My favorites

   Everyone has their own preferences when it comes to paper, pencils, and paint. I want to share mine with you here: I have tested many brands over the last 12 years and these are the ones that have ended up as staple items in my studio. The items that when they run out I wander around in circles wondering what to do next:


Paper:

Fabriano Hot pressed 320g (botanical and scientific illustration)

Hahnemühle sketchbooks (Urban sketching and watercolor)
Hahnemühle Postcards (Urban sketching and watercolor)

Gerstaker Aquarelle (illustration)


Pencils:

Staedtler Norris school pencil (best all around pencil I have found, I use these to do my animal illustrations)

Faber Castell
Faber castell leads

Mars eraser

Tombow small eraser (botanical illustration)

Watercolour/goauche:

Schminke
white nights
gansai


Ink:
Inktense blocks
inktense pencils

Acrylic:

Aquatec
schminke


Paint brushes:

Pentel Aquash Water brush

daVinci