I felt like switching up my materials a bit this time. I drew (and redrew — you can see my varied attempts at the circular shape of the lip) with a splattery dip pen and some India ink. Then I hauled out a medium I haven’t touched in years: my old collection of Tombow brush markers. I used to use these markers all the time when I first started adding color to my journals. My collection grew and grew until I had a fistful of a hundred or more different shades.
Ultimately, I wanted to blend my own colors and I also grew tired of carrying around this huge bag of markers and ferreting through the m to find the approximately right colors, and so I bought some good watercolors and put the markers in a Ziploc in a drawer. This morning though, they were just right for the many small slivers of color I needed to reproduce my Paul Smith cup.
Danny Gregory 
Love this!!
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Hi are the Tombow brush markers similar to the Copic sketch markers, I like the color but they bleed threw!!!!????
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I have to say, I absolutely love Tombow brush markers/dual brush pens and have used them for years. Lately it seems that I only hear about Copic markers in magazine publications, but I wouldn’t trade my Tombow markers. Love ’em! I know, though, exactly what you mean about lugging them around–I, too, carry my little Winsor & Newton watercolor set instead of my oversized ziploc bag ot Tombows. Ironically, I’m typing this with about 50 of the markers scattered in front of me from last night’s project…
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Nice cup. I like it.
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Thank you for your edm challenges
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You inspired me to play along…. Now i just have to catch up….
http://fallingladies-fallingladies.blogspot.com/2012/07/quick-sketch.html
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I like how you seemed to work the first attempts of round lips into the design of the cup or at least that is how I saw it before your confession! I sometimes write “oops” on such a goof, as I do not erase (can’t erase ink!)… or just let it be (as you did here)… I call it “my style!”
I like the colorful cup and also enjoy Tom Bows.
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DANNY! I recognised the cup *immediately*! That Paul Smith range is also used by The Berkeley in London for their famous Pret-a-Portea during which they serve adorable edible fripperies that reproduce this season’s hot fashion items (or, for the Jubilee, the most high-profile Royal bags and hats, haha). Look:
http://www.the-berkeley.co.uk/fashion-afternoon-tea.aspx
Isn’t that funny?!
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