Alcohol Markers. Like Them Or Not?

Alcohol Markers

I bought some cheap markers. I was put off by some of the colors and they really don’t do like I have seen some of them do. I plan to invest in a few Copic markers soon. I was watching a video on the markers and so I did some nice color reference cards so I could actually see the colors. It did help. I now like the colors but I still don’t like the pens I bought. I also learned what the blender was for and how to use it. Like the “Newbe” I am I tried using it after the fact and not before. It didn’t work on my pens before either. My pens are garbage. The streak badly and don’t blend at all. I am bummed out about it. Hopefully soon I will try some others out. I realize you need to learn how to use them and I will be new at that as well.

Here are the color  cards I made. You can see how streaked they are.  My impression is they are not supposed to do that.  I think they are imposters.  It was however nice to see the colors. 

I was watching one of Jennifer McQuire’s videos. She said you could color accessory pearls with alcohol pens. I did try that. Worked very nicely. I am working on Christmas cards so I tried that out on the little acrylic jewel. So that is some salvation for these pins.   

If you would like to weigh in on this subject I would love to hear from you. 

Now I know that this is short but I just thought I would bring it up before I moved on. Hopefully next time I will go back to some fiber and my newly found “Slow Stitching”. It was brought to my attention by a customer. I am going to explore it. 

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