Watch now (6 min) | As long as I have been hanging out with artists, I have been hearing the conversations about finding a good white pen to use for lettering over darker colors, for adding highlights to paintings, to white out small mistakes and add special effects. I have tried all the white pens I have been able to find, including the Signo gel pens and white acrylic paint pens, but they have either dried out too quickly, been too translucent, or too shiny or too harsh for highlights. I have even tried gesso and acrylic ink applied with a brush.
This is so interesting. I tried a chalk marker a while back but it seemed to wipe off. Now I'm thinking it was just a brand problem. So I'm going to try again with this brand. The white marker/ pen conundrum is truly a challenge so I am excited that this might be the solution! While you have made the point that the water soluble nature can be a plus for highlights it is also something I have to remember so I don't paint over my perfect letters.🤪
Thanks for this, Jessica. Do you find that these dry out "quickly" (or relatively so)? I've used a variety of white pens for lettering, accents and highlighting with my watercolor sketchbook but when I go back to use them a few weeks later, they're often dead/dried up (even though capped carefully and well). You live in a dry environment so I'm guessing your experience with them will be true proof if they don't dry up too easily!
This is so interesting. I tried a chalk marker a while back but it seemed to wipe off. Now I'm thinking it was just a brand problem. So I'm going to try again with this brand. The white marker/ pen conundrum is truly a challenge so I am excited that this might be the solution! While you have made the point that the water soluble nature can be a plus for highlights it is also something I have to remember so I don't paint over my perfect letters.🤪
Thanks Jessica! We’re these purchased locally/in person or online?
I'm wondering if the chalk pen would stand a coat of Dorlan's wax medium? I think it would wipe off.
Thanks for this, Jessica. Do you find that these dry out "quickly" (or relatively so)? I've used a variety of white pens for lettering, accents and highlighting with my watercolor sketchbook but when I go back to use them a few weeks later, they're often dead/dried up (even though capped carefully and well). You live in a dry environment so I'm guessing your experience with them will be true proof if they don't dry up too easily!