Join the Discussion: Coloring
Hi, sweet blog friends!
I’m popping in with a quick post, actually it’s a question. Recently a friend and fellow blog reader started getting more involved in crafting and asked what kind of coloring option she should choose. I’m a big Copic fan, but if I’m being honest, I haven’t tried many of the options out there. However, I know that many of YOU have done your research, tried out different options and probably have some great thoughts….
Feel free to leave a comment here with your opinions or feedback. I’ll be asking this question on the Pretty Pink Posh Facebook page later on, so if you’re in the market for coloring options, stay tuned for my readers answers!
My favorite go-to coloring medium is colored pencils. They give me more control than watercolor or markers and blend beautifully. They are also erasable! With a set of 36, I can match almost any color and also do effective shading. The brand I purchase is Fantasia and are a nice high quality for half the cost (on Amazon) than the more well known brands. They’re ideal for delicate florals and small areas.
I use mainly Tombow and Touch Twin markers. Tombows are great for water coloring techniques and they were the first markers I was introduced to at my LSS. Later I attended a Copic class, loved the markers but found the cost prohibitive. Am exhaustive search led me to ShinHan Art Touch Twin Brush markers which have nibs similar to Copic Sketch without the Copic price. It’s not a super brush nib so it’s not as long and flexible as Copic, but it’s so close that you really don’t notice a difference.
I love copics and wouldn’t trade them for anything. But if I didn’t want to use an alcohol marker, I’d go for Inktense pencils. I’d get a big set though as the colours are too primary ish in the smaller sets. I have 36 and they are like that. I prefer colours that are more muted for nature and faces etc. the 36 colours mostly look like Disney colours to me. but they blend and layer much better than the distress ink markers which some people love but even as they are oohing and aahing about them in their videos, I still see the lines they coloured their images in with which isn’t the look I’d expect. I want smooth colour and inktense does a better job of that. It definitely gives more vivid and crisper colours when used full strength with little water too. Other water colour markers really aren’t meant for coloring images and blending so I don’t recommend them. I’ve not tried other alcohol markers. i could never get gamsol and pencils to work, again, not smooth enough. Sometimes I like the texture of coloured pencils but not for my main medium.
Hey!
Thank you for the input girls :) I was going to get myself distress markers since Copics are so costly, and I could use the cash on things that are more useful.
Perhaps, Inktense is the way to go :) Thanks a lot for this post, Paulina.