HOW I COLOUR: TOMBOW MARKERS IN ADULT COLOURING BOOKS|My favourite colours of Tombow Dual Brush Pens

Hi guys!
I am so excited to share this video with you today. I have been requested to share with you all my favourite colours of Tombow Dual Brush Pens for adult colouring books. If you have watched any of my videos so far, you will see that I do love using my Tombow markers in my colouring books and I am so happy you are interested and want me to share more about them!
I will share with you my favourite/most used colours in colouring books and how I apply them to achieve the result I want. I will show you a few methods of using them briefly as well - I have already done some colouralongs to show how I use them in more detail which I will link for you in the comments section.
The list of my most commonly used colours:
DIRECT APPLICATION:
090 062 131 133 173 126 192 291
243 401 451 491 533 553 603 620
623 673 723 800 761 850 910 990
942 992 991 N60 N89 N79 N95 N75
N15 Blender pen
APPLICATION WITH WATERBRUSH/PAINTBRUSH/BLENDER PEN:
025 026 158 177 452 403 373 407
379 703 905 845 885 985 947 977
N57 N65 N55
I really enjoyed sharing my passion of Tombow markers with you in this video and I hope you enjoyed watching it.
Happy colouring!
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[@shelscolouringjourney]

Do you use waterbased markers in your colouring? What is your opinion or experience with them? Some videos where I have used different techniques with Tombow Dual Brush Pens: Nelco Neco - Story of Precious Cats: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3LClYCrecqFpLM Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou - Nature mandalas: kzbin.info/www/bejne/en6ymYVtfdiZhLc Hanna Karlzon - Tales from the Forest Kingdom: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZjLaaGHobech7M Rita Berman - Mein Frühlings Spaziergang: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYXQmGZojLVqers

[@w.vangaal1077]

Yes. Fineliners and pitt artist brushpens are my favorites. But I have to save up for tombow markers 🤣 think they will be a great addition!

[@DiYdayz]

I love using water based markers in my coloring. They make my coloring go quicker. I’ve tried a few different types like the Arteza real bush pens and crayola but, I keep going back to the very few tombows I have.

[@laney2499]

Thank you for you pointing out to me where I can see your techniques. It will be great for me to get familiar with water based markers. As at moment it’s either laborious task of doing backgrounds with coloured pencils, or I use alcohol markers of course this spoils backing illustration. So I’ll persevere.

[@laney2499]

@@w.vangaal1077 thank you for replying. Like you I’m saving for full set of Tombows but it’s surprising the colours you can create by mixing pens I’ve got, hopefully it won’t be long until we’ve both saved up enough.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

@@w.vangaal1077 Nice!! I heard Pitt artist brush pens are great!! 🤗

[@DreamingDrag0n]

I absolutely agree with the loving the process part. I've seen too many people racing to finish as many pictures as possible, but I personally enjoy the journey. Finished picture is just a cherry on the top. I don't see myself finishing any coloring book any time soon, but I find that it helps to have a coloring buddy for a certain book - that's how you fill it faster with finished pictures.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Totally agree! So glad I am not the only one who enjoys the process part so much. And yes, it’s always a bonus being able to complete pages and one day finish a book!! Thanks for watching 🤗💗

[@sambabird7]

This demonstration will help me get more use from my Tombows. Thanks!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

It's my pleasure! Hope you enjoy playing with your Tombows ☺️💗

[@carolesauter4205]

Useful information. Many years ago I used these pens for brush lettering. But, I’ve not colored with them until now. I like the idea of basing with them in coloring books. They are the best. Even my old pens are not dry. Thank you again.

[@user-ku8iz7il9e]

I’m a beginner colorist and I’ve been so curious about using water based markers! Thanks so much, Shel! ☺️

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Hopefully it gives you some ideas to get started 🤗💗

[@HarperSophia]

Same as them. Thank you!!

[@MrsBeasleys1111]

You did a great job with this video. It took a lot of work. I learned several things from it. Thank you!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

So glad it was helpful and you got some ideas from the video. Thank you for taking the time to watch 🤗💗

[@veronicadunn565]

So glad you mentioned Eriy books. I was using my watercolor brush pens and they work on the paper similarly to Tombow's.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

So glad they do!! I am sure you will enjoy using them 🤗💗

[@nadine761]

Thank you Shel! This was very helpful and really well explained👍. I have Ohuhu waterbased markers but I’m sure they will work the same including tip to tip method as shown on another channel. Now I will know what I’m doing when following your color alongs!😀.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You are welcome, I am glad it was helpful. Yes I am sure if they are waterbased and brush markers they you should work in a similar way. 🤗💗

[@colourwithdan]

Oh j oh love this I have loads of tombow from my calligraphy. I’ve never used them on a page but I’ll be giving it a go now. Thanks for sharing x

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You are welcome...thanks for watching! Yeh if you have used them for calligraphy, I am sure you will be able to amazing stuff with them!! I look forward to seeing you work with them 🤗💗

[@jennytillmans3568]

thanks! this video was really helpful , and you explained it verry well😊

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You're welcome 😊 So glad it was helpful! 🤗💗

[@shaustin22]

I need to use my Tombows more after learning these tricks. TFS.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

They are so much, I hope you get round to using them more 🤗💗

[@shellyt2906]

This was very well explained… I am a visual person and so for me this was perfect 🤩👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Oh thank you, I am so happy it was helpful!! Thanks for watching 🤗💗

[@janelpalmer1121]

Thank you. You did a great job of explaining ❤

[@bethmegansmith4642]

Hello shelly xxx I am buying them open stick as they cost lots and i am on shoe sting budget . love your coloring pages tips and tricks xxxx happy coloring Happy 2024

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You're welcome, glad you like my colouring 🤗💗

[@corinnepoelman7218]

Thank you for sharing, I already finished a picture your way and I enjoyed it very much

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Tombows are so much fun to play with, I am so glad you tried them out and enjoyed it too!! 🤗💗

[@e.vanyzendoorn6728]

Thanks for this video, useful information! I am looking for waterbased markers which I can use in double sided coloringbooks. If I use the tombow blenderpen instead of a water brush to bring the color to the paper will it bleed through the paper?

[@shelscolouringjourney]

It should not bleed through...I have used them before with no problem. Of course depends on the paper....Amazon paper lets everything through. 🤗

[@evenichols3517]

Great video Sherl. I am new to this lovely art and am thinking about trying a small set of the Tombows after watching your expertise in applying them to paper. I think I might try and get a Japanese book though as they seem a better quality? Thanks again!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Wonderful! I would always recommend a small set or stock pens first to see if you enjoy them! Hope you do. Have fun playing with them 🤗💗

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Wonderful! I would always recommend a small set or stock pens first to see if you enjoy them! Hope you do. Have fun playing with them 🤗💗

[@YourGirlVee]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I am ashamed to say that I have a little more than 60 Tombows collecting dust in my art room, most of them have never been used. I was initially going to use them for a bullet journal but I kind of lost interest in that and then I found adult coloring but couldn't see how I could incorporate them into my pages. I really want to use what I have (which is a lot lol) and so this is going to be very helpful. I also think this method will save me some time. Thank you again!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You are so welcome...thank you for watching! I am so glad I have inspired you to use your Tombows....definitely worth trying to play with them if you have them. I am sure you will enjoy them....and yes!! It definitely speeds up the colouring process! 🤗💗

[@emilyd4707]

This was super helpful. Thanks!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

My pleasure, thanks for watching 🤗💗

[@ambient_landscapes]

Thank you for these ideas. 😃

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You are so welcome! 🤗💗

[@lanaiskw2457]

Thanks for sharing us! 😊

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You welcome...thanks for watching 🤗💗

[@freerise8754]

I’m glad I am not the only one who meticulously swatches their markers/pens in the order I have them in the container 😅😂🤣

[@shelscolouringjourney]

It makes it so much easier!! Glad I am not the only one too!! 😂💗

[@bleuvertetforetdepin7308]

Great video!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Thank you so much 🤗💗

[@chuckswain8299]

When I have colored with any marker in the past all I get are stroke streaks where you can tell where each stroke is made of same color in same area. A lot of coloring videos I see using them show a smooth covering as though only one stroke was used and not several stroke

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Waterbased markers will always leave streaks for sure....I tend to use pencils over top so the streaky-ness is covered up. To reduce the streaks (you can't avoid them completely) you should move fast over the paper and you will find less streaks. Hope this helps 🤗💗

[@joanarohde6889]

Would you say that brush tip pens are less streaky than bullet tip pens? 🤔 I kinda have that impression.

[@Suzite]

Thank you, it was very helpful, especially the tip to tip.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You welcome! I am so glad it was useful 🤗💗

[@tinekebak7142]

Excellent! Thank you 🙏

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You are welcome 🤗💗

[@laney2499]

Thank you for explaining this will help me so much.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You welcome..I am so glad it was useful! Thanks for watching 🤗💗

[@AmieWardArt]

Thank you so much for sharing! I definitely need to try this technique! Its such a great way to cover the tooth of the page quickly.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

My pleasure, hope you enjoy playing with your Tombows ☺️💗

[@nancybarney2330]

Oh Thank You SO MUCH This was Perfect!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You are very welcome...I am glad it was ok 🤗💗 Thank you for watching 🤩

[@colourfulpyrate]

Thank you for sharing! I've been trying to use my water based markers more often lately and had some ideas about using them like you mention but wasn't sure it would work. I recently got a bunch of tombow sets on sale, and an ohuhu set, so I'm excited to try this out!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You welcome....thank you for watching! I watched your haul video, you got some lovely stuff to play around with. I hope you enjoy your markers as much as I do 🤗💗

[@yazosoyo]

Hello Shelly, great video and color recommendations. After seeing your videos and Dany from Queen of Flannel and a really good 60% off in the Tombow portrait set, I bought it. I am not sure if I like all the colors in the set for skin, but it is a good start. I’ll be looking for a sale of the pastel set!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Hi Yazmin...I am so glad you will be trying them out. hope you enjoy using them as much as I do! Thanks for watching 🤗💗

[@valerieb8006]

you did a great job, very useful💜

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Thank you! 😊 Glad it was helpful 🤗💗

[@phylissproctor8049]

Hi Shel, I just got the whole set but it did not come with a swatch sheet. Where did you get the actual tombow swatch sheet Thanks , Phyliss

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Hi Phyllis, wow! I hope you enjoy the pens as much as I do!! If I am not mistaken, I got it from Tombows website, they had them available on there. 💗

[@jackiekonrad859]

Thank you Shelly for sharing this it was very helpful ❤️

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You welcome Jackie! So glad it was helpful 🤗💗

[@lilianq24]

Thank you so much!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You're welcome! 🤗💗

[@karensquirrell7232]

Thank you this was very helpful 💖

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You're welcome...I am so glad it was useful 🤗💗

[@lisaford8849]

Thankyou, great help

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Glad you liked it 🤗💗

[@TrinitybFor]

Thanks for the tips! I've been using mine sparingly, worried they would run out too quickly. I'm so glad to know that yours have lasted for 2 years. Could I ask which brand of water brush you use? I'd like to get more into using them with a water brush vs direct to paper. Looking forward to some more colour alongs :-)

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You welcome...thank you so much for watching! I am so glad to hear you will use them more, they are so much fun! I have the Pentel water brush 🤗💗

[@katscraftcreation]

This was perfect thank you so much 😊

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You're so welcome! Love using them and so was happy to talk about them 🤗💗

[@lauramaynard4946]

this is so useful! I'm slowly collecting tombow pens, so this is so helpful to get the best out of them!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching 🤗💗

[@chuckswain8299]

I like the tombow markers but when I tried coloring with them I found out that when in use I see a start and stop mark and also I can tell when I use them I can tell that they overlap. In other words I have trouble making them look like a solid color. But I do like them very much.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

They are lovely pens, but you are absolutely right, they can appear streaky, more on certain types of paper than others. Since they are waterbased, like all other waterbased makers, they will appear streaky, whereas alcohol markers wouldn't usually. Once you get a hang of them you can reduce the streaky-ness (e.g. by quick application), but usually it won't be eliminated completely. I always tend to use pencils over the top, so this covers up the issue 🤗💗

[@anitasmith7764]

Beautiful colors. U may wanna dim your light a little to make it easier to see the lighter colors. I know it feels like the opposite of instinct to make it easier for people to see , but the white paper must make it to bright. Not exactly sure 😂

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Thank you for the suggestion 🤗💗

[@LindaLearnstoColor]

Thank you 💖

[@shelscolouringjourney]

You are welcome...thanks for watching 🤗💗

[@JenniferC_8491]

How are they not chewing up the paper? I got these mostly for their tinier tips for details & outlines but when i use them for larger spaces or blending then the paper gets chewed up quickly. I've tried different papers but its still doing it. What in the world am i doing wrong? And also the end to end method never works. Im confused. I want to love these but i don't understand what im doing wrong. Any tips? Im not pressing hard either.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Hmm I am not sure why this is happening - I don't tend to use them directly on very thin paper like Amazon paper (although they work good on the Amazon premium paper and great on the Amazon Japan paper). As they are waterbased you have to work very fast and not go over the same spot while the marker ink is wet, otherwise it will pill. Paper definitely matters. Use a very light hand too. Waterbased markers will always streak on paper that is not specific for markers - so for large areas, they will always be streaky sadly. I never use them for large areas. If it is the one sided book, then alcohol markers will work better for large areas. Hope this helps 🤗

[@waymire01]

I do wish Tombow sold a bigger pastel pack. Their markers are not cheap, and even less so when you have to buy open stock and have them shipped in. I own the Ohuhu pastel set (which is alcohol) and it's 48 colors encompassing warm and cool tones of every color including brown and grey.. perfect for basing... but of course alcohol bleeds. I've been looking for a waterbased alternative for my double sided books and have yet to find one. Ohuhu actually made one in the past but apparently it's no longer available because while it's still on Amazon it's been out of stock for a year or more. The Tombow blender pen is also my top favorite for activating Inktense.

[@shelscolouringjourney]

Yes, it would be great if there was a larger set of pastel colours. I have heard that Ohuhu have got a pastel set of waterbased markers which are available on Amazon (or at least I saw it on Amazon UK). Check out @artjournyuk's KZbin, she shares a review of them on her channel. Hope this helps 🤗💗

[@lauras4472]

Where can I get a copy of your swatch sheet please?

[@shelscolouringjourney]

It is a swatch sheet from Mystic Sparkle Wings, I think she is on Kofi 💗

[@shelscolouringjourney]

It is a swatch sheet from Mystic Sparkle Wings, I think she is on Kofi 💗

[@mel-gt5ff]

will this bleed through the page or make the page wet / crumpled?

[@shelscolouringjourney]

As they are waterbased markers they don't bleed through (but of course for very thin paper you may se some bleed through) once you have your technique right. If using on thin paper and applying wet from a palette, then the amount of water you use could determine the crumple of the paper - don't use too much water, especially on thin paper like Amazon paper (this is for any wet mediums though). hope this helps 🤗💗

[@towalmoore]

Excuse my writing it's not very good. *proceeds to print beautifully* I've used my tombow dual brush pens mainly for coloring in my hachette heroes Disney books. I dabble in Journaling so knew how to do tip to tip and blender methods. It did t really dawn on me to try basing with them. Your explanations were clear, imo. Thanks for another process video!

[@shelscolouringjourney]

😂 Thank you! I am glad you liked the video and hopefully you enjoy using the Tombows on other pages now too 🤗💗

[@arose4u2]

where are the links to tombow technique videos?

[@shelscolouringjourney]

I use the Tombows on a lot of my pages so you will see them in some of my colouralongs. Also, you can check these videos out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3LClYCrecqFpLM&feature=shares kzbin.info/www/bejne/en6ymYVtfdiZhLc&feature=shares Hope this helps 🤗💗

[@margaretsmith9954]

💜💜💜🇬🇧

[@Alakwskina48]

You didn’t,t ramble…god some people do

[@shelscolouringjourney]

😂 thank you 💗