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Grown-up colouring in pens

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Katek Mon 13-Apr-15 18:11:08

Staedtler make very good felt tips for drawing but they're pretty expensive. Berol is perhaps a cheaper option and you could use Sharpies for small areas as well (as Juliette has said)

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jinglbellsfrocks Mon 13-Apr-15 18:03:48

I hated having to colour things in as a child. Nothing has changed.

Almost as bad as painting by numbers.

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Juliette Mon 13-Apr-15 17:34:03

DD bought me a set of Sharpie felt tips for Christmas, they have fine points, very good for fiddly bits before my eyes give up and everything merges into one.

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petallus Mon 13-Apr-15 17:08:05

I've just experimented by colouring in a simple mandala I printed from the internet. Tried pencils but found them to be rather'subtle' so then went on to felt tips which I prefer.

I'm now looking for a better quality felt tip. Present ones are of the cheap children's variety.

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annodomini Mon 13-Apr-15 16:48:14

I've been using copoured pencile but they are a bit paint and take a lot more effort than felt tips. The paper is quite thick so perhaps I will try the pens.

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Mishap Mon 13-Apr-15 15:57:22

Or oil pastels?

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Mishap Mon 13-Apr-15 15:52:15

I have just received two grown-ups' colouring books and would like advice about suitable pens. Presumably felt tips would be best, but I need a good range of colours and tip widths, as well as pens that do not soak through into the back of the paper.

Or can you get acrylic pens?
Or would crayons be best? - but likely to be paler I guess.

Any advice?

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