Pentel Arts Aquash Water Brush Assorted Tips, Pack of 4 (FRHBP4M)

These Pentel Arts Aquash Water Brush pens are so useful when I travel. I carry a small art bag and sketchbook with me when I go places. I really enjoy carrying these along, because I can actually paint anywhere I want. I have painted outside in fields, at cafes, on my couch, in the car, on trains, and all over Europe when I backpacked. They were wonderful, never fell apart, and the water was easy to control. I really enjoy the aspect of the pen holding the water, because it eliminates the need to clean up cups of water, paper towels, and the other messes that traditional paint brushes leave behind. It is particularly excellent for blending gouache paint. Gouache is hard to blend, but the water flow in these pens is so consistent, that I almost always get an even gradient when blending with gouache paints. The only thing I would change about these water brushes is that the largest brush bristles always get pulled down by the cap. You have to very carefully place the lid on the large one, otherwise the bristles always get messed up. Other than that, this product is excellent. I fully intend to purchase more in the future. The handle is comfortable, and everything about these brushes feels so intuitive while working on my art projects. I would definitely recommend these to a friend. In fact, I have recommended them to a lot of people so far. The brush bristles do eventually become stained by darker paint colors, but that is inevitable with any paint brush after prolonged use. The price is remarkably affordable for the quality this product offers. I feel like I do more artwork when I am on-the-go than I ever have before I had these brushes. I am so thankful I jumped out of my comfort zone and decided to purchase these products. Pentel always delivers excellent quality, and once again, they did not disappoint! Five stars from a very happy customer!

I ordered these brushes as a way to more easily paint tattoo flash style paintings (instead of spit shading) and I was always curious how these pens actually work. They are easy to fill from the sink, but I think if you tried to fill these on the go you would need to bring some sort of squeeze bottle with a fine tip to fill these without making a mess. They do hold enough water that I only needed to fill it twice while doing a sheet of 9" x 12" flash and I think most of the water that I used was while I was cleaning the brush between colors.It's easy to clean the brush while your painting. All I did was keep a piece of paper towel handy and squeeze some extra water through the brush while touching it to the paper towel. This is also handy when you want a bit of a dryer brush. Swipe it on the paper towel a few times and you're ready to go. It doesn't hold onto colors or transfer and the only thing that stained it a little was red paint.I used these brushes with both traditional watercolor paint in a tube and with watercolor pencils and they work great with both. I do prefer the watercolor pencils though because it allows for more control.Don't squeeze the brush too hard because you will get a big droplet that comes out of the brush. As long as you avoid doing that, you won't have a problem with big blobs of water on your work. If you were to give this to a kid, their first instinct would probably be to squeeze the heck out of it, but you need to squeeze very lightly until you see the water travel through the reservoir into the tip of the pen.The cap fits nice and securely and you can actually store it on the end of the pen and stand it up right on the flat bottom of the cap.I ordered the pack of 3 and it gives a nice variety of sizes. I find myself using the smallest one the most.Overall, I'm very happy with these brush pens. Only time will tell how well they hold up, but so far so good.

I wasn't sure what the difference was in the sizes (the width of the brush? the width of the barrel? etc.) so I bought one in each size. I only do watercolor as a fun relaxing activity and this is the first time I used a waterbrush instead of a regular paint brush and as long as it's a just for fun thing I will probably never go back to a regular brush. There are several things I like about this. First of all I have better control than with a regular brush because the grip is more comfortable and therefore easier to control. I like the compact size of this. I can throw it in my purse with my own version of a field set to color when I am going somewhere and want a relaxing activity, I like the tip of the brush. With my experiments today with different watercolor sets I found the hairs in the brush never came loose. Another thing I like is that it's less messy to work with (for me). I have even better control of the amount of water I drop on the paint pan and it doesn't drip into another color. I experimented with the amount of water for deep bold paints and for more of a wash color. I go from color to color when I paint for fun (especially in those "patterned" coloring books that are safe for watercolors) and it's so much easier to clean the brush. I just squeeze a little water into the brush and can wash it easily on a paper towel. What I really love is that the water stays clean. I can paint with brown, wash the brush, and switch to yellow without the water ever getting muddy as when I paint with a brush. The waterbrush is light to hold and I find I can "write" with it (as in signing a page) in a way I never could do with the regular brush. It's just important to not have too much water on the brush. When my grandchildren are old enough to get watercolor paints they are getting one of these even though the paints come with a brush!