Welcome to the art blog of Sam Sutton. I hope you enjoy my caricatures, drawings, sketches and doodles! I would love to create caricatures at your next event! Please contact me at sutton007@embarqmail.com or by cell: 330-201-2753
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Utrecht vs. Markette
I think I found the replacement for the ol' Markette marker for live caricature jobs. A while back the manufacturer of the Markette changed the beloved nib to more of a bullet tip which did not perform nearly as well for thick and thin lines. This left many live caricature artists scrambling to find a replacement marker. The marker on the left is the Markette, the one in the middle is a new Utrecht design marker and the one on the right is a Utrecht after a couple hours drawing under it's belt. I definitely can't be as heavy handed with the Utrecht as one end of it is actually a brush type marker (the other end is a chisel tip) which requires a lighter touch. So far so good! Now if they just keep making the Utrecht marker the same for a while....
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Just getting into live caricature. Do you still swear by the Utrecht? I've been using a Crayola marker - love it's nib but the ink is water-based.
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