I received a set of 60 of the Arrtx Acrylic Markers and decided to draw them out on a chart as usual. This is on Stillman & Born Alpha paper and the big A4 hardcover version. I worked on the front of both pages as this marker does just go through Alpha paper.
My favourite water-proof marker (the Pilot Twin Marker) ran out after the first row so I continued with another that wasn't as waterproof as I expected. Whoops. So there is just a little bit of ink picked up in rows two and three.
I haven't found any pigment information on these markers but they to seem to mostly contain a mixture of colours and often white. However they draw out really easily, responding right from the first use. Many makers need to be primed before use but these are just supposed to be shaken and away you go.
At the bottom of each swatch I've added another stripe of colour to show how opaque two layer of colour will be. These are great for colouring in shapes. They are also interesting to use with a bit of water - while still wet - to blend together. Otherwise they will tend to overlap each other of course.
There are some lightfastness tests here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFtvR0H6fA&t=529s
ReplyDeleteI find markers difficult to work with. I began with Chromatek watercolour markers, and I quite liked them for line and wash illustration when I didn't have a large table to work at, but I get frustrated by the fact that you can't do large blocks of colour with them without brushmarks being very visible. But I have bought some acrylic markers to try because my artwork seems to change wildly between differet media, so what I do with acrylics is nowhere near as precise and illustrative as the art I produce with watercolours, and soft pastels are different again. I don't know if that's true for everyone or if it's just me!
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