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Seven Indonesian sketchers you should follow on Instagram
Sketching has attracted a new wave of enthusiasts in Indonesia, thanks to these popular local sketchers on Instagram.
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Sketching has attracted a new wave of enthusiasts in Indonesia, thanks to these popular local sketchers on Instagram. (Instagram/-)
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span id="docs-internal-guid-fa9f5be0-cc26-106b-ffbc-dd3147b0751f">Art is everywhere, and these days ‘everywhere’ often means social media. We scrolled through our Instagram feeds to check out the wonderful talents of Indonesian sketchers, and fell in love with seven of them. Behold, the sketchers you should follow on Instagram to make your timeline brighter.
Had Anto Motulz not come with his father to Indira bookstore in Bandung and got a Tintin comic when he was in the third grade, maybe he wouldn't have fallen in love with drawing and made it onto our list. And thank goodness he did.
Motulz loves different objects, however since 2012 he has been particularly interested in sketching buildings. He mainly uses fountain pens and swears on Pilot’s Namiki Falcon, “The nib allows me to choose between very fine lines and thick lines without requiring me to change pens. Very ideal when you’re sketching while traveling.”
Also known publicly as one of Indonesia’s most prolific travel bloggers, Vira Tanka found her love in sketching buildings and city landscapes with the Urban Sketchers community.
Like many urban sketchers, Vira adores her fountain pen, although her true love is watercolor. “In school I used to like using watercolors, charcoal pencils and oil pastels. However the one that’s stuck with me until now is watercolors, so I think it’s my all-time favorite,” she said.
Interior designer, Yandi Prayudhi, does not only sketch his favorite objects: buildings, rooms and architectural wonders. He also collects drawing tools, mainly mechanical pencils and fountain pens.
“I love LAMY fountain pens so much, I have their Safari series in many colors. I have about 15 to 20 fountain pens from various brands,” he laughed. Often finishing off his sketches with watercolors, Yandi said, “I used to use Winsor & Newton’s Cotman watercolor. Now I use Rembrandt, but no matter what I use, it’s the skills that matters.”
Dita has been familiar with artsy things since childhood due to her father’s profession as a photographer/artist. However she only delved into drawing and exploring various crafts when she was already married, and was living in Kuwait with her artist husband, Pinot.
Dita likes artistic exploration and she doesn’t only draw on paper, but also on cakes she bakes. In her current city of New York, Dita uses watercolors to sketch her favorite drawing objects; fruits, vegetables, food and animals.
As a professional fashion illustrator, Dinda’s Instagram account is a pleasing feast of colors and elegance. “My favorite objects are women in stylish outfits because I had always wanted to be a fashion designer. I wanted to go to fashion school but it never happened, but until now, I still really love fashion so it’s easy for me to draw stylish girls from the streets or runway.”
Dinda loves using brush pens and her current favorite brand is Shinhan Touch. “Since I do a lot of live drawing at events and gatherings, this brush pen is very practical because I don’t have to wait for the paint to dry,” she said. Although she uses brush pens a lot, Dinda chooses watercolor as her all-time favorite tool.
New York-based professional artist, Pinot Ichwandardi, has been drawing since childhood, and his works have been used by renowned international companies such as Samsung and Disney. However, Pinot still sketches casually and the way he captures New Yorkers via his sketches is mesmerizing.
Pinot draws anything around him or whatever comes into his mind. Although his drawings might seem compicated to non-artists, he keeps things simple by just using pencil and paper. For more serious sketching sessions, he prefers HandâBook sketchbook and Pilot’s Namiki Falcon fountain pen.
Using the alias “KamiSketsa” on Instagram, graphic designer, Imam Zakaria, has loved drawing since childhood but only tried sketching seriously at the end of 2014. His favorite object lately has been food, as he sketches as a way to wait until his food cools down.
To help him come up with drool-worthy sketches, Imam enlists the 12-color Koi watercolor set, Sakura Micron pen 0.05, Snowman 0.1 drawing pen and 2B wooden or mechanical pencil as his regular arsenal. Currently he’s learning the art of hand-lettering and experimenting with the Pigma BB brush pen.
