Requires advanced skill level

I really wanted to like these. I've seen other reviews on Arteza products that were very favorable. However, I feel disappointed. I have used these in two different high quality adult coloring books. A Johanna Basford and a Leila Duly book. Both of these books have very small spaces that requires precision. These are listed as pens, but in my opinion they are more like a fine line marker. The cons: some of the pens are very dry, so that they scratch and skip over the paper which results in patchy looking coloration. The Caps and stoppers at the bottom of each pen appear to be color coded. However, the pen color is drastically different from the color indicators. I included a picture of some swatches I did for the greens. Colors G6 to GO are just Small example, but most of the pen caps do not match the ink color The dryer pens are impossible to blend or build color. Also, if one runs out of ink I don't see a reliable way to replace it, none of the pens have a color name or code. And I haven't seen a listing for individual pens. Pros: the ones that are on the wetter side will blend beautifully with practice and skill. I'm not that skilled, but I was able to get a couple of nice blends. The case they come in is a sturdy and a good travel size. For 20.00 there were a good range of colors.

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