what art supplies do you use? and how do you use them?

[Mushroo 4]

i own gouache paints,watercolors,glitter pens,and a bunch of school supplies like mechanical pencils and erasers.

I usually draw on my phone in ibis paint with my index finger. that's how I've been drawing almost my entire art journey...although I started with traditional art I've strayed away from it when quarantine hit,so I didn't draw on my sketchbooks a whole lot which is sad but at the beginning of when I started drawing I pretty much only drew on my sketchbooks or notebooks which left me with a lot of cool nostalgic pieces that I still keep.

gouache paints:

I'll admit I don't really like thick paint like acrylics or gouache but they are fun to use when using them on thicker paper or canvases...I know that's probably more of the intended use for these paints. but thicker paper usually means carrying around a heavy book and I don't really like the texture of it but besides that I also don't want to keep buying canvases every time I want to paint with thicker paints. I usually work with what I have since I am but a young adult living off of bread and milk,but I'd like to try and get better at it so my art can get a hold of traditional art again.

acrylics:

the ol tube paints,I have gouache paints on little plastic cups but the acrylic ones are In tubes...are there acrylics in plastic cups? eh that don't matter right now but these paints are actually pretty cool and easy to use but it really depends on the quality of the paints,I've owned acrylics ever since I was young because I'd go into stores like Ross and Walmart and buy cheap acrylics. its fun to use on canvases for simple paintings from what I've used them for. 

school supplies/pencils:

iv'e been using mechanical pencils my entire life. I don't like using number 2 pencils,art based pencils or any other kind. I'd try them but id most likely find them too complicated or bad quality,when I use mechanical pencils I feel like I have full control over my sketches because the mechanical pencil is easy to just press on whenever the lead breaks or runs out,I can easily click on the to of the pencil and lead will be pushed out or I can pop in a new lead into it if it don't have any.

when I say I feel like I have control over my sketches I mean I don't have to put much attention to it because they are just sketches I usually use sketchbooks to draw roughly or messy, to get out a bunch of ideas,doodles or simply draw out of boredom,it works for me because I don't work on a traditional piece for that long anymore due to a lot of changes in my life and mind so I have to get the sketch out before my brain fries and I loose interest which is sort of sad considering how I use to use sketchbooks a lot when I was younger and Id take hours completing a drawing even forgetting to eat or go outside...I mean drawing digitally does the same but at least it makes cleaning your art much easier and it is less time consuming but I seriously feel like I'm happier using the supplies I've been using for so long like mechanical pencils,watercolors and my overworked index finger.

what supplies do you use? what's your experience with these art supplies and how have you been using them? feel free to lore dump your art journey even if you just started!:P

[SharpWit 2,759]

I've always been taken by charcoal and ink drawings, in part because of the amount of detail captured by the simplicity of contrast. This is boosted by late fall being my favorite season, but winter being my happy space. I glow with the greens of spring sure, but the peace experienced by a world gone dormant is just something else that I revel in, where details hidden by leaves and deep within the bush are shown through their fallen debris. This scenery is best shown with such mediums.

However, I'm left handed, which means the side of my hand constantly rubs into my work, risking accidental smears and smudges, so I rely on pens and markers that dry relatively quickly to avoid this. The Uniball Vision Elite is a particular favorite of mine. It writes smoothly, is a pretty solid pen, and this is because it holds an excessive amount of ink, so it will last you significantly longer than most ballpoints. I was lucky enough for my mom to be an accountant growing up, so I had ready access to these. I really need to get some more, but now I mostly use the Sharpie S-Gel Pen alongside a standard Sharpie marker.

This is my most recent piece I made for my dad's birthday.

I would've liked to fill in the grassy hillside more, add some more trees and shrubs further back, but I worked on it up until the final hour beforehand, and was exhausted after spending a total of 8 hours hunched over and only getting about half a night's sleep on a bed I don't fit on.

There was also supposed to be a ton more people, as this landscape is based on a graveyard, and I wanted to include everyone in view, but trees are more my thing.

[Sparklefan1234 173,882]

I use the PhotoScape X program to edit things on my computer what feels like every day. I'm sorry if that doesn't count. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Sparklefan1234