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If you are a professional artist and make a living from creating masterpieces you will definitely want a good reliable source for all your art supplies and materials. Even if you are a mere beginner in the world of art, you still need to be sure of quality and reliability of the art supplies you invest hard-earned money in. Art is a very rewarding hobby, and of course everyone wants to utilise and make the best of the art supplies they have invested in.

An artist myself, I have, in stages of my art career, indulged in putting my negative sense of self into art. Why? Because they say there’s “beauty in sadness”. Art that portray the emotions of fear, hurt, depression tend to get more attention, better critique, and perhaps lead to better exposure and sales of the artist’s work.

We study the biographies of famous personalities through the history of art. Their characters are as varied and colorful as the images they produce.

Finding the right kind of watercolor paper for your pen and wash is a smart start. How do want your pen and ink lines to show? Will your watercolor wash dry to the right textural affect? What are you trying to say in your artwork? Okay, enough questions. Now, the answers. There are three features of watercolor paper you want to consider.

Surface

There are three grades of surface in watercolor paper. Which one you will use depends on how much detail you want to create. The texture of the paper will dictate the final result of your effort.

Looking at a pen and wash artwork doesn’t tell which medium was applied first, the line or the wash. There are those who are puzzled on how to begin. Artists, who work in mixed media, through experience, establish a system of their own. This article is not so much to inform you but to comfort you in the manner you wish to approach pen and wash. Let’s look at some examples.

First, let’s look at artists who begin with pen and ink.

Creating beautiful pen and wash in a kitchen or studio is a comfort. But what if you want to work outdoors? To do this, you need to take a few things with you. I narrowed down nine essentials you will need to enjoy pen and wash and the great outdoors at the same time.

Art supplies

A real must if you are going to paint outdoors. Your basic items are paint, pens, brushes, sketch journal, paper towels or rags, plus anything else you use in your painting process.

Sketch board or easel