, complete with their names/brands, and where you could purchase them. 😊
WATERCOLOR PAPER/SKETCHBOOK
Back-left: Arches watercolor paper - gummed block - hot pressed. The texture is very smooth.
Back-right: Arches watercolor paper - gummed block - rough texture.
Front-left: Global Art Materials Hand Book Travelogue - Large Landscape Front-right: Global Art Materials Hand Book Travelogue - Square
Where you can get them: all of them can be found in Amazon.com, Arches paper can also be found in online art supplies store such as Jackson’s
WATERCOLOR BRUSHES
Left to right: Cotman 111 Round, Cotman 666, Kuretake water brush (size Medium), Pentel Aquash size Small, Pentel Aquash compact size (the tip is size Medium)
Where you can get them: Amazon.com, Jackson’s Art Supplies, I think most online art supplies stores sell them
WATERCOLOR PAINTS
Top-left: Dr. Ph. Martin’s Radiant Concentrated Watercolor - Set A
Top-right: Holbein 14 colors set from Stickerrific (I chose the colors myself and they made the set for me)
Bottom-left: Sakura Koi portable watercolor set Bottom-right: the box and plastic half-pans were from Jackson’s, the paints are mostly Holbein and Cotman.
Where you could get them:
Dr. Ph. Martin’s: I got mine from Amazon.
Holbein: Stickerrific, you can also purchase the paints individually and in sets in online art supplies stores (again, I got mine from Jackson’s) Sakura Koi: Amazon
Cotman: I got mine for free from a workshop, but Cotman paints is available individually and in sets in Amazon and other online art supplies store.
INK, DRAWING PENS, NIB PENS, ETC
Topmost: pen nibs, I use g-pen, maru pen, and saji pen. I bought mine from Stickerrific and from a shop in Rakuten.jp
Below the nibs: pen holders I use, from top to bottom: Tachikawa pen holder, a generic black one whose brand I can’t remember, and Nikko maru pen holder. Bought from that shop in Rakuten.
Bottle: Liquitex black acrylic ink. It’s very thin but intense, and it dries quickly. I always use it with my nib pens.
Below, from left to right: Mono Zero eraser, Sakura eraser, Snowman drawing pen 0.1 and 0.05, Tachikawa School G-Pen size Fine and Extra-Fine, Sakura Gelly Roll white, Zebra Millipen (blue)
Where you can buy them:
Japanese pen nibs and pen holders: Rakuten, I think jetpens has them too. I think Stickerrific also sells some Japanese nibs and holders.
Liquitex ink: Amazon (I think), artifolk.com
Mono Zero, Sakura eraser: uhh I don’t know since I got mine from a local bookstore, but I believe you’ll find it in online stores if you google it.
Snowman drawing pens: jetpens has them as far as I know.
Tachikawa School G-pen: Rakuten Sakura Gelly Roll, Zebra Millipen: jetpens
