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I love the aquapainter. You get more of a watercolor look with these than with the blender pens. I especially love them for coloring in large areas. Oh forgot to add I use them the same way as the blender pens.
The aqua painters and blender pens are two different things.
The blender pens have some sort of magical chemical inside of them. Not water. They have small tip brushes, a medium brush that goes to a nice fine point, and there is a brush on each end, and 3 in a pack for $9.95.
The Aqua Painters are larger, two in the package, one with a very large brush, one is medium. You fill them with water, and it's like water coloring with the water right there. You control the flow a bit, there's like a little "thingie" on the side.
The blender pens can be used to pick up color from chalks or ink pads, then you color with them. You can also use them on water color pencils, to blur the color. When the tip gets dirty, you run it on paper til it's clear. Even when the tip is well used and looks dirty, you can still get a clean brush.
There is a refill recipe out there, but if you use them a lot, the tips finally, eventually, get mushy anyway. I haven't bothered to refill mine, too much work, and they aren't that expensive. Mine last well more than a year.
Hope that helps!
__________________ Kathy Wrose "Fun must be always." - Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks "It was fun." - Kirk, Star Trek: Generations
I have the blender pens and I do like them, I just saw that the aqua painter looked like brighter colors. I wondered if you would use them with chalk, and if youo would dip it into the chalk like I do for the blender pen. I guess from what you guys have written that you would use it with ink. I like the idea of putting the ink on a plastic lid or something similar. I like the look alot, I was just a little surprised at the cost. :?
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I wouldn't use the aqua painter on chalk - I think you'd get wet chalk. I do use chalk a lot, so use the blender pens there a good bit. You get a bright color than you do just using q-tips or other applicators.
I read somewhere that someone uses the aqua painters more for larger areas. I haven't had mine more than a couple months, so only used it a few times.
__________________ Kathy Wrose "Fun must be always." - Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks "It was fun." - Kirk, Star Trek: Generations
The aquapainter is also great with ink from a refill bottle (straight or watered down) - gives vibrant color. Works well with palette style watercolors too. I also LOVE using it with Twinkling H2O's.
Now you have made me want them! :? Everytime I think I have everything, I read on this site something ELSE that I have to get! :shock: Now I have two more things I 'have' to get: H2O's and aqua painters! I get such a kick out of stamping, and I love all the techniques that I learn on this site!! Now, if I could just get my husband to like it as much as I do.......... :lol:
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I like it with water soluble crayons which you can find at most stamp stores. I don’t see those crayons in the SU catalog. I usually emboss my design on glossy or semi glossy card stock (this doesn’t warp when wet) and then add the color. I touch the wet bristles to the crayon to pick up color. They will last forever that way.
I’ve also used it with the ink from the pad and liked the results. I’ve stamped the design with Classic black and used the aquapainter and didn’t get a smear. That’s what sold me on Classic.
I did read awhile back, that the Aqua Painters are best on our Confetti papers - that the ultrasmooth white, for example, wouldn't stand up to the water.
Has anyone been able to use it like that, without too much sogginess?
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I have used it a lot on US, no problems. I guess it depends how many times you go over the same spot with the brush. I know that US is meant to hold up to spritzing the whole surface with water.
i have posted this tip a couple of times and apologize to those who have read this before, but it really works!
After you stamp your image on the cardstock - I use us white all the time, spray lightly with Krylon Matte Spray. Then apply colored/watercolor pencils,
blender pens, aqua painters, etc. The color spreads beautifully and the cardstock won't absorb so much of the water.
If too much water is applied, the cardstock will still curl a little, but not as much as it would if it's not sprayed.
How do you use the aqua painter?
