I get a lot of questions about doing marker drawings and one thing I have found is that many aspiring marker users think that Copic markers must be some kind of magic wand They cost about twice as much as most others so they must somehow jump your skills to the next level right? Well, I am here to say that I have tried pretty much everybody's brand of markers and none of them make me draw any better I like the Copics because I can refill them, but heck, I refill the other brands I've tried as well. Copic Markers 12-Piece Cool Gray Set
I have an older set of Touch Markers ShinHan TOUCH TWIN Art Markers Flexible Brush / Medium Chisel Tips Set of 6 - Grey Tones that I like a lot. Prismacolor markers Prismacolor Premier Double Ended Chisel Tip and Fine Tip Art Markers, 12 Cool Grey Colored Markers (3622) have nice smooth flow and blend well. Dick Blick's own brand of alcohol markers work fine too.
When I first dipped my toe in the marker pool, I saved some $ by buying a limited range of Copic cool gray markers, not an entire set of twelve. I bought every other value; 0,2,4,6,8 and this served me well for a loooooong time. If you are new to drawing with markers I think that starting off with grays is a good way to go rather than getting bogged down with color before you have figgered out how to handle them.
I hate to see artists holding off "till they can afford Copics", but I have heard that time and again. I would suggest you just grab a name brand alcohol based marker and get started.
I was just shopping for some art supplies online and saw that Prismacolor marker setsPrismacolor Premier Double Ended Chisel Tip and Fine Tip Art Markers, 12 Cool Grey Colored Markers (3622) Sanford(R) Prismacolor(R) Professional Art Markers, Primary/ Secondary Colors, Set Of 12 are on sale for about half price right now, that is pretty good incentive to get into markers this year if you were thinking about it anyhoo, have fun
I have an older set of Touch Markers ShinHan TOUCH TWIN Art Markers Flexible Brush / Medium Chisel Tips Set of 6 - Grey Tones that I like a lot. Prismacolor markers Prismacolor Premier Double Ended Chisel Tip and Fine Tip Art Markers, 12 Cool Grey Colored Markers (3622) have nice smooth flow and blend well. Dick Blick's own brand of alcohol markers work fine too.
When I first dipped my toe in the marker pool, I saved some $ by buying a limited range of Copic cool gray markers, not an entire set of twelve. I bought every other value; 0,2,4,6,8 and this served me well for a loooooong time. If you are new to drawing with markers I think that starting off with grays is a good way to go rather than getting bogged down with color before you have figgered out how to handle them.
I hate to see artists holding off "till they can afford Copics", but I have heard that time and again. I would suggest you just grab a name brand alcohol based marker and get started.
I was just shopping for some art supplies online and saw that Prismacolor marker setsPrismacolor Premier Double Ended Chisel Tip and Fine Tip Art Markers, 12 Cool Grey Colored Markers (3622) Sanford(R) Prismacolor(R) Professional Art Markers, Primary/ Secondary Colors, Set Of 12 are on sale for about half price right now, that is pretty good incentive to get into markers this year if you were thinking about it anyhoo, have fun
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