Stephanie Brown is an artist living in Chicago, Illinois. What are some of your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? Mechanical pencils and watercolor are my main weapon, and and occasionally Prismacolor markers and Micron .005 pens make special appearances. Mechanical pencils are sort of a guilty pleasure, I […]
Artist interviews featuring 'oil paint'
Kurt Ankeny
Kurt Ankeny is an artist and art instructor living and working in Gloucester, Massachusetts. What are your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? My favorite tools are pencils, ballpoint pens and the Pentel brush pens with permanent ink in them, which I purchased while I was living in Japan, […]
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 […]
Mick Statham
Mick Statham is an artist based in Staffordshire, UK. What are your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? When I sketch it is usually with ink. A drafting pen or markers are my favourite choices. I find that you can’t hide your mistakes when you draw directly in ink. […]
Jana Bouc
Jana Bouc is a painter and watercolor teacher in the San Francisco East Bay Area. What are some of your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? I like to draw directly in pen when sketching since it forces me to loosen up and lighten up and let things get […]

