Brush Pens
Are you longing to unleash your inner artist? Offering continuous, strong colour, a brush pen creates broad, sweeping strokes and fine lines. This gives you the ability to create intricate illustrations or beautiful brush lettering. As such, brush pens can also work as calligraphy pens.
Using brush pens in calligraphy
Brush lettering, also known as hand lettering, is a part of modern calligraphy. Compared to traditional calligraphy, hand lettering is more friendly to beginners. Because of the flexible yet firm brush tip, it is much easier for users to control.
Brush pens are ideal for drawing illustrations
For people dipping their toes into the world of brush pens, brush pens feel remarkably like markers for drawing. They have more flexible tips, which allow you to create varied widths of lines depending on the applied pressure. If you need to draw watercolour paintings, water brush pens are the best tools to use.
Different types of brush pen tips
The most popular brush pen types are mainly divided into two types by their tip, synthetic bristle tip brush pen and felt tip brush pen.
Synthetic Bristle Tip
Made of nylon, the synthetic bristle tip closely mimics traditional natural hair bristles that are made from the hair of a sable or a weasel. However, they are easier to handle due to the nylon's features.
The best illustration brush pen we stock is the Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real brush pen. It includes a wide range of 120 colours. They can be blended with a water brush to create watercolour effects. If you are looking for ultra-fine bristle brush pen for detailed drawing, we recommend the Pentel Artist Brush Sign Pen in ultra fine tip.
Felt Brush Tip
The felt tip is made from plastic, so it is firmer than the synthetic bristle tip. It provides a more stable control but less variation of lines. It is the most friendly tip for beginners in brush lettering and brush drawing.
The most popular choice for bullet journaling is the Tombow ABT Dual Brush Pen. Its huge range of 108 colours and dual-tip design make it versatile for drawing and hand lettering.
If you are looking to practise your brush lettering, we highly recommend the Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen in hard tip. Its flexible yet firm tip is easy to control for calligraphy beginners.
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