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This was done from a photograph that I saw online.  I used a Uniball vision fine pen and Schmincke watercolors in a Moleskine watercolor album 8 1/4" x 11". Previously posted on Sketchbook Skool.

COLLEY STUDY IN COLOR

You can see from my copying this study by Colley that the Pitt pens have a wide range of color and blend really easily.  Done in the Strathmore sketchbook.

COLLEY STUDIES

People studies copied from Don Colley.  Done in Strathmore sketchbook with Pitt pens.

COPYING MORE DON COLLEY

This sketch is actually a combination of a Don Colley sketch of someone driving and I sketched in a R. Crumb on the phone. Done in a Strathmore sketchbook with Pitt pens and Uniball pen.

STUDYING AND COPYING FROM DON COLLEY

The work of Don Colley is very instructive.  One can learn a lot from his sketches online and also from watching his Youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EK4OiwWgU8 
He got me hooked on the Faber-Castell PITT artist pens.  I am patiently waiting for him to return to the Pacific Northwest so that I can attend one of his lectures.

This drawing was done using the Pitt pens in a Strathmore sketchbook.

STUDYING AND COPYING FROM JAMES JEAN'S SKETCHBOOK

James Jean is one of the artists I study.  His work is fantastic, but I have not been caught up in the rush to buy the type of pen that he uses.  I am hooked on my Uniball vision fine pen but I do love Jean's lines.  So I practice in my sketchbook by looking at his sketchbook (PR-3) http://www.jamesjean.com/bound/2010/Process+Recess+vol.+3/1

TOMMY KANE'S HAT

This was done on Canson Comic art board 11" x 17" using Uniball vision fine pen, Pitt big brush pens and Schmincke water colors.  Since I get asked about what tools I use I'll talk about them a bit.  I love the Uniball vision fine point pen.  It is water proof and fade proof.  That is a must feature since I use watercolor right over the top of the ink.  It can blob but I don't care.  If it does I just work with it and incorporate it into the work.  It rolls on smoothly and it feels so good in my hand.  It has a clip on the cap so I can put it securely in my shirt pocket.  They are cheap.  I buy them by the dozen.

As for the Faber-Castell PITT artist brush pens, well, they are one of the greatest inventions in the drawing world.  They have great colors, they last a long time, and MOST importantly, they DO NOT SMELL.  As an added bonus, they are waterproof and will not bleed through the paper and show on the other side.

Schmincke watercolors...I buy the travel pan.  18 full.  Yes, they are expensive but I'm worth it.  I like to lay the color down thick, even with watercolors, and this product is very juicy.  The colors are brilliant.  They last a long time and I can also use them with other brands when putting on layers.  I also like Sakura's Koi travel kit and the Winsor-Newton Cottman watercolors (professional grade).

Tommy Kane, great artist and teacher, is a hat guy (like me).  His wife Yun told me that he gets them made by Barbara Feinman in New York http://www.barbarafeinmanmillinery.com/shop/.  I think there should be special "KANE" editions.  The squirrel is Tommy's logo (he was a squirrel in a previous life, apparently).  That is a mushroom the squirrel is sitting on.  And no, I don't.