WINSOR AND NEWTON PIGMENT MARKER REVIEW PLUS

When the ink dries, it dries to a matte, velvety finish. That means light won’t cause your colors to fade. (A major selling-point.) This actually makes these markers lightfast. It’ll be roughly 100 years before your colors fade. This creates a streaky effect in flat areas of color. As you scribble, the tip drags up color here and there, including in areas that have dried. This makes laying in flat areas of color almost impossible. They do stay wetter longer than your average alcohol-based markers. The ink in the White Blender marker is closer towards a paint marker, while the colors have ink that’s about as thin as most alcohol-based markers.

I’m still mentally debating as to what type of ink the Winsor and Newton Pigment Markers use.

WINSOR AND NEWTON PIGMENT MARKER REVIEW PLUS

Plus it’d be convenient for people who stain the nibs on their Colourless Blender markers. Thus I’m in the habit of ruining nibs quickly. I realize that these are disposable, but I have a pretty heavy hand. Even brush tips to replace the chisel tip. I think it’d be really nice if Winsor & Newton offered replaceable nibs. (As evident by my White Blending marker and Colorless Blender, which now has a flatten tip.) With a little practice, you can get some variability out of the bullet tip. So too much pressure will cause it to deform. The bullet tip on a pigment marker is pretty small, and requires a light touch to create a fine stroke. The chisel tip seems pretty sturdy. But after some use and abuse, the hard edges will start to soften and deform. I end up using the chisel tip like a brush, especially while using one of the blenders. It’s about half the width of what’s on a Prismacolor marker and just slightly bigger than the chisel tip you’ll find on a Copic marker. Speaking of tips, I was a bit disappointed that there wasn’t a brush tip instead of the standard chisel tip, which I’m not really fond of. The chisel end possesses a cap that has a close proximity of its color and its number screen printed. I’ve never had anything wacky occur like a tip popping off. The caps on both ends come off pretty easily. If you’re concerned with markers rolling across your desk, these will likely drive you nuts. The barrel feels pretty good in my the hand. I like the look and feel of their Pigment Markers. They also manufacture their ProMarkers and Brush Markers in China. (Which are to my knowledge only sold in China, Asia, and on Ebay.) I guess this was the next step for them. Winsor & Newton already manufactures, or sub-contracts, paints in China. Unlike Winsor & Newton’s Watercolour Markers, which are manufactured in France, Pigment Markers are made in China. In fact, I felt pretty underwhelmed when first using them. My first reactions to Winsor and Newton’s Pigment Markers were that they didn’t meet all of the hype. (Which I happen to be a huge fan of.) My personal reaction to Winsor and Newton Pigment Markers had been a bit more tepid. They’ve receive as much hype, if not more so than their Watercolor Markers. Winsor and Newton Pigment Markers have had a lot of hype when first introduced to the market.

Winsor and newton pigment marker review