What are China Markers?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- For this Hot Tip Tuesday I am going to be answering your 7 questions about the elusive China Marker: from what is a China Marker and how do you draw with a China Marker, to how you sharpen it plus my favorite ways to shade my faces, it's all here! If I left out anything, please feel free to ask me more in the comments section!
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Karen, as a long time student and Karen Fan I still learn so much from your Hot Tip Tuesday so keep them going. Love the toned paper people. Thanks so much.
Debbie in Ruskin oh gosh, thank you for the feedback, it's really helpful to know that what I'm putting out is getting picked up (and considered useful!!) By some or what the heck is the point, right?! Thanks for always being a kind supporter, appreciate you!!!!
Thank you so much for the continued info and demo of drawing on toned paper. I have been obsessed! Going to your site to order products...I’m running out of grocery sacks.
Bridgett Wonder oh I'm so glad to hear it!! You won't be sorry you got some paper, it's so addicting and such good practice!
I’ll be getting China markers in this month’s Sketchbox, so I went searching for videos about them, as I’d never even heard of them. This video was so helpful! You definitely have a new subscriber, and I sent my invite for the FB group. Thank you so much! I can’t wait to learn more, and I absolutely love your style.
So glad you found me!! And excited they you joined the Facebook group! Welcome friend!!!!
this was incredibly useful thanks Karen!
Ok awesome! Glad to help!
Thanks for explaining great artwork!
Very informative. Michael's also carries the Sharpie white paint pen. Look forward to more. ❤
Thanks, Madelyn!
Great information, thanks for sharing ❤
You are so welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
I love this video! I am a professional artist and I always paint with bright colors and with many mediums but I always wonder how other people use these China markers!
Thanks for watching, Sasha! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for the explanation, dear Karen!! It was a very helpful video!!! I don't have any China markers and I didn't know what they were. Now I do! ;)
Katerina Mylona you're so very welcome!!!
I'm going to start using these over oil pastel
Yay, good luck!
Thanks for the tips! 💕💜💕
Tracy Plans welcome welcome!!! 😙😙😙
Very helpful, thanks Karen!
Mieke Middelhuis oh I'm so glad to hear it, thanks!!
I got mine from Walgreen's too... love them...
Yes!!!! Me too :)
We use China marker really regularly in Korea. But we don't use them for drawing. we use them for checking the answer in the test and memo some importants in notebook. When I was young, china markers are the cheapest thing in the store(It was 0.27US dollars... 300₩ in Korean Won.)
Brikk Anima cool! I know in the US they are used in construction a lot!
Thank you for your guidance
My pleasure, Rouma!
Helpful Karen. Thanks :)
Marina Zanotta oh good!! My pleasure ❤
Oh this is a great explanation.... think may have to get myself some 😍 is a white pastel pencil as good as the china markers?
Great question! The white pastel pencil should be as opaque but it will simply rub away if you run your finger over it vs. the China Marker which will stay put. Another consideration is just a tactile preference. I steer away from pastels, personally, not because they aren't lovely or work well, but because I just don't like how they feel on the paper!!! Weird, I know!
Get teh white poster paint sharpie she uses.. makes SUCH a bright white. You will have so much fun.. small investment. No pastels or white grease pencils don't pop the lights like the sharpie does. I got white sharpie on Amazon.. not sure what size she uses but mine is like a medium size tip. Karen rocked my world showing me this youtube. I am using grocery sacks to draw on to save money to buy more china markers in all different colors. Also discovered Sargeant twist up crayons. Not as pretty of colors but you don't have to peel the china marker. Color green isn't as pretty but I am just sketching for practice so it doesn't matter. THey SAY you can peel the entire china marker and put lead in the Sargeant twist up container. I haven't used up my Sargeant's yet, so haven't tried it. Sargeant twist ups don't make a black so I would like a twist up for the black.
I fucking love these things
right?!
Neocolor1 has a set of 50 colors, they changed the name to wax pastels basically the same thing.
Thanks for the info!
I was not planning to watch this but it came up as a recommendation, from TH-cam. So, it would have been rude NOT to, I think you'll agree?!
I have toned paper on my Amazon wishlist, but a different brand (Strathmore, if I remember correctly).
I'll admit, I didn't know what special pencils the China ones are. Now I will HAVE TO go back to my Amazon, & add them to my 'never ending' list!!📝
Alright, must dash.... Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks. Also, thank you for being so kind, to me? It's a mystery🤔, for sure. Byeeee👋😹🐾🐾
Yes the China Markers are weird things for sure, but they arent stupid expensive like some supplies, last a really long time and are great if you love the look of charcoal but hate the mess and feel of them (like...me!). Just got back home after 14 of the longest driving hours ever, the cats all say helllooooooooo!!!
Why can't I apply this marker over my charcoal or graphite sketch?
You can totally try it. It will definitely work over graphite, may end up disrupting the charcoal quite a bit but go for it!
Thank you Karen for all the answers to a lot of questions..I was wondering what those pencils were, now I know what a china marker is...LOL, guess some of us never get out...just kidding, I have seen them before, just forgot where and what they were called..I am going to go to Walgreens and check them out for white sharpies..thanks for all the tips . :)
Teresa Marsh yes Yes! Absolutely! ❤❤❤
China markers and one size of white sharpie water base is sold on AMAZON. China markers are also known as GREASE PENCILS. Any hardware store has them too but not many colors because construction people need to write on glass, wood, metal ect.
Do you prefer the Sharpie brand of the peel off China markers over other brands? If so, why?
No, they are all the same to me :)
Can you draw on glazed china and then fire it in a kiln?
That's an awesome question, unfortunately I don't work with pottery so I can't answer that for you! So sorry!
Did u film drawing all those different expressions? I’d love to see how you did those!
Sean Michael Here's one! th-cam.com/video/uilu6BMgAEQ/w-d-xo.html
Can oil pastel pencils be used as an alternative to china markers in architectural drawings ?
Well China markers are used in construction (for marking wood on site, etc) but typically for architectural drawings (that was my first job actually) you’d use pens but you can always use whatever you love if you’re talking just an art project, absolutely!
I tried using my oil pastels that I never use... they don't have a fine tip so they are good for background blocks of color when I don't want to use up a lot of china marker. They look great with china marker because they are both kind of the same texture on my brown paper bag paper paper solution from grocery store. I love china markers because in Covid times I am drawing inside and don't want charcoal dust or pastel dust in my apartment. Also the china markers help me block out shapes and I don't get caught up in detail which I don't want to do because I am still trying to figure out big shapes in proportion to each other. The china markers don't get your hands dirty... just love them. Many hugs to Karen for turning me on to them. My art has changed. Trying to get more gesture and this is helping. Plus, forces me never to erase.. I have to think before each line goes down.
thanks for your time
Sue McArthur welcome!
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God, I'm sorry this is so long. Jesus.
Hey there dear! I have a question. Does using the water based sharpie marker over top of the waxy china markers, mess up the tip at all?
Also, I went to Michael's this weekend for watercolor paper and Inktense pencils and low and behold,. they HAD the water based ones! I got two of them. They are soooo much better than the oil based. While you expressed in your video that they seem to get clogged and what not, when I've tried to use them over top of work to punch out the highlights, it ALWAYS ALWAYS soaks into the paper. No matter what medium, even Mod Podge (yes girl, for real), it soaks in.
I'm getting ready to contact them about getting their water based paint pens out there more and ADDING LOTTTTTS of colors too because they are amaze balls! (Sorry, I'm a bad person with my words. LOL!)
Toned paper, I'm sad. Still don't have any. May seriously have to use my paper bags like we talked about the other day. HAHA! Waste not, want not, right?
EXCELLLLLENT video lady! Love it!
Heather Herrmann so of you want a wide range of colors, if go for the Posca Pens as they do come in a million colors and are exactly the same as the Sharpie Waterbased!! Totes work on grocery bags, also the same thing as that pad!! No worries at all about the language, I was a sailor in a previous life!!! 😆
Heather Herrmann on and no, I don't find working over wax messes up the tip!
Ohhh yeah, I totally forgot about Posca pens. That'll be the next thing on my list! Thanks!!
I love questions like these Heather! Any feedback is helpful and educational, even better when Artists like Karen take the time to share fabulous tips and know how! xx
Some people sharpen the china markers to get small details.. I am too lazy
Good tip, Lisa!
cool
Thank you!!!
Coffee shops like Tim Hortons uses them to mark the lids.
Mel Dempsey exactly!!!
I checked Walgreens for the white sharpies water based...she showed me where the sharpies were, well they had white, but oil based...then I asked again, she said lets check the childrens art section...Whoa...there they were, on the bottom shelf..I could not believe it, so make sure you check the childrens art section in Walgreens..
Teresa Marsh ha! Thx! I also just found them at Hobby Lobby! And of course, Amazon!
good to know the water based ones are at Hobby Lobby..You know when you go in that store, holding a 40% coupon, there is always something you can use...LOL
This is not pottery but glazed porcelain painting. I just wonder why they call them china pencils?
According to Google: The grease pencil, a wax writing tool also known as a wax pencil, china marker, or chinagraph pencil (especially in the United Kingdom), is a writing implement made of hardened colored wax and is useful for marking on hard, glossy non-porous surfaces. This pencil is usually made from non-toxic opaque wax (such as paraffin, beeswax, ceresin, carnauba or spermaceti wax)[1] that is similar to a crayon but stronger[citation needed]. Marks made by grease pencils are resistant to moisture and can usually be removed by rubbing the marked surface with a paper towel.
Grease pencils are available in several forms. The outer casing may be made of wood (like an ordinary pencil) and sharpened with a knife or pencil sharpener. Other types are covered in paper and sharpened by pulling a string to peel off the paper, needing no additional tools to remain functional. More recently, it has been produced in propelling form, essentially similar to a clutch pencil but with a different lead.
Surfaces used with grease pencils include porcelain, glass, rock, polished stone, plastic, ceramics and other glazed, lacquered or polished surfaces, and metal, as well as the glossy paper that is used for photographic printing (particularly for contact sheets), x-rays, maps, and for marking edits on analog audio tape and film. It is also used to label theatrical lighting gels. It is often used as a construction or handyman's marking tool as it rarely scratches the surface it is used on. It may be used to mark a wet surface. They are also favored among some traditional artists. Due to its ability to write on glass, it is often used in chemistry labs to mark glassware.
Grease pencils were also widely used during the mid-20th century in aircraft control centers, military radar defense system stations on land and in aircraft carriers in particular. As information came in from radar and radio operators, technicians would take details of aircraft locations, vectors, weapons and fuel status and other information and write it in reverse on a large, clear panel of glass, which was readable to the officers on the other side of the panel. The information would be continuously updated as the situation changed. They have largely been replaced by digital displays in the modern era.
I think because they are made in China
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@@KarenCampbellArtist Karen you are too funny!!
I just found you and am having fun with all this. I just bought some china markers and I have a question that I'm not sure if it was covered here. Can you use china markers in your "hamburger plan" mixed media collage? If so what "layer" does it go into?
You sure can! Since they aren't water reactive you can actually put them under OR over the sealer layers if you wanted to! SO ANY layer! That's pretty rare!
@@KarenCampbellArtist Thank you so much, I am enjoying all of your videos they are so informative!