I’ve taken your advice and make the most interesting drawings from the most mundane things. I am always tickled pink with the results and I have a good memory of that particular moment in the day. Thank you for your inspiring Draw Tip Tuesday videos; I look forward to them each week!
Your book just arrived and I LOVE IT! It’s so fantastic! Everyone should get your book! Thank you for your videos - I’m a monthly supporter and I love your ideas and videos!
After watching a video from you, now I have my Opus 88 Demonstrator with a 2.4 nib. I just didn't have the courage (yet) to sand it as I have done with all my normal nibs to get the desired shape. May be I buy another one so that I keep one with the full size for calligraphy. I also have a Sailor fude that does in practice the same that your ground nib. I also got it because of you, and it is my preferred pen for drawing. It can make extremelly thin lines and of course the thick ones about the same width that the 2.4 parallel nib. It is always a pleasure to see how artistic is every mark you make on the paper!
Hi Koosje, many thanks for yet another inspiring video. What was the music playing in the background please? My husband really liked it + I’d like to surprise him by chasing it down + playing it. Thanks again. Cheers from Australia!
Hi Koosje! I love your videos and your voice, thanks for putting up some great content for us artists. I’m wondering about your frames in the background with, I’m assuming, your beautiful artwork framed up so nicely. Did you make those frames? Do you buy them? Custom framing? Maybe most importantly, do you draw on certain size papers in order to fit standard frame sizes? Maybe you could do a video about this. Thanks!
Koosje, I’m a very new sketcher! Three sketches under my belt. That new! I’m getting ready to travel for three weeks and plan to sketch every day. When you are out and do a quick sketch what do I do with my wet watercolour pallet? Do I dab up the wet before closing? I did a quick sketch yesterday at my dining table and my paints were pretty wet so I left it open to dry. Just wondering what to do when I’m on the go. I’ve been watching your videos for a while now and finally asked myself “Are you going to be an art watcher or an art doer?”
What a great question to ask yourself! I am so happy you decided to be an art doer! Usually, my pallet dries pretty quickly. But I always bring a pack of tissues or something, to wipe clean the mixing area in my watercolor box. You could use a cloth or paper towel for dabbing any wetness off. Enjoy your three weeks of traveling - with your art supplies at hand!
Dear Koosje, many thanks for your videos and book - it's a pleasure to see how you sketch! May I kindly ask you about the Pilot Parallel Pen nib that you inserted to your Opus 88? Is it 1.5 or 2.4 width? Many thanks and best regards from Germany :)
Drawing with a pen - *fantastic* _Pens are unforgiving_ . So using a pen - makes you draw more _tighter_ Do you/ anyone here first *make a thumbnail* ? And after the quick sketch (thumbnail) then make a fully detailed drawing... Thank you
I know many artists who do thumbnails first. But I just dive in (and then deal with whatever decisions I need to make that would already be made when doing a thumbnail first)
