FAQ

Here I've answered some of my most asked questions. If you have any other questions or would like to interview me, email: hello@kate-aspen.com and I'll do the best I can :-)

 

✴︎ Can I get your artwork tattooed?

Sure! Head over to my Tattoo Commission Page for all the info and my policy on this.

 

✴︎ Do you make Digital Art?

Sometimes, but i'm not very good at it! I mostly use Photoshop or Procreate to edit and polish my designs ready for print or screen. Working digitally doesn't really bring me joy in the way that traditional media does, but I can work digitally if the project requires a slightly more polished approach.  

 

✴︎ Why is shipping so expensive to my country?

Unfortunately shipping anything more than a letter internationally from the UK is pretty expensive now. I set the price as as low as I can.

If you live outside the UK and want to buy something from me, but can't pay the high shipping price, grab some stickers or a Postcard! I ship these out much more affordably due to the size and weight, as they only require a stamp and small envelope, just like posting a letter.

 

✴︎ You don't seem to ship to my country? 

If your country isn't listed yet, fear not! Just shoot me an email: hello@kate-aspen.com and I'll add you to my shipping zones. Calculating each shipping zone and cost is difficult to navigate at the moment, so pease bear with me.

 

✴︎ What Sketchbooks do you use?

I use a variety of sizes of sketchbooks, my current favourite range are the Royal Talens Art Creation Hardback Sketchbooks - because these can take a fair amount of gouache paint as well as soft pastels, pencils and wax/oil pastels. 

For rough sketching i'm not that fussy with paper type or size, I usually use whatever scraps of loose paper I have lying around!

My longtime favourite pad of paper to use with Gouache is 'The Langton' by Daler Rowney, it's a very lovely hot pressed smooth paper. 

 

✴︎ What Materials do you use?

- Windsor and Newton Designers Gouache and Schmincke Akademie Gouache

- Caran D'Ache 'Luminance' and Faber Castell 'Polychromos' coloured pencils

- Daler Rowney Acrylic Ink

- Neocolour I and II Wax Pastels 

- Pretty much any cheap white chalk and any B, 2B, 6B or HB graphite pencils. 

- Rembrandt Soft Pastels