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Keith Orange

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I often use fibre tipped pens, such as Copic, Faber and Pilot when drawing. I've tried using marker pens as well. Their advantage is that there's usually two sizes of nib, one at each end, and you can often by them in tonal ranges, such as cool greys and warm greys. Their drawback is that the pigment often bleeds through the paper so you can only draw on one side of the paper. Are there any markers that don't bleed through the back of the paper?

Syd Edward

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Drawing on both sides of the paper Keora has its drawbacks . If you use one side and the drawing is naff then produce a gem on the reverse side you wont be able to frame the gem drawing or show it to anyone for fear of them seeing the naff drawing at some time and you dont want that do you? How do I know these things? regards , Syd

Sylvia Evans

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Keora I use Posca pens ...they are a controlled felt tip point but are paint based . I have also had disasters with marker pens . https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0ahUKEwjN7Knd4JLRAhXVdVAKHeGQBEUQFghKMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultpens.com%2Fc%2Fq%2Fbrands%2Funi-ball%2Funi-markers%2Funi-posca-markers&usg=AFQjCNEyxVD4VXnF7uuKRAcHv_mLWHUG5Q&sig2=u0upAyHxt8y97RcCvcdqEg

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Michael Edwards

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I often draw and regularly paint on both sides of the paper - if the client complains I always explain that they are getting two for the price of one. However I do draw the line (please excuse the pun) at painting on the edges - well even I'm not that mean!