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Your cart is empty.These dual brush pens have a versatile and flexible nylon fiber brush tip on 1 end that creates medium or bold strokes by simply changing brush pressure. The fine tip on the other end is for smooth straight lines or writing. The resilient nylon brush retains its point, stroke after stroke. The ink is water-based and blendable: use 2 colors together, or use the colorless blender pen. The pen tips self-clean after blending so there is no messy clean-up! Use these pens for coloring, rubber stamping, hand-lettering, doodling, journaling, and more. Perfect for fine art techniques. The ink is acid-free, non-toxic, odorless, and non-bleeding. Each package contains 10 pens (9 colored, 1 colorless). Available in a variety of color schemes, each sold separately. Conforms to ASTM D 4236.
MrDrennen
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2025
Love them last forever
The Artisan Soapmaker
Reviewed in Australia on January 24, 2025
Versatile markers for mixed media, good value for money with the dual brush feature. I selected these for introduction to using markers, based on large number of positive reviews, the N15 black is a very dark black. Added water after 20 minutes and ink was pretty dry. Water based markers so will smudge with water reactivation once dry. I will try using these with graphite or coloured pencil in my sketchbook.
ARCADE
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2025
These markers were okay, maybe it's the fact that they're water-based that I don't care for them that much. I bought them to add quick gray-tones to my sketches, but they pill up the paper very quick in my sketchbook. I thought maybe it was the paper, so I also tried a marker sketchbook. They don't pill as much with marker paper, but then they don't absorb quickly either, which can lead to even more streaky lines. I didn't expect them to work as well as my alcohol markers in the first place, but they are just slightly disappointing.As long as you follow the explanation in the packaging they come with, they actually are blendable despite being water-based, which I was surprised. The pilling effect sort of deters me from doing this, however. I didn't intend to use them for that anyway, so it's not that big of a deal to me.I do like the lighter colors, as they don't seem as overpowering as the dark. I also like the fine tipped side, which I didn't expect to use much. Over all, they're fine if it's not serious art.They're not my favorite, but I will use them if I'm just doing something quick.
Eunice
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2024
These greyscale brush pens are completely blendable. You can use them to create fine lines, medium, or even bolder strokes. There are all excellent set also for drawing and shading.
Lavender Jones
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2024
I have tried several different brands of gray scale shading pens including water based and alcohol based sets and I have yet to find another set as good as this set. I use these on everything from paper to canvas. They blend well with all my other water based mediums and really make my life as an artist much easier! If you are still in doubt about buying these let me assure you that you won't be disappointed. They are worth every penny!!
Yvette Soto
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2024
Great brush pens, very smooth and, covers the surface of paper nicely without blotches. I would definitely buy them again!
Ruth K.
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024
These pens are excellent artist pens. They allow the artist to create black and white drawings—with all the various values of gray in between. Perfect for seasoned artist or beginners. I love doing value studies using these pens. Great in a studio or out on site.
Vanessa Ramsden
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2024
Love these pens already own a set Tao bought for a friend
L. Bagley
Reviewed in Canada on April 16, 2024
I bought these Tombow dual tip markers on the advice of Ian Fennelly, an artist who specializes in urban sketching. You can do your drawing in pencil, ink it with pigment liners, add tone with the brush markers and then add colour with watercolour. Although there are two tips, I only use the brush tip.
Fabiano sousani
Reviewed in Brazil on July 20, 2023
É caro mas é SUPER A PIONEIRA NESSE TIPO DE CANETINHA 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Marco Fontana
Reviewed in Italy on February 22, 2019
Anche se ci è voluto un po’ di tempo - ma non è stata una sorpresa, mi avevano avvertito - alla fine questi meravigliosi pennarelli sono arrivati. Confezione perfetta e subito la voglia di comperarli tutti. Li userò per creare delle illustrazioni calde come facevo tanto tempo fa.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2017
LOVE these pens. i found out too late that they aren't beginner-level, because the brush size is so large, but they're really pretty and very vibrant. the ink doesn't fade or run out at all. it's too early to tell how long they'll last as of now, but i've heard that they last pretty long. only complaint is that the darker grays seem to be very similar. of course, i ordered grayscale because i loved the look of the grays over having variety, but i would have preferred more lighter grays, and perhaps a more browner and warmer gray than the N89 (which i love). i love the light grays, but the darker grays kind of bleed through papers and pages more, and the black definitely does. i got the hang of calligraphy and my style within a few days with these, but i'd recommend a beginner to start out with thinner pens like the fudenosuke ones first, or at least to order both of them so that you don't have to practice with really thick pens first. i went through quite a lot of paper because my calligraphy had to be much larger. also, i don't really use the smaller marker tip too much. it's pretty much just a round felt tip. i may update this review when i get the hang of modern calligraphy a bit more, and buy more kinds of pens.
Tori
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016
I bought these right before October, which was perfect timing for using them in the national Inktober challenge (where you draw something in ink every day for the entire month). I'd been looking for some way to easily shade my ink drawings without resorting to watercolors or expensive prismacolors, and these are a good middle ground. They are tricky to use at first because of the lines they create when you overlap strokes, but once you've taken the time to practice on a few drawings they become a good go-to. The trick is to treat them like watercolors, and start with the lightest shade and work your way down, layering the same shade if need be in order to achieve an even look. Not for the faint-hearted, because if you mess up there's no way to fix it. I recommend using a light box to create duplicates of original drawings to shade until you're confident with these. Most of the markers have green undertones while a couple have blue, so I suggest creating a swatch sheet where you can make sure you use the right values that will blend easily. Honestly it was tricky enough to learn how to use at first that I don't think I would've conquered them if I hadn't been doing Inktober. It really encouraged me to keeping at it until I got it, which I'm really grateful for. The shading is excellent and really livens up my art pieces.Update (one year later): due to the nature of these markers and how you can create different values just by overlapping the same color, I'm sworn to these for life. They've utterly spoiled me. I can get any shade I want just from this small set. I bought some color markers through a different brand, but I'm pining for my Tombows. Definitely going to invest in getting some of their color sets next.
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