Thanks David – really kind comments. Hope to hear from you again!

Thank you very much, John. Will take a look at review. They really add is it texture? Dont know but lovely work. Really look foreward to your posts. Keep them coming!

HI David, delighted that you’re a keen follower of the blog, I really appreciate it. You’ll also know then that I completely empathise with any struggles and challenges that you face with the watercolours! As for the sketches – If i’m thinking of exactly which ones you’re looking at, I think it’ll be the set of Copic Grey tone marker pens that I got around Christmas. You can see a review of them here: https://johnhaywoodwatercolours.co.uk/2020/01/01/copic-ciao-grey-tones-a-review/ – hope that this is helpful David but let me know if you have any difficulties accessing this information. In the meantime, good luck with the painting and I hope you’re managing to stay safe too! Thanks again for getting in touch. (oh, should say in case of any future comments, I read all comments before allowing them to be published so there can sometimes be a delay between you pressing send and seeing your comment published – it’s just my way of monitoring comments and answering them as best I can!)

Thanks and stay safe – as they say around here – well, pretty much everywhere.

David

Hi Jean and thanks for this – sorry for not replying sooner (this week’s post will explain why!) – pleases to report however that the floor does look good, but there’s so much skirting board to be painted!

Thanks Luca – what a coincidence! Yes it definitely works though and now I use it pretty much all the time for my painting and hardly ever at all for my camera or phone!!

haha, don’t worry Rob, I’m not one for picking up people’s spelling or grammar – at least not in my comments section!

Hi Rob and thanks for this. I think with the copic marker pens, I’m also culpable of creating some of the dirty marks! My intention was to use them to create say 5 distinct tones. The way that I’m using them however is that I’m often layering them, so end up with lots and lots of tones, on top of which I’m then applying a bit of white gel pen and smudging it with my finger! I think what I’m trying to navigate is making the sketches as useful as possible to paint from, versus the sketches being ‘finished’ works in themselves! Finding it to be quite a tough juggling act. You should definitely look into the ‘cheaper’ tripod adapter approach, I sure you’ve all the necessary tools and more than enough skill, and let’s be honest, who doesn’t like saving a bob or two!

Sorry… “straitened”.