![]() ![]() Both are more opaque than the Gelly Roll, and the Sailor is the most opaque of the three. Next I made swatches of watercolor, waited for them to dry completely, and then scribbled over the swatches. ![]() They might have had better effects on other papers.) (The moral of the story is that I may have prematurely rejected some insufficiently opaque pens by using them only on one type of dark paper or another. It looks slightly less opaque than it does on either of the other black papers I tested. Just for fun, I also tried the Posca on the black cover of a Field Notes Lunacy notebook. It occasionally snagged on the paper’s tooth, causing the ink to splatter.Īs always, the kind of paper used with an ink can strongly influence its effect. The Strathmore Grayscale has a strong texture, which was a bit of a problem for the Posca’s porous tip. I think they are both slightly more opaque on the Stillman & Birn. The two papers are sized differently – Nova is a mixed-media paper that can withstand some liquid Strathmore is made for dry media – so the white inks appear subtly different. Both pens get brownie points for being non-stinky!įirst I tested the pens against the Gelly Roll on two kinds of black paper: Stillman & Birn’s Nova sketchbook and Strathmore Grayscale paper. Both should also be primed a bit on scrap paper first to avoid getting a blob of ink that hasn’t mixed properly. Both should be shaken vigorously before using (you can hear an agitator inside each). The Sailor has a metal sleeve around the tip like many technical pens. It can make varying line widths depending on the angle that the tip is held to the paper. The Uni Posca has a firm, porous bullet tip similar to some brush pens I’ve used. Two that I spotted recently are the Sailor Mini Correction Pen (1.0) and the Uni Posca Paint Marker (extra fine). Its opacity is so-so, but a larger problem is that gel ink is water-soluble, so if I use it over watercolor pencils or dried watercolor, it can activate the medium underneath, and they mix together. Lately I’ve been using a Sakura Gelly Roll. I’ve tried quite a few white pens, and many are either not opaque enough or not fine enough. While urban sketching, I occasionally have need for an opaque white pen with a tip fine enough to make small highlights or write the lettering on a street sign. ![]()
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