Arrtx Alcohol Markers, 40 Colors Dual Tip Brush Art Markers with Green Gift Bag, Permanent Art Marker Pen for Artists Adult Kids, Coloring, Anime, Blending, Sketching, Illustration, Card Making

I like how the markers have a range between dark, mid tone and light colors!

This is my first set of alcohol markers. I grabbed these because I need a variety of options when blending and color matching. I'm used to acrylics and there's a world of difference. First, these apply to anything. I tried them on metal, paper, wood, leather, glass, plastic, vinyl and more. There was no beading or pooling. Paper, wood and leather sucked it up and spread quite a bit. Paper and wood spread the most, leather less so. On paper it bleeds through quite a bit as well.On white material some of the colors are next to invisible. Best / most accurate results are on white paper so there's some ink absorption. The material also changes the color of the pen. With acrylics that's not the case. If you look at my photos I crammed together paper, vinyl and leather in one photo. In another photo I show the bleed-through.The pens have to be stored horizontal. There's a stand for that. There's no color names on the pens but there's a chart on the product listing. There is a color chart included (the beehive looking chart in my photo) with name and number that you can fill in as you use the pens. I have another photo after I filled it in.Again, I'm not an artist and not using a sketchbook or sketching, filling in color, etc. I'll be using these for color matching and blending plus adding effects on a variety of materials. Fiberglass, plastic, foam and so on. I repair pieces and work on props for cosplayers, and this is another color tool in my arsenal.

These are nice markers with smooth application, but there are no color names on markers. I am visually impaired and some colors appear similar to me. It is easier to read a name on a marker than matching a number to a chart.

I feel a little burst of joy when I look at this color assortment. When I draw and paint, I somehow gravitate towards leaves. And here we are coming up to Fall again, and this color assortment bursting with Fall colors. I prefer the alcohol markers that are refillable. But the convenience of this group of colors supersedes that.I got the box of pens almost a month ago, and put off trying them until the "Fall mood" hit me. These pens work well, the colors are vivid and nuanced in a way. So, not only a joy to look at, but also a joy to use this set at this time of year