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As a beginner what should I start with and why? Watercolor, Acrylics, Gauche, Oils, Other?

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Hello, Community. How are you? Today I'm genere asking for the rechargeable brush pen do you use and why. Also, I look for brands and models recommend to me, besides commenting details such as prices, what type of refill they use (cartridges, customizable, ink price) and types of tip (interchangeable, hardness, material). If you could attach pictures of the brushtroke would be much better. Sorry for my english jajaja, Im from Chile, South America, therefore, I hope that the pencils you recommend to me will be available for sale in my country. Thank you all!

Can anyone here show me how this character would look with really expressive brush calligraphy? The more characterful and textured the better!

I own one but is the black cartridge one, may I change it with a Pigment Brush Cartridge (the grey cart one)? I don't feel like buying another whole new pen for the same feel/color lol

Which do you prefer, Tombow dual tip brush pens or Marvy LePlume II?

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You would think that my handwritting would improve in relationship to my hand lettering progress, but that's not at all the case. In fact, it might have gotten worse because my muscle memory from practicing will take over in times when it shouldn't, leaving a confused mess in it's wake.

Which set should I buy?

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For my next brush pen purchase should I get Sakura Kois or Stabilo 68 Brush Pens?

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Is there any distinction between these 2, or are they the same? If there is a distiction, is one superior for brush pens?

So far I've tried the acrylic brush tips, the large nib permanent markers, and the twin tip, and despite all of them being on the large side with tons of line variation, they are some of the easiest brush nibs to control. In addition, they rebound perfetctly, despite the amount of pressure applied. One last thing, I mistakenly bought the bullet tip acrylics because the packaging looks identical to the brush acrylics, but as a pleasent surprise, the bullet tips can also produce really nice line variation, much like Crayolas. With all these companies today, jumping on the brush pen bandwagon, making it nice to have so many options, but so many of them fall short, especially with nib quality. Not the case with Sharpie. Whoever's in charge over there must get it.

I'm at this stage in my development, where I'm deffinitely better, and am starting to look proffesional (quasi) (hit or miss), but I can't seem to get through any project without messing up at least once noticeably. I seem to be cursed though, because my mistake usually comes at around the 3/4 to 7/8 stage of the piece. Is this just the normal ropes? Will I get past this?

As a hardcore cheapskate, I'm constantly on the prowl for the most inexpensive options for paper that doesn't damage my felt nibs. Although they are far from ideal in many cases, but old magazines, that would otherwise just be thrown out, could be useful to some as a cheap alternative. In addition you get the benifit of upcycling something that otherwise might end up in a landfill. There are also ways you can incorporate the text or images in your magazine into artistic creations of your own.

What brush pens have the most durable nibs that will endure use on surfaces other than Rhodia, Canson or other super smooth premium paper?

Experiments with acrylic paint and brush pens... Het do you think?

Wishing everyone a life filled with brightness! (Diwali/Deepavali is the Hindu Festival of Lights)

I paint wood slices and make Christmas ornaments out of them to sell. After two years of struggling with white calligraphy fading into the black acrylic paint backgrounds, I figured now was the time to seek the help of experts on Reddit. I need to find a white paint pen that will write opaquely on black paint OR I need to find a black paint for the background that a white pen can write more easily on without fading. I typically buy your generic white paint pens from Hobby Lobby/Michaels/those kinds of places. Any tips or recommendations?

To add, I'm not interested in painting the calligraphy. I know white acrylic paint will be opaque enough, but that's too time consuming for me. I prefer a pen or marker.

Will the paper used in, i guess what you'd call common, coloring books fray brush tips?

When I first started using a lot of markers especially brush tips, I was oblivious of the impact that paper quality had on a marker's lifespan. Then, after noticing the deterioration, of some of the tips on some of my relatively expensive brush pens, I did the research, and learned of the impact that paper has on markers. From then on I have been gunshy to use my markers on anything but Rhodia, Canson and other premium paper. I think though that I might be being a bit overly cautious in my ignorance, and I was hoping someone could lend me some insight to help me determine what paper is ok to use?

I haven’t been practicing my brush lettering properly in years. I scored some new Tombows at a sale this week so I’m diving back in. Free handed two of our cats’ names for practice.

I enjoy hand lettering, and occasionally use brush pens for calligraphy, which I am honestly not the best at. I've pretty much only ever used Tombow brush pens (ie https://www.tombowusa.com/dual-brush-pen.html or their fudenosuke pens) and never actually liked them, I find them hard to write with and the tips always start fraying and splitting super fast (and as for the fudenosuke pens, they dry out too quick)

I was in the pen aisle of Michael's and tested a Brushmarker Pro and absolutely loved the feel of the marker and the look of the ink. Do any of you have experience with these pens? Do they last longer than Tombow? I don't want to spend a lot of money on a set of pens only for the tips to fall apart or the ink to dry out in under a month again. (Also, am I doing something wrong for my Tombow pens to be dying that fast or is this the usual experience?)

I'm looking for a high quality handlettering brush. I got some really nice watercolors at an estate sale and want to start seriously learning it. The brushes i've been using aren't very good and I can spend about $30 if needed. A small to medium sized brush is preferred. I write out my goals on printer paper to keep on my wall to help motivate me.

Has anyone bought Chinese calligraphy brushes from temu? I usually get them from inkston but I was wondering if anyone has tried out some good beginner temu ones. ✨

I started Bengali last week and been writing down 15 words, ten times each once a day, and been feeling a minor bit of arthritis and hand cramps and other hand sensations days later. Nothing serious enough to be concerned about setting up an appointment with my primary doctor, but noticeable enough to spark some curiosity. Is this natural when you're learning writing systems that use different alphabets from your primary tongue? Like an expected result if you start learning how to write Japanese as an native English speaker? Or is it something to be concerned about (even though its just minor annoying sensations and nothing serious so far, not even the cramps and random bouts of arthritis feelings)? I'm checking to make sure if I should see a doctor while its still just a mere annoyance or if I should just brush it off as an unimportant issue that will go away as I get more and more used to writing Bengali.

Oh one more thing, if its not a concerning issue, should I expect this to occur every time I start learning another language with a completely new script? Like even if I say master Cantonese calligraphy, I should expect bout of hurt when I on Korean lessons and ditto with Arabic much later on?

First time learning calligraphy using acrylic pens and filling the letters in.