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Review on 🎨 Arteza Real Brush Pens: 12-Piece Set of Professional Watercolor Markers for Artists & Hobby Painters - Flexible Brush Tips, Nontoxic, Ideal for Painting, Drawing, Coloring, and Art Supplies by Amber Perez

Revainrating 2 out of 5

It hardly mixes.

I was hoping they would be as blendable as my watercolor pencils, but I wouldn't call these markers blendable at all. I've tried them on several different sketchbooks and it's like the markers soak into the paper INSTANTLY so no matter how fast you work the marker ink is always too dry to mix with a water brush. To be honest it just tints the surrounding water with the color underneath. So you have a big bold blue band, and when you blend it, the blue band itself doesn't blend, but the white area surrounding the blue band is LIGHTLY tinted to a very, VERY light blue. That's all. I was able to enhance the shading with Crayola washable markers. You see, with watercolor pencils you can leave the pencil on the paper all day if you like (i.e. there's no rush) and when you come back later to blend it with the water brush it'll all fade out, so won There must be no lines or stripes, just perfectly mixed colors, the perfect gradient from light to dark or from one color to another that looks like real watercolor. I was hoping for that with these. But these marks? Nowhere near. Again, I wouldn't sell them as "mixable" at all. See in my picture where I tried mixing blue and yellow to get green? Do you see how it turned out? Yes, now I'll stick with watercolor pencils...

Pros
  • Smudge-free watercolors. These markers offer precise control so you can easily do everything from light pastel strokes to subtle shadows and gradients. No fuss, mess, mess or worry.
Cons
  • unreliable