Camel Artist Fine Brush Pen Set - 12 Shades, Assorted

As a child, I would use erasers, pencils, watercolor cakes and pastels from this respected Indian brand. Fast forward to 30 years later and now I’m in awe of the Artist range. These brush pens are shaped for a comfortable grip and are loaded with pigment. The brush tips make color application easy and resemble watercolor paintbrushes. I especially love the vibrant colors and the way these pens create a watercolor painting like finish. I hope they make bigger sets with many more colors.

Value for money. Definitely a go to tool, if I don’t want to use my expensive markers. If used with textured paper gives nice effect. Layered these brush pen on gouache and it brings shine to your work. Not for blending like alcohol based markers. Still a great product definitely should give a try.

A great set for people just starting out at hand lettering, plus you can also use it as a highlighter because they aren't as saturated (which may be an issue for some people, but for me personally, I love the mildness)I would love to buy a set with a wider range of color choices however, currently it seems that the largest set you'll get is the 12 pack.The downside (if i could even come up with one) is that since its waterproof, you can't use it like water based brush pens, so you can't blend them using a waterbrush but its not an issue for me since I mostly use it for hand lettering during note taking and journalling.Very satisfied with my purchase. 10/10 would buy again.

The media could not be loaded. I've used the brush pens by themselves and with mixed media. They are absolutely delightful! The colors are rich and vibrant and get delivered onto paper like a dream! I used to be nervous about watercolors, but these pens make me want to experiment! They go over oil pastels so smoothly! I just wish they had more colors, especially some pastel shades. The potential of these brush pens is simply mind boggling. But the best part is, they are budget friendly. I absolutely love them. Way to go Camlin!

Pros:1)The pigments are rich and bright, and definitely waterproof.2) The pens are juicy and the flow on the paper is smooth and consistent.3) They layer reasonably well blend well.4) Very economic.5) Good packaging.Cons:1) Limited Range of colors: Only 12 shades set right now2) No dual tips (Brush tips on same markers with Bullet/Chisel tips)3) Color names/shade numbers not mentioned on the pens, neither any information about light-fastness of pigment is available (just says UV resistant), considering they are branded as artist grade product.

The colour after finishing looks worse than sketch pens. I feel disappointed. I should have bought the Doms colour brush pen instead of this.

I love it. I bought it to see how this medium works.Though its a little rough, it paints well. A little doubt about blending (the way I want it to)And every pen has a different size of brush nib, as you can see in the picture. Permanent Orange (3rd from last) has the smallest nib and Prussian Blue has the largest (stating this for example)Other than these its best for beginners.Value for money.

Good quality product.

Im learning how to write and draw with these brush pens. 🖊 The tips are well made and write smoothly and easily on paper.

Pour le brushlettering ça risque d’être compliqué les pointes de 3 feutres sont sèches aucune encre ne sort et le feutre noir à la pointe enfoncée donc inutilisable ça fait cher pour 8 feutres!!Le seul point positif l emballage produit bien protégéÀ fuir!!

I just wish there were more colors available.

ETA: I don't think these are as lightfast as they claim. I did a quick swatch and drag with water for each color, twice, and then put one sheet in the window and the other in a drawer. That was on April 16. Today (May 2!) I pulled it down and the yellow is almost gone, while the green has faded to blue and one of the oranges in wash is just gone. Disappointing for something sold as "artists" and "lightfast" though, honestly, not unexpected given the price point. Treat these like Crayolas until you've proven to your satisfaction the marketing claims, I guess. I dropped my rating because of the misleading claims.I've tried a lot of watercolor brush pens, but I struggle to get a good blend, or even just a smoother look than you'd get with cheap Crayola. I was looking at a few sets for an upcoming trip; I wanted something smaller I could tuck into my bag or into a travel kit, that wasn't as precious as my Copics. I really wasn't sure about these; they're so inexpensive ($1 each) and claim to be pigment-based and light-fast, which virtually no watercolor or alcohol brush markers are (just the very pricey Winsor & Newton ones).Well, I can't speak to their longevity or lightfastness, but so far they're exactly what I hoped they'd be; strong colors, long, flexible brush, blend equal to Tombow, and a smaller barrel than the typical Tombow style (same size as Kuretake ZIG FUDEBIYORI which also claim to be pigment).I've done some testing on mixed media paper (S&B alpha), Canson coldpress, and HP bond. Paper matters here! They perform like Tombows, though Tombows and the Kuretake both have more "calibrated" color levels. Some of these are very dark (the earth tones) or very light in a way that makes them hard to use together or mix. I had no bleed on any of the papers I used, though there was light ghosting on the bond paper. I also had fun scribbling on yupo and using a brush to get washes.After letting it dry overnight, there is zero movement. This makes me wonder if it's actually mixed with dyes, though the "viridian hue" does behave just like phthalo green (and it's gorgeous). Ultimately I don't care; these will go with me on my trip unless I can find the rest of my Kuretake Zigs, and be versatile enough to use plein air in a sketchbook. I'll start lightfastness tests, too, just because I'm curious! Note, these are not good for kids to color with at all, so don't buy them expecting to pass them on if they don't work for you. I'd also suggest getting the Fudebiyori if you're doing brush lettering, because tips are subjective and about half of these are very dark straight out of the marker.