Aqua Palomino.

Aqua Palomino pencils. Don't forget to check it out. Even my dream is Durer. I have 2 of Durer watercolor pencils.

Mirado leads.

I sketched Eagle Mirado box of antique leads, I got on Ebay for my antique pencils sometime ago. It is really hard to know real size of a lead, because often people who sell it know very little of origin or history of leads or pencils they sell. It was advertised as multiple colors, but came in blue only. So I really would like to swap some of the boxes, I think it is 12 of them in this square box, but don't know how to find people with leads. I start sketching people in airport, but my aunt came too soon, so afterwords drew this box on the top of other sketches.

Uranius Multifunction pen.

Here is sketch over sketch and some writing from the book I am reading, one of the books I am reading, because it is 5 of them. The book I got as a present from my friend called "How to read Chinese paintings". It is really interesting and enlightening. This is one of the things I would like to do one day to study Sumi-e and Japanese language. On the top I drew this interesting pen Uranius Multifunction, on one side it is rollerball on the other - brush. In white circles I drew endings of this pen. It is sleek and a bit heavy, because it is metal, and on the left cap has to be unscrewed, I love it.  I used Ink and Kuretake brushes, white pencil and couple of colored pencils.

Talking about my antique mystery pencil Opel.

Main view.

Open. To compare I put near black 1.18 mm pencil.

Comparing 2 sizes. Opel on the right, opening is much bigger than in other, black pencil with 1.18 mm opening. I tried  to insert 2 mm, but it is too big. So what size lead this 4 color Opel should take? 1.8 mm?

Manhattan from the car.

I missed inking in Moleskine. I used few inks here and couple of vintage Mongol Eberhard Faber watercolor pencils. Its called Paint with Pencils. First watercolor pencils, I think. I got to investigate how old this set is. Pencils a bit scratchy, but so adorable.

Dragged sketchbook along the way.

Sketched with Ebony pencil when I had a minute from all sides in the office, in the car, waiting for kielbasa and eggs for late breakfast. (kielbasa |kilˈbäsə; kēl-|noun
a type of highly seasoned Polish sausage, typically containing garlic.ORIGIN Polish, literally ‘sausage) this what it said in the Dictionary.  No way, kielbasa is not a sausage, but thousand of flavors thousand of way to prepare meat with spices sort of cold cuts... Anyway, may be I should do series on kielbasas? I drew another advertising pencil, Kolberg with pencils and a bit of ink.

Sketch in brown sketchbook and Opel.

Doodling in the car while waiting in Connecticut and 4 color Opel pencil, for which I can't find leads. :-(  1.8 mm Very interesting mechanism.

Some of my pencils over my small walls portfolio book.

Here some of my vintage pencils, old marble pen/pencil combo (still don't know how to fill it up with ink), my mom's letter knife, white pen, little box with hinged lid for eraser, sharpener and extra leads for old pencils, Blackwing, Rosetta 5'6, water brush, Autopoint, Mordan with pretty hard lead, some of my Moleskines over photo book of my works on walls. On the left photo of this quick murals more then 10 feet tall, used scaffold here.

Autopoint.

Didn't have time to draw, so few scribbles and my new pencil Autopoint, old, of course, from Ebay. Takes 0.9 mm lead, 2 colors, blue and red. My friend got in trouble, so helped, froze,  got tired, was thirsty, this why drawing this thin pencil brought me some peace tonight. I got very interesting pen/pencil combo from 1930, but don't know how to refill it yet. Next to draw. Google is not helpful.

Inking.

I started with ink, but slipped into colored pencils, very few, over  the ink. I don't have enough ink colors and red from Faber-Castell artist brush pen didn't want to accept water at all. Blue connects everything and making smart face.

View.

I don't have enough patience to do detailed drawing. I used Falcon with Sepia ink and colored pencils, and touch of Sepia ink wash for value of trees. Every day Manhattan looks different, depending on the weather, time of the day and my mood.

Hats.

Pen and pencils in Moleskine sketch.

Eddie's Pizza Truck in the City.

Falcon fountain pen and Faber-Castell colored pencils in Moleskine sketch. It is 14 today, elki-palki.

Day in Moleskine.

Running through my day with Moleskine plain and some art supply.

Blooming.

 Blooming trees announce beginning of new spring, new hope. It passes so quickly, that I tried to hang on, to prolong, to absorb, to remember. Somewhere in Brooklyn, Midwood area. Colored pencils in Moleskine.

Waiting and Fellini.

Quick sketch today in the morning. And Fellini was screaming sadly behind the door, so I let him sit on warm router and watch me drawing him on the top of today's scribbling.

Getting gas.

Used pen, bit of watercolor and colored pencils in plain Moleskine.