![]() ![]() ![]() Those colored pencils are oil or wax-based, so they are not as scratchy as charcoal pencils. Apart from that, I mostly use Caran D’Ache’s Pablo and Prismacolor’s white pencils. White Pens and Pencilsįor highlighting, I prefer the General’s white charcoal pencil, which is a part of the basic Zentangle kit. ![]() I have a blog post dedicated to shading if you’re interested in reading more. I choose warm grey, and mid-dark shades, such as 3. To enhance shades I often use alcohol-based markers, such as Winsor & Newton’s Promarker. They are also really dark, comparable to black color pencils, but they are blendable and erasable. That is really important for online teaching because the glare from the bright light can be annoying on the screen. Both are marketed as matte pencils, and although they are not perfectly matte, they are much less shiny than regular graphite pencils. Do you feel me, heavy-handed people? □įor shading, I love using Cretacolor’s Nero pencils (probably mostly the medium) and Faber-Castell’s Pitt Graphite Matt (which goes up to 14B). Those pens have liquid ink (drying time is a bit slower) and a metal ball, which does not bend or get indentations. But my favorite pen, if I would need to choose just one, would probably be one of the Uni-Ball Eye pens. It has a wider nib (0.3-04 mm) and its plastic nib is sturdier than the felt tips on most liners. I am a lover of bold lines, so I usually use Micron PN (which stands for plastic nib). While Sakura’s Micron 01 is recommended and mostly used for tangling, it’s not my go-to black pen. To get better at any artistic skill, just practice it as often as possible, using whatever you have. While art supplies are wonderful and enrich my life and my art, it’s not what makes me an artist.Experiment, be inquisitive and open-minded, draw to find your favorites and have fun. We all have different preferences, so what works for me might not be your favorite supply.Don’t be overwhelmed – you don’t need it all! To see what the basic list is, check out this blog post or just look at the photo below (if you want to make art, the Zentangle method probably requires the least amount of supplies to start with).This list might change as I discover new supplies, which is probably written in the stars.I am not working as any brand ambassador and don’t use affiliate links – what I suggest here is only what really sparks joy and what I use frequently.Disclaimer □īefore I start, I would just like to make a few statements: I am learning to take control of what I think I need and from time to time I’m even doing good. Perhaps my love for stationery stems from that period and the lack of it, but (trust me) there is an abundance, if not even a surplus of it right now in my life. I was the happiest when my relatives would bring colorful pens and pencils from Germany. Growing up in Croatia (back then it was Yugoslavia), there wasn’t too much to choose from when I started school, in the early 80s. However, art supplies and stationery do spark joy and it’s been like that ever since I can remember. In fact, I am not a material girl and don’t care a lot about clothes, etc. The idea of good shopping for me involves a visit to an art supplies shop. However I am not against MQA as it gives an efficient streaming capability with good sound while from the same library you can use it on almost any mobile gear.This is a topic close to many creators’ hearts. I tested it myself with a more expensive DAC. So the advantage that MQA gives: mainly absence of jitter is then partly or totally gone. MQA: A Review of controversies, concerns, and cautions - Reviews - Audiophile Style I read a technical test that showed some downsides of MQA and I can imagine the lossy format downsides can degrade the sound quality level to some extend. But I agree with some people that a basic Tidal stream 24-bit with a good “not unfolding” DAC can sound just as well or better (also depending on taste). I use Roon now for over a year and I compared sound and it does sound well. It is therefore not usable on the road in a mobile situation. But Roon is even more expensive and I dislike their approach of licensing to a single core. Roon software has the core first unfold decoder included, and it works with “render only” devices to full unfold. ![]()
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