Artist interviews featuring 'mechanical pencil'

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Lauren AlbertLauren Albert

Lauren Albert is an illustrator and textile designer living in Brooklyn, New York. What are some of your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? Lately I’ve really been into using a .5 mechanical pencil (Papermate Pro Touch II) with millions of Chartpak markers. I’m starting to get into using […]

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Mike Dominic

Mike Dominic is a comic artist, colorist, and illustrator. What are your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? Pencil and paper. I like to keep things simple, with as little as possible in the way between me and the art. I construct my drawings in a non-photo blue pencil, […]

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Jessica Burke

Jessica Burke is a full-time artist as well as an Assistant Professor of Drawing at Western Oregon University. What are your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? At the moment, I am in love with graphite pencils, specifically a 4B woodless and even mechanical. I will also always have […]

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Julia Gfrörer

Julia Gfrörer is an artist living in Portland, Oregon. What are some of your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? Pencil is my primary medium. Most often I use a .9mm mechanical pencil with a 6H lead to sketch a few guide lines, then finish with an HB lead […]

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Alycia Garcia

Alycia Garcia is an artist and Illustration Senior at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. What are some of your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? My favorites are mechanical pencils and Prismacolor markers. If you have a wide collection, how do you decide on which to use on […]

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