Tombow 56170 Dual Brush Pen Art Markers, Portrait, 10-Pack. Blendable, Brush and Fine Tip Markers

This is what was received in the Tombow Portrait Palette that came to me:N00 - BlenderN15 - Black969 - Chocolate977 - Saddle Brown912 - Pale Cherry772 - Blush800 - Baby Pink942 - Tan020 - Peach850 - “Flesh” (sigh...stop. Guess Tombow haven’t heard about Crayola’s lawsuit! And ethical colour naming. Just Stop! Ffs, Not everyone’s flesh is “flesh”Super blendable water soluble ink art pens. They’re great with watercolor brush/water or with either the brush or point side of the blender pen. I have heard that some ppl get different coloursAt least 4 of these pens are extremely light (800, 850, 942 & 020) & 2 are standard (blender/black) personally, I quite enjoy the lightest of colours for blending portraits because you can always add more pigment easily. Using with blender pens and Without water, One still has the control of adding subtle shades. With water/brush these are remarkable and very easy to control pigment level with damp or wet brush due to buildability and blendability. I thoroughly recommend these.I purchased the greyscale set, and opted in for this one too because I liked it so much.Caps for each that fit in the other end and none of mine were dried out. They were new as they ought to have been.Please know that The pic of the cover would not be able to be created using just 10 pens as the portrait on the front cover requires colours not included. So it’s a little misleading as corals, auburns, rust & reds aren’t included. But who cares ?!They’re good pens with a brush side and a pointy side. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars.

I used this product to add to my Tombow dual brush collection for adult coloring. I did not buy these to actually draw portraits. I just saw that they were at a good price and thought I could get some new colors. I did indeed receive colors in this pack that I did not have already. I am happy with this set. The black pen is in many other packs, and there definitely are some repeats, but there were also some new colors. Most colors are in the tan/brown/black genre, in case that wasn't obvious. They are more neutral colors that can be used easily with a variety of other colors. Great pack of pens that have worked great for me!

I use the markers for my bullet journals. They do not bleed and I love the colors that are offered. I have also used them in a few coloring books and once more they preform perfectly. Highly recommend.

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I bought this set because none of my other dye based markers have a range of skin tones and thought this would be a good starter set for me as I haven't used this brand before but heard great things about it. I really love the quality of these markers. The brush nib is a dream to work with, it lays down color with a full even coverage using brush to paper without any water. There are two browns, a black and caramel color for blending color hair. The flesh tone color is very beautiful as is the blush color. The set also come with a colorless blender which was a bonus. There is a yellow color in the set, which doesn't seem to be a true skin tone but if you layer it with the peach color, it does give realistic skin tones, especially if you lay down the color with water. From the photo, it looks like the yellow was used to create shadows underneath the woman's neck which looks warm and natural in the photo. If you look at the image in the photo on the packaging, I think it gives an unrealistic example of what these markers can do, but for all I know that image was made using these markers by a highly trained and skillful artist. To me it looks airbrushed but don't know for sure. The one thing you need to know is that the colors are highly pigmented so the skin tone colors are too dark to look natural for skin tones. They are more subtle using the blender pen, but look the best when used with water. After I did a test with water I was really happy with the results and the colors do resemble the colors in the photo. I think it would be fun to use these with colored pencils and other media. There is also a "flesh" color from the Zig Real Color Brush Tip Marker line that you can buy individually to add to this set, I think the two brands would work together as they are both dye based markers. I have tried both and think the Tombow is a better quality marker. I found with the Zig that the color does not disperse as well no matter how you use it (with colorless blender, with water, or direct marker to paper.)

Doesn’t blend as well as I expected (images seem to imply watercolor solubility with water brush) but they are what you expect of markers that happen to have a brush-tip option. The skin tone color palette is great if you intend to only use one or two shades at a time, but there are really only about 6 colors out of the 9 color markers that you can use for human skin if you exclude the two pink shades for the lips. Even if these markers did blend well, the shades wouldn’t really look good together.#942, #977, and #969 are more or less along the same brown gradient and blend well.#912 is an odd subdued orange color that I can’t see ever using as a skin tone on its own. It only seems to go with #020 which looks like a light yellow color with an orange tint and #850 which looks like pink with a yellow tint.#800 and #772 are otherwise very compatible pink shades.The remaining color pen (N15) is just black.

I've seen a lot of bad reviews for these so I thought I'd tell everyone with a bad experience is using the wrong paper. They're water base and are activated like watercolors they blend well with the blend marker too. These are the best brand I've used and don't plan on buying any other kind of markers.