Review: Derwent Graphik Line Painter

These are water-based pigmented coloured ink pens. Find out if they are any good in this video.

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[sheilasinghal]

You are always my favourite reviewer of art supplies. 😊

[isabellecade]

I have never used this kind of pens but the colors are really very bright. The fact that the ink is totally waterproof is very interesting. Thank you Teoh for making us discover other mediums, your videos are always very useful.

[lewiswoods]

great review! you inspired me to start watercolour from you videos. I just bought the Windsor Newton Cotman set and have done one sketch and coloured it, i'm really enjoying using them so far and am pleased with the result because i am only 12. keep up the great work Teoh!

[mary]

The Orange pen is called "Clock Work" maybe as a reference to the movie "Clockworking Orange". Your reviews and trip vlogs are a pleasure to watch, keep up with the great work :)

[jasonmullins]

And the expression. "Green with Envy" for the green color perhaps.

[WhiskeredNightfall]

thanks for reviewing! I had my eyes on those ever since they arrived at my local art store :O

[LeaGalTan]

Nice. Now I need a set of these! Thanks!

[ClaudiaSketches]

Excellent review, Teoh! These pens have caught my eye a few times, particularly for sketchbook work and more expressive and stylised pieces. I'll have to consider them. :)

[dianaryman]

Thank you Teoh for all the wonderful reviews and videos you do. I bought 4 or 5 of these pens about a year ago and was really disappointed because of the blobbing of the ink when you depressed the tip to get more ink. After watching your review here, I'm wondering if I am just being too heavy handed and will give them another try with a much lighter touch when depressing. You rock!

[BudgetJett]

Great video! Seen these pens a few times, I have the black Derwent Graphik liners which are ink and I don't mind them, although I have found they smudge easily. I will definitely consider these colourful ones now, very helpful review.

[Kirkatron]

I had a few but the bleeding from the tip was just too much. I trashed them.

[dwuff]

I bought one of these to try once, it was a light minty colour. I was very disappointed with how weak the opacity was, even after shaking it a lot. It was useless over any darker colours and it was a bit too light to use on light/white paper. I instead bought posca markers which are paint markers. Their opacity is great and suit my needs better.

[hansendesigns]

Clockwork is fun like "clockwork orange", green with envy etc

[rayvenhex]

Great review. :) I have these pens and I really like them.

[pbartoli]

Teoh, thanks for the interesting review ! I bought these pens and one ran out of ink: I was wondering if anyone figured out how to recharge them with acrylic ink.

[moonlightcabin]

Thank you for your review - I have been on the fence about these! I have wondered if wiping the nib with a baby wipe after each use would prevent it from clogging up and drying with paint. Have you had any troubles with this after using the pens?

[indigosunset]

i find them to be too expensive...i just use uni-posca. cheap but good. derwent is sometimes too expensive depending on the product and these markers are not cheap.

[jaysonbossuet]

do you think you could review ZenPad 3s 10? it looks like a good alternative stylus tablet to the Tab s3

[AquaLady]

Thanks for the review. Doing research on these for detailing darker paper.

[AquaLady]

I would like to have seen you color the illustration with the pens activated with water.