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I'm currently trying out some mixed media paper and thought I should buy heavier media to use. I've absolutely no experience with pastels or charcoal so this is going to be fun.

What you see above as the Pastel Collection, Aquatone, Inktense Blocks, Artbar, Tinted Charcoal and Graphitint coloured pencils. I wanted to use my $5 discount voucher before it expires and ended up buying a bunch of stuff at ArtFriend.

So far I've tried a few and I really love the pastel pencils and tinted charcoal. I like mostly the texture and sound of the lead going across the surface of the paper. Very intangible stuff. LOL.

Here's a sketch of the materials using the materials, mainly Aquatone. The colours aren't actually this bright. It's only after I sprayed it with fixative that the colour became brighter. I think it's got to do with the chemical reaction between the water-soluble Aquatone and the fixative. The Stillman & Birn Delta paper is very toothy!

I bought the Derwent Graphitint coloured pencils to try out today. I totally misjudged the values they can create. They are mostly dark values that don't vary much from each other except for the hue. It will take a while to get used to it.

The Stillman & Birn Delta sketchbook also surprised me with its toothy texture.

Sitting at the cafe sketching these people made me think of how crowded it was. This particular Coffee Bean at Junction 8 always seems to be crowded. I was lucky today to get a seat. While sketching, I saw a few people coming in and walking out after finding out there are not seats.

The coffee here cost around 5 times more than the coffee at the neighbourhood coffee shops. Yet, it's always packed. There are also many students. Back in the days when I was a student, I had to scrimp and save. Now that I've a job, I still feel a bit guilty drinking such expensive coffee.