Bullet: gear

We have a little mini vacation coming up this summer and I’ve been thinking a lot about travel sketching. I mean, isn’t the that whole substance behind urban sketching—to bring a sketchbook along and scribble shapes and colours that remind one of the adventure? The place we are off to next is simultaneously not really

Over the last few years of trying to teach myself to urban sketch and dabble in watercolour, I’ve bought a good assortment of brushes. Not good brushes. Economical brushes to align with my learning status. I had to go to the art store this evening with a supply list for the painting class I registered

I ordered a couple fountain pens last week, and since they’ve arrived I’ve been dabbling in doodling with my new toys. Specifically, I ordered two LAMY Safari pens, a yellow one with an extra fine nib and a black one with a medium nib. Fountain pens feel different on the page than the felt-tipped markers

I’ve been trying out fountain pens again. About a year ago I bought a dip pen, some ink, and a bunch of motivation to learn to use them. It turns out I’m not a fan of dip pens. Fun, but delicate and messy. Not my style. But then last week — in my ongoing search

I bought a camera app. Well, precisely, I subscribed to an app for my phone for about ten bucks per year that simulates some of the features of an SLR camera. It’s not perfect, but it allows manual control over things like white balance and exposure that are all seemingly automated in the native camera