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  • Brush Pen Tutorial

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    Lindsey Bugbee

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    Generally, this blog focuses on creating calligraphy with one of two tools: a regular pen or a dip pen. Today, a new player steps on the scene: the brush pen! As you’ll be able to tell very early on in this post, I’m in love; and I think you will be, too!

    Brush Pen Tutorial | The Postman's Knock

    A few weeks ago, I received an email from Brittany at Tombow. She is a reader of this blog who recently started working at Tombow {and is loving it — so many art supplies!}, and she was kind enough to ask if I would want to try some of the company’s art products. I never say no to art supplies, so she sent me over a sample pack. It was very thoughtfully packaged, and its contents were absolute gold. While I loved everything she sent, I especially loved the brush pens. Once I got the hang of them, I knew I had to write a brush pen tutorial!
    Brush Pen Tutorial | The Postman's Knock

    First of all, a brush pen is a marker that has a very tapered, brush-like end {without any bristles}. The appeal of the brush pen is the fact that the width of the stroke line changes with pressure. See the lines below? All of them were created with the same brush pen; but different degrees of pressure were applied to create each line. Very little pressure was used to create the line on the left, while the line on the right was made with full pressure.

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