Thanks Christina. I like these videos almost as much as your card making because it helps me stay informed of all the new products. I love your handwriting.
Kristina I've had this watercolor set for a while and I love it when its dry you get the same effect as the more expensive Twinkling H2o's. I use it over other watercolors because it is so transparent but I love the shimmer I get with them. I hope you too will enjoy using it. Thanks for sharing all these goodies with us.
The Flair pens gave me a chuckle. They were all the rage when I was in high school in the late 70's, before the huge selection of markers/pens available now. I also remember using fountain pens in grade school before ballpoint pens became so common.
I am a pen addict! I do like them all but those Preppy Pens, the fine tip, did it for me, and I love your hand writing in this demo! Very nice. Those "at you Spica" pens are very nice too. I am still using my Mums and she has been gone now 9 years. I don't use it often, I just like to save it, but it still writes!!!! Good quality pen. Thanks for sharing
I have some of the Frixion highlighters. They're great. My 9 year old is fascinated by them. She loves office supplies as much as me and she's ALWAYS swiping my pens! I also have that watercolor set. I can't remember if I ever tried it out on dark paper, but I love anything with shimmer. Those fountain pens look like a lot of fun! TFS, Heather
Kristina, I just love all the cool stuff you can get from Jet Pens, and I love that shipping is free over $25!! My favorite is the fountain pen. I'm considering trying one. I love the color of the red/pink!!
Kristina, my favorite thing was the black paper mate because I like black black. I would have liked to have seen something in blue though. I survived (thrived in actually) Catholic school, and I still imagine nuns rolling over in their graves if I were to write in random colors, and law school taught me to "endorse" in blue so originals could be recognized! Thanks so much for showing us all the comparisons! If I were to choose, I'd choose purple though! :) And I was so thrilled to see a picture of you with my newest idol -- OrganizedJen! I love her Organization blogs and videos and I think she is the sweetest young thing ever! I hope you encourage her to keep going with her blogs, she gets some horrible personal attacks and I think she's wonderful and creative and caring and has brilliant ideas and at 58 I'm learning from her and I think she has a great deal to give to the world and I've told her so -- please let her know I've shared that with you as well! XOXO, Queen Mary
They've had both kinds of bottles of the Copic whites for a long while - I don't like the brush, it's way too tiny for me to use, and the bristles are so long - I can't seem to control it. LOL. So I use a regular brush with it. :)
I have a set of pearlescent water colors and I love the subtle shine. It looks great as a background color, like a sky. Beautiful! My set was inexpensive, too, but didn't require as much water, I think. But I have found uses for this shiny set.
I got the Preppy Pen in purple. Really lovin it! I used to write with one all the time in high school with a turquoise cartridge. I opted out of the Frixions because of the ink disappearing in the heat....not terribly compatible for the south. Thanks for the reviews!
I started cardmaking a few years ago. One of my first purchases was an Atyou Spica pen. Each visit to the card shop had me purchase another one. They are inexpensive and I had no issue with dryness. I only used them to sparkle up my prismacolour pencil colouring. This was well before wink of Stella or glossy accents. I still use them.
I have that pearlescent watercolor set and even though it’s very inexpensive it works fine for my purposes, which is to use them on black or dark cardstock for backgrounds for cards. I like these haul types of videos, helps with making decisions about future purchases. Thanks.
My favorite item reviewed was the moving option pencil case. Also, I love that you mentioned not to use the PaperMate Flair on thin-papered planners because I'm actually trying to get into planners! Thank you! I'm also a new subber B.T.W.
Hi Kristina, I love your videos. I use the friction fusion pens for marking material for sewing and then you just iron over it and it's gone! The friction fusion pens look the same but maybe different. I live in RSA.
I have been looking for a great pen/pencil bag for on the go art journaling, something long enough to hold my watercolor palette - yours looks like it might be! I really liked it except the watercolors - they can't compare to the H2O's. Black, blue and red Flairs were all they had and were my favorite when I was young, I am happy to see them back in all the colors -treating mysef to the 16 color pack next pay day!!
The highlighter is really great for us college students and also the Platinum Fountain Preppy pen black fine point.I have never use a pen like that before so so now i will to look for one. Thanks for the tip.
Love the fountain pens.Reminds me of the pens we used in 3rd grade when we started cursive handwriting. (Tells you how old I am) Highlighters were pretty cool. Thanks for the video.
I like the Platinum Preppy Pens. I am learning how to write in calligraphy, I didn't want expensive pens to learn. I also use the Paper Mate Color pens on my large wall calendar. I use 4 colors (a color is for each family member) the rest of the colors are for other reminders. I personally like the Wink of Stella Glitter Pens, both the brush and felt tip type. I may have to give those pearl paint pots a try... Thank you for doing this video.
Really loved the Platinum Preppy Pens! I enjoy fountain pens and I think those a less expensive and great alternative to the ones I have! Thanks for this video...always informative! 😊
Great video. I love the fountain pens and the highlighters the best. Love the idea that you can actually erase the highlighter. The watercolors didn't seem to be very vibrant.. but if you are going for something light it would work! Thanks again for the demo on the products. It's always good to see the products in real time!
Highlighters for the Bible!!! Yippie! I would have liked to see the back of the paper (although I think I got a glimpse and it looked like nothing showed on the back side) and also I would have liked for you to try them on regular printing paper. Love the fountain pens too.
I love the pearlescent watercolors for accents on projects or to lightly splatter over projects they are light enough, but show up when dry and are a nice touch tfs
when i learned to write in school we used fountain pens, i used them alot under the age of 12, then i started to use normal ballpoints. i still love to write with them :) i also have the normal frixion pens with the cap and they are awesome, must be cool to have the highlighter cause i always highlight too far or over the wrong things :D
I like the fountain pens! When I was growing up we called them cartridge pens. They just have a look I like. lol of course when they leak it is a mess!
I have the watercolors and i find that if i wet the paper first and use very little water on the actual cake I get a bolder color. food for thought. As always I enjoyed this video :) Thanks for sharing!
Oh pens, coloured pens.......I liked the blue highlighter, I have a few of those and really like them, thanks to your recommendation. I also thought the fountain pens were nice.
HI! 2 things: 1) I love the fountain pens and have to make a note of the name, and 2) A possible caution regarding the Frixion highlighters. Frixion also make pens where the ink is erasable. My daughter ordered a big set straight from Japan. She said that if you use these pens in hot climates (I live in Florida), the ink can disappear if the writing gets hot. The removal of the ink is by friction (thus the supposed play on words) or heat caused by the rubbing. Just thought I would throw that out there Love your tuts.
Janet Nelson Yes, heat does make it disappear, but you can put your notebook in the freezer and it all comes back! I haven't tried this myself, but other online say it works. :)
The Spica look interesting, I like fountain type pens. Also the copic white looks cool. I really like buying different kinds of pens. As a teacher, I often do not have to buy them as my students just leave them lying around. I put them all in a box and the class and I can share and if they can recognize theirs then they can have it back. It's a shame, not many ask for them back. I never take my favorites to school.
It is the heat from erasing that causes the ink to disappear. Same with the ballpoint test your surfaces first but if need to draw lines first these should disappear with your heat gun. That way instead of traditionally erasing and taking the risks of marks on your page you could just add the heat with no friction. Might even work under your watercolours. Love your channel thanks for all your help and ideas. Xoxo.
I would love to try those friction pens, they look awesome as well as the preppy pens. I love a good pen and do a lot of calligraphy, so I think I would love those. Thanks so much for doing this review and others. Briana C.
Interesting! I really enjoy Flair pens for doodling. You can get fun effects if you drag color from your lines with a water brush.I didn't read the comments so maybe this was already suggested.... the watercolors you tried usually show up better on black or a dark colored paper. That's my experience with a similar set.
Great review! My fav was seeing how awesome the Frixon highlighter erased! Who knew you could erase highlighters?! I also am a huge fan of fountain pens! Only pen I used when I was in highschool.
Thanks for this interesting review. I fell in love with erasable markers, because wow, it's so useful, especially when I'm a student. Really-really useful and nice colours as well. I wouldn't mind getting the fountain pen because I dream of one for ages. Time for shopping :D
These water colors are similar to a product I have called Twinkling H2O. Yes it takes a lot of water to activate. I use mine on stamped images that are embossed to contain the color. I love the shimmer. I have not tried letting it go 'free style'.
Would be great that you have more playlists with product test and hauls .... but i like your videos so much .... i wached so many of them that my youtube feed is just crafting now lol ....
I have the watercolors; I love the way they look on top of other colors. I want a fountain pen so bad, I just haven't found a good one in town. Thanks for your review!
Will definitely try the fountain pens! I have only one Spica pen, a giveaway from a Copic class I took. I love it, but they're too pricey. My Sakura Stardust are just as good and cost less. Be aware that Spica pens should be stored on their side, unlike other Copic products. I love that you love pens, too! I often thought I was the only one in the world that obsessed over pens, lol.
I think just because I never thought of the possibility of erasing a highlighted I was most impressed by that one. I wonder, since they don't seem to soak into the paper if how they would work on really think paper like on bibles.
My favorite item from your haul is the fountain type preppy pen. They appear to write very well and smooth. Also, the Spica pens are one of my go to crafty items. They are a great alternative to the wink of stella pens. The wink of stella brush has a larger surface area...but the Spicas with the fine point are great for Copic colored images for highlights and that touch of sparkle. I am sorry to see that you were not very impressed by them. They are typically quite 'sparkly'...but just like the Copic markers, the size of the pigment particles of the darker colors does affect the glimmer/shine of the pen itself. The shine is actually small glass pieces (from what I understand) and with larger pigment particles, it could block the flow of the glass pieces a bit. They HAVE to be stored on their side due to the nature of the glass and clogging the end. And Thank you for sharing your haul! :-)
About the Copic Spicas - they need to be stored horizontally, otherwise gravity takes hold and it's difficult to redistribute the glitter. Maybe they were stored improperly before you got them? Great vid, btw! Always enjoy them.
Best demo for me was the fountain pen. I want to try one and these look like a good first fountain pen. Also, I love hearing your thoughts on water colors in general. I am interested in that as well but have not taken the plunge.
I use platinum preppy as my main writer. They're super cheap ($4) and I don't really worry about mixing inks in it. I have only "broken" one and that was because the cap was no longer sitting tightly. I had a medium point that I loved (the one that broke) and I decided to try the fine point. The fine point works great with the cartridge that comes with it, but didn't lay down enough ink for my liking with my "fancy" ink samples. It also clogged really easily (only with the samples, NOT with the cartridge) and was just annoying to use. So, I ordered another medium point (which works like a dream) and have used the cartridges in the fine point just to use up the ink (I can refill the cartridges with my ink samples when I'm not in the mood to wait for the barrel to dry after being an eyedropper pen). So I highly recommend the medium point; the fine point not so much.
I am getting the watercolor set. Not everyone wants their paintings to shine to the gods. Adding a slight luminescence to an existing hue is much more attractive to me, a little glow to certain elements. It's all to do with what you want. I was going to get Winsor and Newton Iridescence medium, but this gives a lot of options for a lower cost and is more portable, and will show me if I am interested if I am interested in investing in Finetek Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Christina. I like these videos almost as much as your card making because it helps me stay informed of all the new products. I love your handwriting.
Kristina I've had this watercolor set for a while and I love it when its dry you get the same effect as the more expensive Twinkling H2o's. I use it over other watercolors because it is so transparent but I love the shimmer I get with them. I hope you too will enjoy using it. Thanks for sharing all these goodies with us.
The Flair pens gave me a chuckle. They were all the rage when I was in high school in the late 70's, before the huge selection of markers/pens available now. I also remember using fountain pens in grade school before ballpoint pens became so common.
I've used the paper mate pens for years just for doodles. They come out so colorful and sharp.
I loved the pearlescent paints.....I love the soft look you acheived with them!!
I love writing with fountain pens! Thank you for showing two. Favorite part of the video!
The fountain pen was pretty neat & the highlighter that you can erase was awesome!
I am a pen addict! I do like them all but those Preppy Pens, the fine tip, did it for me, and I love your hand writing in this demo! Very nice. Those "at you Spica" pens are very nice too. I am still using my Mums and she has been gone now 9 years. I don't use it often, I just like to save it, but it still writes!!!! Good quality pen.
Thanks for sharing
My favourite was the highlighters that you can erase! Brilliant idea! xxx
Really liked the fountain pen, I have not used one in years.. your video reminded me how much I miss having one
I have some of the Frixion highlighters. They're great. My 9 year old is fascinated by them. She loves office supplies as much as me and she's ALWAYS swiping my pens! I also have that watercolor set. I can't remember if I ever tried it out on dark paper, but I love anything with shimmer. Those fountain pens look like a lot of fun! TFS, Heather
Kristina, I just love all the cool stuff you can get from Jet Pens, and I love that shipping is free over $25!! My favorite is the fountain pen. I'm considering trying one. I love the color of the red/pink!!
Kristina, my favorite thing was the black paper mate because I like black black. I would have liked to have seen something in blue though. I survived (thrived in actually) Catholic school, and I still imagine nuns rolling over in their graves if I were to write in random colors, and law school taught me to "endorse" in blue so originals could be recognized! Thanks so much for showing us all the comparisons! If I were to choose, I'd choose purple though! :) And I was so thrilled to see a picture of you with my newest idol -- OrganizedJen! I love her Organization blogs and videos and I think she is the sweetest young thing ever! I hope you encourage her to keep going with her blogs, she gets some horrible personal attacks and I think she's wonderful and creative and caring and has brilliant ideas and at 58 I'm learning from her and I think she has a great deal to give to the world and I've told her so -- please let her know I've shared that with you as well! XOXO, Queen Mary
Kristina, great video! I like the flair pens and the fact they come in a kit of so many colors.
What to try watercolors. Thank you for showing all the different products. I had NO idea card making could be more exciting than it already is.
They've had both kinds of bottles of the Copic whites for a long while - I don't like the brush, it's way too tiny for me to use, and the bristles are so long - I can't seem to control it. LOL. So I use a regular brush with it. :)
Sandy Allnock Thanks for the info, Sandy! I'd never seen the brush one before. LOL! It's all new to me sometimes. :)
K Werner Design Let me know if you figure out how to use that brush...it feels so long I can't do a thing with it. LOL! Happy weekend, friend!
Paper mate flair is an old time favorite! Have the black one always with me, the frixion erasables, look amazing! Thanks for sharing happy weekend!
I don't have any expensive watercolor sets but since I don't I really like that watercolor set. I did use it on Christmas cards and loved it!
I have a set of pearlescent water colors and I love the subtle shine. It looks great as a background color, like a sky. Beautiful! My set was inexpensive, too, but didn't require as much water, I think. But I have found uses for this shiny set.
I have the watercolor palette and I really love mine. I bought mine at Hobby Lobby a long time ago. Thanks for the haul video!
The paper mate flair!!! Perfect for us who don't like super fine but hate bleed through. Easier on the hand than ballpoint too.
Pearlescent Watercolor set works beautifully on black and dark papers. I use it for calligraphy all the time. 🎨👍
Love fountain pens and the flair pens as well. Thank you for sharing and all the awesome video's you do.
The Frixion pens are a favorite with quilters because we can mark our stitching lines and then just hit it with an iron and the ink disappears.
I got the Preppy Pen in purple. Really lovin it! I used to write with one all the time in high school with a turquoise cartridge. I opted out of the Frixions because of the ink disappearing in the heat....not terribly compatible for the south. Thanks for the reviews!
I love Jet Pens...nice to know others know about them.
The Platinum Preppy Red Medium Pen looked so nice and bright :0 I need that pen
I started cardmaking a few years ago. One of my first purchases was an Atyou Spica pen. Each visit to the card shop had me purchase another one. They are inexpensive and I had no issue with dryness. I only used them to sparkle up my prismacolour pencil colouring. This was well before wink of Stella or glossy accents. I still use them.
Very interesting, I would have chosen the Frixion highlighter!
I have that pearlescent watercolor set and even though it’s very inexpensive it works fine for my purposes, which is to use them on black or dark cardstock for backgrounds for cards. I like these haul types of videos, helps with making decisions about future purchases. Thanks.
My kids love the fountain pens. The flair pens are also very cool and I love the color options.
I liked the black Platinum Preppy Fountain pen - fine tip. Thank for sharing your haul !
Ah perfect timing! I was totally spying those pearlescent watercolors today!
My favorite item reviewed was the moving option pencil case. Also, I love that you mentioned not to use the PaperMate Flair on thin-papered planners because I'm actually trying to get into planners! Thank you! I'm also a new subber B.T.W.
I liked the accessory holder...good for storage and very portable.
Hi Kristina,
I love your videos. I use the friction fusion pens for marking material for sewing and then you just iron over it and it's gone! The friction fusion pens look the same but maybe different. I live in RSA.
The Yasutomo Pearlescent watercolors are great! I have the same set and love it, specially to use over a previous regular watercolor painting.
love the fountain pen and I really like the "black" color
I am so impressed with the Pilot Frixion erasable hi-liters.
That highlighter is way cool!
Really loved those paper mate flair pens & the blackish preppy fine point fountain pen. :)
My favorite is the Platinum Preppy Fountain pen. In fact, I am going to check them out now. Thanks!
Love these informative videos! Very helpful. Even more, I envy your handwriting - it's FUN!
I have been looking for a great pen/pencil bag for on the go art journaling, something long enough to hold my watercolor palette - yours looks like it might be! I really liked it except the watercolors - they can't compare to the H2O's. Black, blue and red Flairs were all they had and were my favorite when I was young, I am happy to see them back in all the colors -treating mysef to the 16 color pack next pay day!!
The highlighter is really great for us college students and also the Platinum Fountain Preppy pen black fine point.I have never use a pen like that before so so now i will to look for one. Thanks for the tip.
Love the fountain pens.Reminds me of the pens we used in 3rd grade when we started cursive handwriting. (Tells you how old I am) Highlighters were pretty cool. Thanks for the video.
My favorite was the pen case! I like that I could keep post it's and other accessories other than writing utensils :)
The preppy pens were new to me. I like them!
I like the Platinum Preppy Pens. I am learning how to write in calligraphy, I didn't want expensive pens to learn. I also use the Paper Mate Color pens on my large wall calendar. I use 4 colors (a color is for each family member) the rest of the colors are for other reminders. I personally like the Wink of Stella Glitter Pens, both the brush and felt tip type. I may have to give those pearl paint pots a try... Thank you for doing this video.
I use Pilot FriXon pens at work and they are wonderful for taking notes in meetings!
Really loved the Platinum Preppy Pens! I enjoy fountain pens and I think those a less expensive and great alternative to the ones I have! Thanks for this video...always informative! 😊
Great video. I love the fountain pens and the highlighters the best. Love the idea that you can actually erase the highlighter. The watercolors didn't seem to be very vibrant.. but if you are going for something light it would work! Thanks again for the demo on the products. It's always good to see the products in real time!
Love the papermates and the frixion highlighters wonder if they would work together, oh my I think my love (hoarding) has reached another level!
i have used the paper mate flairs for some time and love them. i really like the water colors that you got.
Highlighters for the Bible!!! Yippie! I would have liked to see the back of the paper (although I think I got a glimpse and it looked like nothing showed on the back side) and also I would have liked for you to try them on regular printing paper. Love the fountain pens too.
Oh wait... I just read a review on the highlighters following the link ;( not good.
I was impressed by the erasable highlighter - great idea!
Love the friction pens to highlight cross stitch patterns. I highlight one color...stititch it all then erase and start the next color.
Loved the fountain pens!
Kristina, I've never heard of Jet Pens. Thanks for the video so I can hopefully place my order!
I enjoyed your review of the products and I believe my fave that you tested was the Preppy Fountain Pens, especially the fine tip one. Very cool.
I love the pearlescent watercolors for accents on projects or to lightly splatter over projects they are light enough, but show up when dry and are a nice touch
tfs
when i learned to write in school we used fountain pens, i used them alot under the age of 12, then i started to use normal ballpoints. i still love to write with them :) i also have the normal frixion pens with the cap and they are awesome, must be cool to have the highlighter cause i always highlight too far or over the wrong things :D
Definitely Fountain Pens - the fine point one looks really cool. Thank you so much for the try outs.
I like the fountain pens! When I was growing up we called them cartridge pens. They just have a look I like. lol of course when they leak it is a mess!
I have the watercolors and i find that if i wet the paper first and use very little water on the actual cake I get a bolder color. food for thought. As always I enjoyed this video :) Thanks for sharing!
I use these water colors over other things I've colored/painted and they look nice OVER things. They are a great addition to distress markers.
I liked to have those Papermate felts in my pencil case. For school. Nice pens.
Oh pens, coloured pens.......I liked the blue highlighter, I have a few of those and really like them, thanks to your recommendation. I also thought the fountain pens were nice.
HI! 2 things:
1) I love the fountain pens and have to make a note of the name, and
2) A possible caution regarding the Frixion highlighters. Frixion also make pens where the ink is erasable. My daughter ordered a big set straight from Japan. She said that if you use these pens in hot climates (I live in Florida), the ink can disappear if the writing gets hot. The removal of the ink is by friction (thus the supposed play on words) or heat caused by the rubbing. Just thought I would throw that out there
Love your tuts.
Janet Nelson Yes, heat does make it disappear, but you can put your notebook in the freezer and it all comes back! I haven't tried this myself, but other online say it works. :)
Awesome review thank you! I love the preppy pen and markers.
Preppy pens are amaaaazing!!! Thanks for sharing! I love videos like this!
I like the fountain pen and copic white ink. Thanks for your candid reviews!
The Spica look interesting, I like fountain type pens. Also the copic white looks cool. I really like buying different kinds of pens. As a teacher, I often do not have to buy them as my students just leave them lying around. I put them all in a box and the class and I can share and if they can recognize theirs then they can have it back. It's a shame, not many ask for them back. I never take my favorites to school.
It is the heat from erasing that causes the ink to disappear. Same with the ballpoint test your surfaces first but if need to draw lines first these should disappear with your heat gun. That way instead of traditionally erasing and taking the risks of marks on your page you could just add the heat with no friction. Might even work under your watercolours. Love your channel thanks for all your help and ideas. Xoxo.
Paper mate pens are my favorite for grading papers!
I love that highlighter!
I would love to try those friction pens, they look awesome as well as the preppy pens. I love a good pen and do a lot of calligraphy, so I think I would love those.
Thanks so much for doing this review and others.
Briana C.
Interesting! I really enjoy Flair pens for doodling. You can get fun effects if you drag color from your lines with a water brush.I didn't read the comments so maybe this was already suggested.... the watercolors you tried usually show up better on black or a dark colored paper. That's my experience with a similar set.
For me I liked the Paper Mate Flair
Thanks for testing these out...
Great review! My fav was seeing how awesome the Frixon highlighter erased! Who knew you could erase highlighters?! I also am a huge fan of fountain pens! Only pen I used when I was in highschool.
Hi ,my fave was the pearlescent an the erasable highlighter.Thanks for sharing
Thanks for this interesting review. I fell in love with erasable markers, because wow, it's so useful, especially when I'm a student. Really-really useful and nice colours as well. I wouldn't mind getting the fountain pen because I dream of one for ages. Time for shopping :D
I like the preppy fountain pen in red cuz it writes in hot pink! Tfs!
These water colors are similar to a product I have called Twinkling H2O. Yes it takes a lot of water to activate. I use mine on stamped images that are embossed to contain the color. I love the shimmer. I have not tried letting it go 'free style'.
Would be great that you have more playlists with product test and hauls .... but i like your videos so much .... i wached so many of them that my youtube feed is just crafting now lol ....
Wow erasable highlighter? ! I loooove that, it's awesome! These guys are good! !!
The highlighter...amazing. I gotta get one lol.
I loved tge fountsin pens loved the modern look they have given them.
I have the watercolors; I love the way they look on top of other colors. I want a fountain pen so bad, I just haven't found a good one in town. Thanks for your review!
The Platinum Preppy pens will be next on my list to try.
Will definitely try the fountain pens! I have only one Spica pen, a giveaway from a Copic class I took. I love it, but they're too pricey. My Sakura Stardust are just as good and cost less. Be aware that Spica pens should be stored on their side, unlike other Copic products. I love that you love pens, too! I often thought I was the only one in the world that obsessed over pens, lol.
Love the highlighter.
I think just because I never thought of the possibility of erasing a highlighted I was most impressed by that one. I wonder, since they don't seem to soak into the paper if how they would work on really think paper like on bibles.
My favorite item from your haul is the fountain type preppy pen. They appear to write very well and smooth.
Also, the Spica pens are one of my go to crafty items. They are a great alternative to the wink of stella pens. The wink of stella brush has a larger surface area...but the Spicas with the fine point are great for Copic colored images for highlights and that touch of sparkle. I am sorry to see that you were not very impressed by them. They are typically quite 'sparkly'...but just like the Copic markers, the size of the pigment particles of the darker colors does affect the glimmer/shine of the pen itself. The shine is actually small glass pieces (from what I understand) and with larger pigment particles, it could block the flow of the glass pieces a bit. They HAVE to be stored on their side due to the nature of the glass and clogging the end.
And Thank you for sharing your haul! :-)
I think I liked the fountain pens best from what you showed, particularly the fine point.
About the Copic Spicas - they need to be stored horizontally, otherwise gravity takes hold and it's difficult to redistribute the glitter. Maybe they were stored improperly before you got them? Great vid, btw! Always enjoy them.
Frision's rock. I did not know they made highlighters!!!!
Best demo for me was the fountain pen. I want to try one and these look like a good first fountain pen. Also, I love hearing your thoughts on water colors in general. I am interested in that as well but have not taken the plunge.
I use platinum preppy as my main writer. They're super cheap ($4) and I don't really worry about mixing inks in it. I have only "broken" one and that was because the cap was no longer sitting tightly.
I had a medium point that I loved (the one that broke) and I decided to try the fine point. The fine point works great with the cartridge that comes with it, but didn't lay down enough ink for my liking with my "fancy" ink samples. It also clogged really easily (only with the samples, NOT with the cartridge) and was just annoying to use. So, I ordered another medium point (which works like a dream) and have used the cartridges in the fine point just to use up the ink (I can refill the cartridges with my ink samples when I'm not in the mood to wait for the barrel to dry after being an eyedropper pen).
So I highly recommend the medium point; the fine point not so much.
I am getting the watercolor set. Not everyone wants their paintings to shine to the gods. Adding a slight luminescence to an existing hue is much more attractive to me, a little glow to certain elements. It's all to do with what you want. I was going to get Winsor and Newton Iridescence medium, but this gives a lot of options for a lower cost and is more portable, and will show me if I am interested if I am interested in investing in Finetek Thanks for sharing.