3/7/2024 0 Comments Higgins india ink brush penPink Carmine is a bit too dark and is hard to use. Orange glaze is a bit pale and not really a color that is found in many places. The six colors themselves are a decent selection, but not great: Dark Naples Ochre is a nice, natural looking yellow. On office paper this amount of ink will bleed though, especially at the ends, but on cardstock there is barely show through. Sharp turns with the lighter colors will leave a darker area on the corner. At times it skirts on “not enough”, and layering will definitely change the color significantly. It increases with the pressure on the tip, and makes a full line. Their flexibility is nice, going from a medium point to one several millimeters wide with relative ease, and they can be bent to some pretty severe angles without any long-term damage being done. This makes them much less finicky, and better for a disposable item like this one, as they would wear out faster than a bristle brush. The brushes themselves aren’t of the bristle variety, but are more like a flexible porous point. The cap seals and holds well onto this point. After that is a tapering section for the cap seal and the brush point itself. The section is slightly textured, which is wonderful it isn’t slippery or uncomfortable. The body contains all of the needed information in several languages, which makes it seems a bit too crowded, but I can’t really complain. The body is straight until the very end, which protrudes as a fluted section for posting, at which it’s effective. The clip is the same piece of plastic as the cap and does its job in an unspectacular way. The cap has a set of groves running around it with a shiny finished top and clip. There is an indication of the size (“B” for brush, in this case) on the top of the cap. With that said, let’s take a look at this set of Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens, the Manga 6 Color Brush set. What I’m trying to say is that my perspective on this particular set of art implements might not be the view of the average person who might find them very useful. Mostly because it’s hard, like using brush pens is hard.
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