Sketching

December 4, 2007 | Filed Under Sheldon, Architecture, Brighton 

I was introduced to Chartpak’s and Prismacolor ad markers at school and needed to get a set of some good architectural tones for sketching, along with technical pens. There are so many tools for illustration out there, and while today, most of the same techniques can be replicated pretty easily digitally, (using something like Photoshop/Illustrator and then adjusting opacity on a digital airbrush)…there is still something about getting a perfectly weighted piece of paper under your hands, and twisting the cap off of a pen/ad marker that bleeds color and style into the paper quicker than any stylus. I love to sketch, and have a lot of scribbles on scraps of paper, notebooks, etc., and needed to break in some Chartpak’s for a portfolio. You can never have too many inky pens too. The ad markers really are great tools, and the only drawback is the ‘marker smell’ so you have to crack a window or else you’ll be getting dizzy in no time. (On that note, anyone out there come across professional ad markers/paint pens that are more organic/less chemical, and still produce quality results…let me know).

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By the way, Brighton is also big on sketching…and really good at it!

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3 Responses to “Sketching”

  1. Jerin on December 7th, 2007 3:07 pm

    Cool stuff! I miss the days when I took art class in school and had all the resources to just be creative.

  2. Nicole Hislop on December 31st, 2007 1:56 am

    Wow…that’s a really cool sketch Sheldon! You’re really good and can be a professional! I can see why Brighton is really good at it too! He definitely got that from you. It’s in the gene! :)

  3. Sheldon on January 2nd, 2008 10:51 pm

    Thanks Nicole. Though much of Brighton’s artwork is WAY better some days!

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