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Brush Pen vs Brush (pxscdn.com)

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Doodles the left page were done with brush pen while the right was done with a paintbrush & ink (my preferred).

I'm honestly not sure I can tell the difference :/

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Btw, what does adding alcohol to ink do? Does it thin it out enough for brush pens? I never knew this

I mean maybe, but no I just meant the formulation of ink so it's not (very) water-soluble. Y'know, ink for line-art (/heavy shading) and after that watercolor for fill.

EDIT: I actually haven't done much with either medium (or much else tbh). Sharpie and cheap office ink pens are closest I have to ink now, and some ink pens (like gel pens) bleed which could be intentionally used for shading (similarly, pencil and watercolor pencil of which I have black-gray-white). Or drawing on top of water-color, particularly white to adjust highlights.

Pairing dipped ink with a brush pen filled with alcohol or gray/white ink could probably be useful for softer shading, though.