My Bare Bones, Don't Leave Home Without 'em, Absolute Favorite Pens
People always ask what my favorite pens are. I've done several posts on my favorite pens (there's a big extensive list of all of my favorite pens here.) Above is a photo of my absolute, most basic, necessary set of pens. There are my "don't leave home without them" pens:
Rapidosketch .35 (not to be confused with rapidograph which I've found too scratchy for the many layers that we often work on.) I fill it with permanent, waterproof black ink (the own should come with its own bottle if ink.) This is my favorite pen. Be very careful and write normal, taking care not to press hard on the tip (the pen can be fragile. If the tip gets broken, you might as well toss the whole pen as you can buy a replacement tip but it costs as much as the pen. I don't clean mine after every use. Instead, I make sure to store it flat and if I haven't used it every 2 weeks or so, I make sure to use it. Another quick tip, you only need to fill it less than halfway. Keep an old rag around to wipe off excess ink. Turn any parts gently until the stop. Don't twist anything too hard.)
Sakura Gloss Pink Glaze Pen (I love all products that Sakura makes, especially the Glaze and Shuffle pens but this one is my absolute favorite color!)
My little cigarette case (that's what they market them at the $.99 in Japantown, San Francisco to be) full of Pilot Latte and Sweets (it looks like as of this writing 12/8/2011 that Jetpens is out of the sets of the Sweets. They have some individually.) The difference between the Lattes and the Sweets are the colors. I. Love. These. Pens. The tips are tiny. I love coloring in with them. They last forever. (JetPens is the best place for these pens and a lot of other fun pens. Jetpens is a small company and they offer awesome service. I've been ordering from them for a long time.)
What are your favorites and why?
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I also love pitt brush markers, the big brush ones and the regular ones. They are waterproof, because of the brushtip they will write over anything (be it not opaque) and they are not smelly like alcoholmarkers. I may be the only person in the world who does not like copic markers for just that reason.
Monica, I'm also a klutz but the rapidosketch pen comes with a refill bottle that the nozzle fits the part of the own you refill. It is wonderful.
Toni, no art journal? :)
Maxine, how are you using them? I write, draw, doodle, and COLOR with mine. I also want to point out, I have had students who write really hard, grab them and test them out. I always tell them that you can't write that way with these pens. The ink flows out normally. Also, they write one color and dry a little bit darker. On dark surfaces, they pop!
I totally understand. I have done the same thing myself many, many times. I am much more selective about the things that I purchase and bring into our home.
I hope that things get better soon (for all of us.)
Big hugs,
Kelly