I'm a painter working in both digital and traditional media. While I love the tactile nature of traditional painting on canvas, sometimes not having to worry about brushes, cleaning and mixing paints is nice with digital painting. When I saw these I thought it'd be a best of both worlds situations, and it is.
The markers have paint and a ball bearing in them to make sure the paint is properly mixed. You push the tip (it's on a spring) into the marker to load it with paint. A little paint goes a long way and although I was worried that there wasn't very much paint in each marker when I initially purchased them, it's no longer a concern.
Overall what I really like about these is that they are quick. It's easy to get your ideas on canvas quickly and build from them. It has a nice rough style that comes from the layering. They're also great for touch up. I find that I use them on my more involved airbrush paintings to touch up or make tiny corrections, things like that. It's acrylic so it blends right in. Clean up is essentially putting the caps back on the markers. Can't beat it! If your an artist looking for something new to try, this is it!
**NOTE** I did not buy this specific set. However, the markers I used are the same, either purchased in different sets or individually. Also, these markers (refillable) are about three to five bucks a piece at art stores like Blick. You do not have to break the bank for a good set of these!
Some things to take into consideration:
-When painting you generally mix colors for gradation and custom shades. With these, I layer one color and then, before it draws, use another color directly on top of the first. This actually produces some nice effects.
-Tips are replaceable, but generally you can just wipe mixed paint off of them.
-SOME markers are refillable (YAY!) The markers in this set may not be (BOO!). I picked up a bunch of single markers from Blick that are all refillable.
-You can refill them with any acrylic. This is great for me because I also airbrush and use Golden acrylic that I can just pour into these markers. Montana also sells their own refill paint. I've been meaning to order some (it's good paint) but haven't got around to it.
-You can buy empty markers and fill them with your own premixed colors or clean out used up refill markers and do the same.
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