My Favorite Pen! (and others!) - Waterproof Pens for Inking Under Watercolor! 🖋️

[@intergalacticpeachpatrol]

super informative and helpful! thank you!

[@EveBolt]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much! :D

[@magentaindigoart]

the inked piece looks so lovely, the textures make it so rich. I think the inking textures allows a piece to look finished even with flat colors or simple gradients. [of course it depends on the style each artist would like to have.] Always love your catventurers, its one of the comfort subjects in my own artwork as well ^_^

[@EveBolt]

Thank you so much! I'll have to check your art, if you have catventurers there too!! And I agree, the texture would be lost in a more detailed render. I'm not sure I did it justice when I painted this one but I can always try again with the next one! XD

[@sarajamal799]

What a lovely sketch!

[@tribalstyle138]

Also my favorite!!!!! I just bought a blue one in California. I have a hard time finding them so I buy whenever I see.

[@EveBolt]

High-five! :D The blue one has a finer and harder nib, I think? How do you like it so far?

[@adildraws]

Keep up the great work

[@EveBolt]

Thank you so much! :D

[@awatercolourist]

Thank you for sharing your supplies!

[@EveBolt]

Thank you!! :) Thanks for suggesting it ;)

[@awatercolourist]

@@EveBolt Pleasure!

[@ChantelleArts]

This is so stunning, wonderful video ☺☺

[@EveBolt]

Thank you so much! :D

[@firecloud6503]

That was really interesting. Always nice to see someones inking tools.

[@chiarasola826]

Thanks for sharing what you use for inking 😊 Just one thing... I don't know if you are familiar with them, but for the two brush pens you should squeeze the body to have a better ink flow. They are like a water brush basically, but with ink.

[@EveBolt]

Thank you! :) Yes, I've tried pressing the bodies of the pens but it feels like the capillarity of the tip is less efficient than other waterbrushes? Or even the Pentel pocket brush (which is always too juicy with a new cartridge in!). I'll try squeezing them again but also, I like the dry-brush effect :)

[@kojiyonamine7880]

Loved the video! You might wanna try using Kuretake #13 (or maybe 40 or 50 - with sable hair) brush pens. The slightly shorter bristles make a noticeable difference in control to the Pentel Pocket. The only downside is you'd have to go after some waterproof ink alternatives (and a converter) since the proprietary kuretake ink is water soluble. But I much prefer its build and overall control.

[@EveBolt]

Thanks for the tips! I definitely have to check it out! Have you tried the version of that brush pen with the nylon tip?

[@kojiyonamine7880]

@@EveBolt I have both nylon (no.13) and natural hair (no.40). They're both great! If you want other body texture, the no.50 is similar to the 40. You can check Teoh Yi Chie's review for more details, but they're pretty solid! And have replaceable tips!

[@adildraws]

I love ink

[@chopin4525]

I hate disposable stuff so my favourite inking pens for sketching are mainly fountain pens: I keep a EF 02 Preppy from Platinum for creating very fine lines but the current favourite it's the second one, a Twsbi Swipe also in EF. Compared to the Platinum the inner cap in the Twsbi seals much better and I don't have to worry at all about the tip drying up even when using noriously difficult inks like the Platinum Carbon Ink or leaving the pen unused for entire months. Both the Swipe and the Eco seem to have a sort of perfect seal in the cap that has never let me down.

[@EveBolt]

Both of these pens brands are great brands :D My only hesitation before putting carbon ink in a TWSBI Eco is that I'm not sure which size nib I'd want to use for that XD

[@chopin4525]

@@EveBoltI had the same doubts, then because of the classical purchasing syndrome I bought all the TWSBIs with transparent caps because I loved the rainbow colors of the pen. So I have all the nibs at my disposal if need be and swapping nib is a mattter of seconds. I think TWSBI even offers them as spare parts (though you need to check the store that carries them). But I still deny to this day I am a collector of fountain pens...🤣

[@lawsdraws]

Mmmmm ink 🤤

[@EveBolt]

Please don't eat the ink XD

[@fuzzydragons]

25 years!! hopefully mine last that long and then i will prob be dead so it wont matter lol😝

[@galgosberlin1560]

Audio 😢

[@EveBolt]

Please elaborate?

[@awatercolourist]

First!