Great sketch! That's about the size of sketchbook I use for daily out and about urban sketches. Anything bigger I'll be bothering with too many unnecessary details. 15-20 minutes, sketch & paint & I'm onto something else. You're right, you tend to sketch more in a 4x4, 5x5, 6x4, etc than the larger sketchbooks. I like those 3x5 sketchbooks for single subject stuff .
Hi, Teoh, beautiful as always! If you've never been, I hope some day you will get to visit the Pantheon in person. The interior is one of those buildings that no photo can capture - you simply have to see it with your own eyes! I have a question about fountain pens. It seems like all the pens I've seen say you should not use waterproof ink - yet obviously you and other urban sketchers do. Are there some pens that are suitable for waterproof ink? Or is it that you just need to be sure to keep the pens clean - or perhaps use them often so the ink doesn't dry inside the nib? I've never seen anyone talk about this. Any wisdom you have to share would be much appreciated!
I just realised after watching some YT video that the Pantheon is actually HUGE. In this photo, the perspective made it look so small, probably due to the wide angle lens. These are some waterproof inks which are safe for use in fountain pens: www.parkablogs.com/content/waterproof-fountain-pen-inks-drawing
@@teohyc Thanks for the link for the inks! The Panetheon - also that facade really obscures the dome, so it's impossible to see the scale. And the dome of the Pantheon is not solid - the very center, where a capstone should be, is open to the sky. It's a feat of engineering that was not duplicated until the modern era. Similar to how photos and even paintings can't really capture the Grand Canyon - it's really something you need to see in person. But if you ever get the chance, well worth the trip!
@@ritawilbur7343 I am no expert, but I had to try fountain pens after watching Teoh. I have been using Platinum Carbon pens and ink and have had no issues with clogging or with waterproofness at all. I also met another fountain pen enthusiast who brought me a Platinum desk pen he'd modified (cut the end shorter so it was a normal length) and showed me how it wrote after sitting in his desk untouched after 2 years. You may not have this performance with other brands of pen; I understand Platinum makes their pens specifically to work with this ink. If you use a fountain pen frequently it will reduce or eliminate ink drying in the pen. I did notice on some watercolor paper the ink does take longer to dry and has the potential to smear before drying. On unsized paper the ink is instantly smearproof and waterproof!
HI, Teoh, I ve just watched your video about thick sketchbooks and I need your advice on choosing one for myself. I have 2 diy sketchbooks, one is 18x18 the other is almost 18x25 cm size of the paper, but they are both with 300 g paper + 2mm cheapboard + thick furniture cloth for the cover, so the 2nd one definitely could be used as a heavy weapon.. So now I am doublemined - to buy a4 moleskine watercolor sketchbook with 200 g cotton paper (and which a4 - vertical or horizontal "folio" ) or to make one on my own in the size of 20x23 cm using fabriano rosaspina 60% cotton paper 😐😐😐😐😐...I should mention that mainly I do my sketches at home, not walking around and sketching on pleinair
