Art Supply Posse

Jim Richards is an urban sketcher and art teacher. Jim has travelled the world working on urban planning projects for large cities. Visit Jim’s website to learn about his book and classes. jamesrichardsketchbook.com Jim uses Daniel Smith watercolours, but says “Start simple. Use supplies that won’t intimidate you”. He prefers fude nib fountain pens particularly those by Sailor. The Sailor bamboo p...

Kristine Von Hilderbrandt is a costume designer, fashion historian, pattern maker, seamstress, and florist. At University Kristine studied fashion history and fell in love with the make-believe of costumes. Her favourite fabrics to work with are cotton sateen and velveteen. Recommended website: spoonflower.com, a place to print your designs on fabric or to purchase items designed by others. “Share...

If you want some motivation to start drawing, or creating anything, listen to this very inspiring chat with artist AntonioMabs. AntonioMabs is a freelance artist working in illustration, graphic design, character design, cartooning, and animation. Most work is created digitally, using a Cintiq tablet. Adobe Photoshop and Flash. Cricut machine for creating stickers. Art supplies: When sketching he...

Isaac Gorden goes through his impressive stash of unused art supplies. Handmade Japanese watercolours, Parisian pastels, and rare pencils. Along the way, Isaac and Kim discuss being too precious with art supplies, and the fear of “failure” — however you want to define that personally. Isaac’s Instagram @dirgesinthedark Be Our Guest Would you like to talk about your own stash of hoarded art supplie...

Julia van der Wyk likes her paintings to evoke a sense of place. She is an artist, musician, and classically trained singer. A print maker, painter, and letterer.   Each of her art practises are like entering a different universe.   Julia’s chronic illness caused her to change her art practice which lead to discovering the wonderful world of fountain pens and inks and its community.   Frequently u...

Jessica Panzarino, aka Art by Panza, chats about her watercolour paintings. https://www.artbypanza.com/ http://instagram.com/artbypanza Jessica’s Skillshare class shows how to create her milky way paintings. Use Jessica’s affiliate link to get two months free on Skillshare and take Jessica‘s class on painting stars with watercolours. https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Milky-Way-Watercolor-Land...

Chris Lambert was a designer for a small furniture company. The idea for ScrawlrBox was formed after Chris attended a marketing course. ScrawlrBox launched after a successful crowd funding campaign.   Each box features an artist, and a print of their work. The print provides inspiration and a starting point to create something with the supplies. It is also an opportunity to let people know about t...

Shirley Peters is a multi-skilled artist who is internationally known for painting cyclists during Le Tour de France. She also paints landscapes, urban scenes and figurative works. She has won awards consistently throughout her career, which began at the National Art School in the seventies. Her career spans graphic design, children’s book illustration, and computer graphics. Her fine art painting...

Kirby Plessas is an artist and cyber investigator. Kirby talks with Kim about her paint pouring art, and the importance of having your own domain name and website as an artist. Kirby’s art supplies: Stonecoat Countertops resin Golden acrylic paints Artists' Loft acrylic paint. Posca, Montana and Molotow paint pens. **Please support Art Supply Posse on Patreon and get bonus episodes** http://patreo...

Rachel Greig   Travel and Art Journaling with Rachel Greig   Rachel Greig started her career as a travel photographer. She soon began pasting ephemera from her travels into scrapbooks, which led her to mixed-media journaling. Today, Rachel teaches art and travel journaling for various TV and publishing outlets.   [Website](http://rachelgreig.com/)   [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/rachelgrei...

Sarah Nelson creates artistic embroidery containing swear words. Sarah talks about her reasons and people's reactions.   [Mags Modern Embroidery](http://magsmodernembroidery.com/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/MagsModernEmbroidery)   ​Support Art Supply Posse and get bonus episodes Art Supply Posse Website ​​ Discuss art and art supplies in our forum Artsupia Forum

Kim took part in a sumi-e ink painting workshop and interviewed the founder of Kami Paper in Melbourne, Australia. Kami specialise in handmade papers. They stock over 1,000 different papers, mainly from Asia and Europe. Kami also hold workshops taught by artists on topics such as origami, sumi-e painting, and other paper related arts and crafts. Kami also bind their own journals by hand with paper...

Noah Scalin is an artist best known for his Skull-A-Day project which continues the tradition of memento mori in art. Julia Skott returns as guest host of Art Supply Posse to interview Noah Scalin about his socially conscious art. Images of Noah's artworks are embedded inside this podcast file. You can view the images as chapters inside the Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Pocket Casts apps on Androi...

What has been the role of the artist in history? Corrie of The Art History Babes discusses some of the roles artists have played, and how their art has influenced society. You can find The Art History Babes podcast in your player of choice, or on the web. Art History Babes Links Website Instagram Youtube Art Supply Posse Links ​ Support Art Supply Posse and get bonus episodes Art Supply Posse Webs...

Art Supply Posse is starting a new series where anyone can talk about their favourite or unused art supplies. Please contact us if you would like to be on the podcast and talk about your own favourites or unpack supplies that have been lingering unused on a shelf.   Alan Trautman is the first person to step forward and to go through his old toolbox containing mainly unused art supplies. Alan rumma...

Sara Schroeder talks about creating abstract art, teaching art, and her "Old Book Revival Project" which encourages people to create artwork in old books that are no longer being read. Although abstract, you will recognise elements of the Art Deco style typical to Miami, where Sara lives. Sara talks about getting over your fears of creating art by not taking it too seriously in the beginning and j...

Nick Stewart returns to discuss his course on using fountain pen ink as a unique art medium. Nick's project pushes the boundaries in which fountain pen ink is used in art. Away from a pure sketching ink, to an art medium akin to paint, with unique properties such as shading, sheening and reaction to bleach. Nick first talked about this project on episode 51 of Art Supply Posse. Since then, Nick ha...

Mokshini's style is influenced by fashion illustration where she began her career. However, she frequently contradicts traditional fashion norms by painting women of all shapes and sizes in relatable, and often whimsical, every day situations. Mokshini does everything from painting to fabric design and live drawing. She uses a wide range of media including watercolour and acrylics, but also has a...

Enon Avital of Dapper Notes talks in detail about making things by hand, using his own unique pocket notebook business Dapper Notes as an example. This side business he runs is more than making paper notebooks, it is a form of "process art" itself. To fully understand that, watch the Dapper Notes process videos and listen to Enon's explanation in the episode. Enon emphasises how important the proc...

Kevin Murphy has created artwork for Game of Thrones, the Rolling Stones, and hundreds of book covers; specializing in science fiction and fantasy. Today, Kevin challenges how art is taught – or not taught? Kevin's art courses can be found at http://evolveartist.com ​ Support Art Supply Posse and get bonus episodes Art Supply Posse Website ​​ Discuss art and art supplies in our forum Artsupia Foru...

Jane Mills creates space art, zines, comics and plays music in several bands. Jane talks about her space art, the Indianapolis Zine Fest, and live streaming on twitch. Art supplies mentioned: Ohto Graphic Liner Needle Point Drawing Pens Indianapolis Zine Fest Jane Mills Art, Comics, Zines Website Jane's Instagram Jane's Links ​ Support Art Supply Posse and get bonus episodes Art Supply Posse Websi...

Holly St Claire is a freelance illustrator known for her whimsical drawings. Holly tells us how she realised that she needed art in her life and how she could earn a living from illustration. There are a range of topics in this chat. From art and mental health, the serious stuff behind the whimsy, being a tourist attraction in a department store window, and of course Holly's favourite art supplies...

Gosia Orlinska chats about her work as an art therapist working with children, living together with another creative person, and good art supplies that are affordable. Art supplies discussed Arteza gouache US site Arteza gouache UK site Also, Arteza markers/brush pens and other supplies Gosia's Instagram ​ Support Art Supply Posse and get bonus episodes Join our Forum Artsupia Forum

Enjoy a lively chat with professional illustrator Chris Rowland. Everything from favourite pencils to dealing with family life and clients as a freelance graphic artist. Chris works mainly in pen and ink, beginning analogue then digitising. He also does purely digital artwork. Art Supplies Mentioned: Kuretake Fudegokochi Brush Pen Kuretake Disposable Pocket Brush Pen, Extra Fine Pentel mechanical...

Candace Milner creates "meditative doodles". Colourful, repetitive patterns that anyone can create. Drawing them relaxes your mind because of their manual, repetitive nature. It's not only relaxing. The result looks good too. You can use any writing instrument, analogue or digital. Candace loves fountain pens and inks. Her patterns have previously been used on pen cases by Rickshaw Bags. Art suppl...