You have decided to learn
Urban Sketching and don't know which materials to use?
You will find below the materials I recommend, a bit of everything, without exagerating. Avoid taking too much materials, we often use the same sketching tools when we draw.
Recommended sketching tools
– A5 sketchbook, portrait format, with paper which can support watercolor o mixed media. Brands: Hahnmühle, Fabriano, Canson, Daler Rowney
– A calibrated 0,2 and o,8 black waterproof fineliner, Brands: Micron, Staedtler, Unipin, Faber-castell…
– and another color, or a Bic 4 colors ballpoint pen.
– A color pencil: ocher or light blue
– White gel pen. Brand: Uniball Signo broad
– A waterproof Black Brush Pen
Brands: Micron, Unipin, Faber-castell…
– A grey marker brush Tombow, nº79, or, Faber-Castell Brush warm grey nº272
– A watercolour kit with basic colors. Avoid cheap watercolour and use known brands such as Windsor&Newton, VanGogh, Sennelier, or Schmincke for example.
You can see the colors that I use by clicking here.
– A waterbrush pen, and tissue.
– A set of color pencils, watercolor or not, with basic colors. Brands: Caran d’Ache, Faber-Castell, …
– Paper clips (for windy days)
– A folding stool, the ground might be wet or too dirty to sit on.
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Some fine art materials shops in Barcelona:
Barna Art, Calle Córsega 394, 08037 Barcelona
Casa Piera, Calle Pintor Fortuny 21, 08001 Barcelona
Art Hilgard, Calle Asturies 48, 08012 Barcelona
Artcants, Encants Barcelona, Plaza de las Glorias.
