Steph & Adam: Hi art friends!
S: Today we're doing a video on what's inside our pencil cases because we get asked that quite a lot
So lets jump into it!
A: lets go take a look!
S: So there are our pencil cases, mine was super cheap from hobbycraft
A: it was a pound!
it's almost like a sack
S: hahaha!
A: It's like a pencil sack but it's a really nice material
and it's super cheap too
S: and because Adam couldn't get this one
he ended up getting this one
A: This was from Amazon if I remember right
S: It's by a company called Gusti Leder
I might be saying that wrong
and every item they make has it's own name
and I think this one is called Felix
A: Yeah it is, although it's got like a H on it??
S: Well lets get into opening these
First thing I want to talk about is the chameleon pen!
It can be a bit of a pain in the butt that it's got a really chunky barrel
But I really like it because it's got the thinner end and the thicker end
and it's a fineliner pen
A: I should probably start with this, it's something that you use aswell
a classic blackwing pencil
S: Haha well that saves me showing mine
It was my art mentor that recommended I try out this brand of pencil
and Adam bought me some for my birthday
I completely forgotten about them for about half a year
and now he's found them and he's been using them!
I might aswell show my Lamy pen
I don't know much more information about it other than it's a Lamy pen
because Adam got me this for my most recent birthday
(it's a lamy joy!)
S: It's currently got blue ink in it
and I don't like wasting ink so I'm trying to quickly get through using this
so I can refill it with black ink, then it'll get used a LOT more
A: What I'm going to show you next is the erasers that we use
They're called mono zero erasers
it's like a mechanical pencil where if you push down, you'll get more eraser
one's more of a chisel tip and the other is quite a fine one
another one we got recently is this faber castell dustless eraser
it's very small because we cut it in half
because we wanted to share it
S: It lies, it's not dust free at all
A: When you erase it does make quite a mess but it's very good at erasing!
every pencil I've used it has rubbed out!
S: Yeah and he's got some pencils that are so dark graded and he pushes down so hard
that it makes it impossible to rub out
so the fact that this thing can budge that, it's incredible
A: I like carve into the table
What have you got in there?
S: I've got 2 posca pens in here
I always try to bring a silver, a gold and a white
today I've got a white and a silver one
I've brought a blue highlighter with me
A: THAT THING
that you're holding upside down
S: am I !?!? OOPS
anyone that's known me for a very long time will know that I love drawing with highlighter pens
this dates back to when I was a kid
and pink, green, yellow and orange are the standard ones
and the blue one was the RARE one
A: "YOU'VE GOT THE BLUE ONE??"
S: And I have a purple one aswell that I paid a ridiculous amount of money to get just the 1
A: just to collect them
S: but yeah the blue one especially is a favourite of mine
A: you used to have a character called Blue ted and you'd always colour him in
this is going back long before we even knew each other
S: well he's not necessarily a character, he is actually my bear!!
A: If you've seen on my instagram recently, my super kind friend Sam got me a tan sketchbook
so I've been able to mess with white ink a bit more
this is very similar to the posca pen
this is a Zig Posterman pen
and that's pretty much the same idea as a Posca pen
it's a white paint pen
I've drawn over so many things and this goes over it without fail
these things at first, especially if you don't know what they are
I call them blending sticks
but I do think they have a proper name
well as you can see they're kinda shaped like pencils but they're made out of paper
S: it's like a nice way to get a shading effect without using your fingers
A: cuz that's what I was doing!
S: fingers can add a lot of grease to the drawing
A: EY I don't have greasy fingers!
S: Everyone has grease in their fingers to some degree
A: You'd think I was just eating a lot of pizza and doing this
S: you DO eat loads of pizza haha!!
A: but I don't draw at the same time
S: I already mentioned how I bring silver, white and gold
so you probably guessed that there's going to be something gold in here
and it's my new kuretake gold inkbrush pen
OOP
it is a bit of a nightmare to get hold of, I had to order this from Japan
another inky brush favourite is this Pentel colour brush
yet again it's another colour brush pen
I could hear the ink when I did that, it went woosh woooosh
this is like a joint favourites
it's ink wash inside a pentel aquash water brush
it's quite a mouthful to say
inkwash is basically just water with a couple of dots of ink
I can't think of the proper word for it
A: drops!
S: DROPS! there we go
dots of ink hahaha??
A: it's pretty cool that you can customise these however you like
if you want a dark one then add more ink or if you want a lightwash then just add more water
S: yeah tons of my friends just buy a load of these and fill them with like different coloured inks
A: this is the number 1 thing we get asked "what is that" "how do you use that"
S: non-stop!
this is the thing that you're probably clicking on this video to even hear about haha
A: so this is what it is
it is
S: THE RED PENCIL
A: all this is, is a red pencil that you can erase
S: normally I don't know if you've tried
if you try rub out a coloured pencil, it won't work
hahah but with this, it will
A: you can be as messy as you like with this and it'll usually easily erase
S: it's like a harder grade of pencil
so you can't go too dark with it like softer B grades
which is good for just drafting out the initial sketch
I also like using it to colour in cheeks, noses and ears
A: yeah if you ever want to colour anything in red, then it works as a red colouring pencil too
A: OOH
we don't have very many of these
but we do have a couple
S: and we only use this one really
A: this is a warm grey copic ciao
is that how you say that ?
S: I think so and it's a W3
I think that means its warm grey 3
A: it's very rare that you'll see us use these in Doodle Dates aswell
they're kinda expensive so we don't get very many
S: in terms of markers we tend to use Spectrum noir and we've recently started using promarkers
I've been binge buying letraset promarkers at the moment because they're all on clearance sale
If those are still around when this video goes live, check out the prices on Letraset promarkers guys!
A: yeah letraset stuff is going really cheap at the moment
S: I am in marker heaven
normally I can't afford these things
A: you have a problem!!
S: okay I'll try quickly get through some stuff
because Adam's only got 1 item left and I have got tons of stuff
A: you carry too much stuff!
S: Here's a pentel ink brush pen, this is usually a staple in most artist's pencil cases
it's really easy to refill
some people use up the ink faster than others
for me when I buy a pack of refills it'll last me for like a year
Another one that I've recently started using again
This is technically the first ever ink brush I've owned
I won it at a convention I went to in about 2010
I had no idea how to use it, I didn't even do traditional art at the time
it got shoved in a box under the bed
I picked it up in recent years
decided I preferred the Pentel ink brush
but I have started to use this to block in backgrounds
these two are really similar, I hadn't realised before
It's the same company! Kuretake!
for anyone interested it's a number 22
this is something that I think we both use
which is a red gelly roll pen
my brother got me this for Christmas
ironically I'd asked him if he could get me 1 white gelly roll
and he got me a set of them that did not have a white in whatsoever
but it contained all the other colours
but they quite quickly turned into one of my favourite art supplies so I'm super glad he did end up getting me this set
A: the colours and pigments in those are super bright
one thing I think people are expecting to be in my pencil case AND IT ISSS
is a brown crayola pen
and this is one of my all-time favourite pens
A: the only crayola felt tip in there
S: we've bought about 3 sets of crayola pens since we've been living together
A: we recently got some more
S: something I do really like to bring along with me is post it notes
A: Which you would've seen in the Frozen video
S: I didn't use specifically a post-it in the Frozen video but that's the same concept of how I use them
If I ever screw up, I own my mistake
lay down a fabulous colour so that it's got a new fluorescent square and draw ontop
and TADAH
A: "LOOK OUT WORLD. I'VE MADE A MISTAKE"
S: These have totally turned into one of my new favourite art supplies
these are faber castell pitt pens
I've got 2 different sets
these are from the landscape set
and these are from the shades of grey set
there are other sets I'd be totally interested in buying based on the fact I've LOVED using these
they're not refillable or anything which is a shame but it's so worth it to just play with these
if you follow us on instagram you'll have seen me experimenting with tons of these supplies recently
the is also one of my newest favourites
it's this little sharpie permanent marker
and it's got a super ultra fine nib to it
it bleeds like loads when you use it
and when I first got it I was like "what am I going to use this for!? It bleeds too much!"
but it creates such an interesting line variation that I've been using it a lot lately
A: that's a fancy looking fineliner you've got there
S: thank you
Adam's got one last thing that he'd like to share with us
A: just a standard HB pencil
pretty much everyone tends to have one of these lying around somewhere
I should probably show these 2 together to explain how they work
I get through pencils really quick
S: he really does, for me a pencil will last like 10 years or something
I very rarely sharpen mine
A: that right there is my most favourite pencil ever
S: he gets through these like you would not believe
S: it's a Mitsubishi Uni, it comes in 10B
It's the softest pencil grade I've ever seen
it's really, really nice and makes a dark line
the only problem with it is that because it's so soft, you'll sharpen it lots and get through it super fast
If you ever see one in a shop I would really recommend giving it a try
S: Yet again we usually have to import those specifically from Japan
A: these are Derwent pencil extenders
so instead of being stuck with a load of pencil ends that I couldn't use
These are super, super useful
to just get your little pencil end
you pop it into the top
and scew it up
and then you've got a little pencil again
S: it's a great way to get extra life out your little pencil nubs
A: they're definitely one of the most useful things I've bought recently
tell us what you use, are we missing an essential that you use all the time?
S: and we'll see you again next week for another Doodle Date
I was scratching my nose while you were telling us about that
the red pencillll