This is an excellent large format pen, the PC-7M’s large 4.5-5.5mm bullet tip produces neat, precise, expressive lines and perfect large dots. Its soft rounded tip makes it ideal for colouring and large scale drawing. It is the go-to Posca for both professionals and beginners.
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2/12/2020
Posca Markers – a small test on various surfaces
Today’s review will be a bit different than the previous ones – I decided to make a small test of Posca paint markers. I love artworks posted on Instagram which were created using these markers ( @twelvepapercranes, @gremren, @martalopezfdez.art , just to name a few). They remind me of a style called “flat design” in vector illustration. Choosing 3-4 colors enables you to create an interesting artwork.
ContentsI tested this product on various surfaces like craft cardboard, glass, plastic semitranslucent board.
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On the official website we can read that Posca is a creative tool for all materials: plastic, wood, cardboard and so on. It is recommended for those who create street art and graffiti. Markers are easy to use and the effects are great.
Having that all in my mind, I decided to check out this tool by making small illustrations. Here are the results:
1. At first I tried the paper. I used Fabriano Accademia 200gsm. Here are examples – I made a couple of cute illustrations:
I enjoyed drawing with Posca on this paper. I love the way the colors look like, they are so vivid. The surface is rather smooth and that was a big advantage while applying the paint. The outline part was a bit problematic – I found it hard to make outlines with a broad tip.
Another thing that irritated me was appearing of unaesthetic clods. I didn’t see any of them on Instagram works. Happily you can remove them with a knife when the work dries.
The areas covered with paint, especially larger ones, are not perfectly smooth – you can see marker strokes.2. A piece of grey craft cardboard – the result was a complete failure. I gave up after a few strokes because it was going worse, a lot of horrible clods appeared. Maybe it’s because the cardboard isn’t smooth.
3. A piece of semitranslucent plexiglass board. I really had fun drawing this little penguin. Just made a sketch, placed a plexiglass board on it and drew with markers straight away. The surface was smooth and it was easy to make strokes and apply paint. And, what is worth noticing, there are no uneaesthetic clods! However, some parts of the drawing required a second layer of paint because the first one didn’t cover the plexiglass. I also noticed very tiny paint splashes here and there so you must be careful while making the strokes, it looks like the marker tip scratched the surface at times.
4. A piece of material – a thicker canvas is recommended. I took a piece of a thin material and it didn’t work, especially with markers with a broad tip. I could only make spots, creating a straight line was impossible. The tip tended to stick to the material.
5. Glass – the paint applied to a glass jar smoothly, there are no clods. Unfortunately, the coverage isn’t satisfying. A second layer is needed. A big plus is that if we don’t like the pattern we can easily erase it by using water.
6. A piece of dark brown cardboard with coating – the surface feels a bit like a plastic. I drew a fox on it. The markers worked good on this cardboard, there are no clods. Unfortunately the coverage leaves much to be desired even after applying a second layer of paint.
7. Wood – I didn’t find any wood piece I could paint on, so I’ll update this article as soon as the situation changes 🙂
- I achieved the best results with the paper
- White paint Posca marker can be very helpful while drawing details in portraits (e.g. eyes, thin hair, etc.)
- Markers didn’t work on surfaces like grey craft cardboard or thin material
- Another disadvantage is they are rather pricey. I don’t think I’ll buy more colors, I think I’ll just stick to vector gaphics programmes 🙂
Get your POSCAs started
Sometimes people have unwrapped their pens, seen the white nib and thought ‘Ah the pen is broken’. It hasn’t, in fact that’s exactly how a new POSCA pen should look. That’s because, unlike some alcohol based markers, the water-based POSCA pigment lives in the barrel of the pen, not the nib meaning your pen will last longer and your colour can be refreshed every time you use the pen.
To get your pen working simply give it a shake and press the nib down on a piece of scrap paper. See how we do it here…
For the brush tip just shake and press the little button on the end to get the paint to the brush.
Overlay, blend and mix with water
You can do all of the above with POSCA. You can treat your POSCAs just like paint, so when one colour dries you can overlay with details, outlines and highlights.
While your POSCA is fresh and wet, you can blend it with a brush or sponge, or mix with another POSCA. See how we’ve sponged gold POSCA on a vase above. This effect looks amazing on canvas too as you can see below. Here we sponged a range of POSCA colours here, waited for them to dry then wrote in our text with a black POSCA.
You can also work with the pens to mix colours and then work over when dry as we’ve done with this flower image at the start of this section.
Blending and mixing your POSCA colours is easy and produces very effective results. See how done this with a red and yellow 17K to create a simple sunset effect in this video.
Because they are water based, you can also mix your POSCAs with water…
Dilute the pens and colours in water to make a dreamy watercolour look. You can do this by dipping your pens in water or using a brush to drag and dilute the colour. We practiced this technique on canvas, as you can see above, but this effect also works on paper. See how it’s done here…
Try POSCAs on any surface
POSCA paint markers are an excellent multi-surface, creative pen, which is why they are great value; one pen has a multitude of uses. The paint marker contains water-based pigment ink which is lightfast, water resistant and will write on almost any surface.
POSCA pens are also permanent and bleed-proof on paper and card (as it absorbs into the fibres), and can be made permanent on the following:
- – Terracotta – bake at 220°C for 45 minutes, then spray with clear varnish
- – Porcelain – bake at 160°C for 45 minutes, then spray with clear varnish
- – Glass – bake at 160°C for 45 minutes then spray with clear varnish
- – Textiles – iron on reverse
- – Metal, stone, leather, plastic and wood – spray with clear varnish
We’ve made a film going through how great POSCA pens look on a range of surfaces, take a look here.
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