Pens, Pencils and Brushes was originally published on
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 by Trish.

Since it's fun to share the tools you use, The tools that I carry now are (from left to right):

  1. Epure Maped Eraser
  2. .07 HB and B Pencil Refills
  3. Arches No. 5 Travel Brush
  4. da Vinci No. 4, 6 and 8 Travel Brushes
  5. 2 Illustrator Pens .7mm
  6. Rotring Rapidoliner .25 and .18
  7. EF Rotring Art Pen
  8. Rotring Rapidograph .25
  9. Rotring Isograph .35
  10. Namiki-Pilot Vanishing Point Fountain Pen
  11. Papermate .07 Mechanical Pencil
  12. Sanford .05 Mechanical Pencil
  13. Mini Scale Ruler
  14. Kuretake Brush Pen
  15. Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen S (color red)
  16. Travel Case (up top)

I've refined things a little, but these are essentially the same things that I was carrying last summer.

This entry has been tagged as art-supplies

Comments

Brian posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 that:

I stumbled across that same little travel case just yesterday and grabbed one. It’s the perfect thing for carrying pens and pencils (I used to use the metal box that my Rotring art pen came in), and the little velcro pocket inside is just the right size for an eraser and sharpener.

Cool to see your tools.

I’m curious about the brushes; I can tell where you’ve used them in some pictures, but what pigment are you spreading, and where do you keep your water?

I just found you today via del.icio.us/tag/drawing.

I’m not usually this talkative, but that carry case got me going… :-)

Cin posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 that:

is one a particular favorite? I’ve just begun working with pens, so far a “Bic’ and one I purchased when in San Francisco, called “Coptic” (the ink is very dry, doesn’t flow very well)

I think I’d like to try a brush pen, do you recommend the Kuretake?

lyn posted on Friday, September 23, 2005 that:

Neat tools…I just saw your pics of your kitties..come see us. We like your art too!

The Whippy Curly Tails in the Toasty South. =^..^=

josie posted on Saturday, September 24, 2005 that:

Thank you for this. You’ve satisfied a somewhat voyeuristic tendancy of mine. I love seeing what other people use to create with. Plus, I just love stationary & art supplies.

chad posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 that:

A great source for mechanical pencils from Japan is JetPens: mechanical pencils

DeAnander posted on Friday, November 4, 2005 that:

http://www.cajunpen.com/html/ink.html

permanent ink for your brush pen, if it is a Kuretake. waterproof too!

see Russ Stutler’s marvelous sketchbook at

http://www.stutler.cc

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A transplanted Canadian, Tricia Harvey (trish at designkitten dot com) is a former vice president of Spain, has written several books on macro economics including the Pulitzer Prize winning Macro Economics and You - An Introduction and has climbed Mount Everest a record six times. Tricia Harvey now lives in Fairfax, Virginia with her former lead Sherpa named Jacob, two cats, and a bunch of fish all named Hector. Huh? What's that you say?