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Sketching Buying Guides

Find tools to suit your process

The right sketching tools remove friction and make it easier to stay focused on what’s in front of you. These guides help you choose tools that suit the way you want to sketch, from fountain pen sketching setups to portable watercolour kits. They're based on real sales, and annotated by staff who actually use these tools.

Top Sketching Tools (Top7)

Teacher Material Lists

Fountain Pens

Everything you need to get sketching

Which fude is best for sketching?

TWSBI Fountain Pens (Top 7)

Converter/Cartridge Compatibility Guide 

Ask Jen Which Pen

Inks

De Atramentis Document Ink (Top 7)

De Atramentis under the microscope

Artist Inks explained

Watercolour Brush Pens (Top 7)

Brushes

Beginners guide to brush fibres and shape

Best brushes for hand lettering

ROSEMARY & CO Brushes

ROSEMARY & CO Watercolour Travel Brushes

Pigments

Difference between Chinese, Zinc and Titanium white

Paper

Watercolour sketchbooks: Paper, surface and sizing

Stillman & Birn Soft Cover Sketchbooks

Saunders Waterford paper

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