Continuing the reviews of the latest batch of
Exaclair samples, we will take a closer look at the
J. Herbin Creapen Refillable Marker.
Waiting for the new marker nib to get fully soaked with ink.
While both the
Creapen paintbrush and the
refillable marker feature light weight plastic bodies with similar barrel markings, there are a few obvious visible differences between the two. The
refillable marker features a felt marker nib, the section of the barrel close to the nib is transparent, and its pen cap features a pocket clip. They both use the same
ink cartridges.
Since I have not used it much since its
review, the
J. Herbin Creapen refillable paintbrush was a bit dry laying down fuzzy strokes with a dry-brush effect. I had to actually rinse it under tap water and shake it vigorously to restart the smooth flow of ink from the cartridge. Made this
video of the speed sketch test with the
Creapen refillable marker on
Rhodia dotPad paper.
To test the water resistance of the outlines drawn with the
J. Herbin ink cartridges, an
Akashiya Sai watercolor brush pen and a disposable
Kuretake Pocket Color Brush Pen were used to color this dragon. Neither of these water-based paints had any effect on the dry black ink outlines.
The
J. Herbin Creapen Refillable Marker performed well during these first speed sketching tests. Its ink was waterproof once dry, and the sharp flexible fine point marker nib allowed for some graceful variation in line weight. Even made two additional demo videos,
video 1 and
video 2, of sketching tests done on
Clairefontaine Triomphe paper. Yet like with most felt marker nibs, the real issue is its durability since they generally have a tendency to get blunt and mushy at the tip. Plan to keep this
refillable marker in my sketching kit this week to further test it on other papers and during class drawing demonstrations.
Continuing the reviews of the latest batch of Exaclair samples, we will take a closer look at the J. Herbin Creapen Refillable Marker.
Waiting for the new marker nib to get fully soaked with ink.
While both the Creapen paintbrush and the refillable marker feature light weight plastic bodies with similar barrel markings, there are a few obvious visible differences between the two. The refillable marker features a felt marker nib, the section of the barrel close to the nib is transparent, and its pen cap features a pocket clip. They both use the same ink cartridges.
Since I have not used it much since its review, the J. Herbin Creapen refillable paintbrush was a bit dry laying down fuzzy strokes with a dry-brush effect. I had to actually rinse it under tap water and shake it vigorously to restart the smooth flow of ink from the cartridge. Made this video of the speed sketch test with the Creapen refillable marker on Rhodia dotPad paper.
To test the water resistance of the outlines drawn with the J. Herbin ink cartridges, an Akashiya Sai watercolor brush pen and a disposable Kuretake Pocket Color Brush Pen were used to color this dragon. Neither of these water-based paints had any effect on the dry black ink outlines. 
The J. Herbin Creapen Refillable Marker performed well during these first speed sketching tests. Its ink was waterproof once dry, and the sharp flexible fine point marker nib allowed for some graceful variation in line weight. Even made two additional demo videos, video 1 and video 2, of sketching tests done on Clairefontaine Triomphe paper. Yet like with most felt marker nibs, the real issue is its durability since they generally have a tendency to get blunt and mushy at the tip. Plan to keep this refillable marker in my sketching kit this week to further test it on other papers and during class drawing demonstrations.
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