Brush Pens Are Perfect for Christmas Cards!

I needed to make Christmas cards for my family, but I didn’t bring anything with me to America. Today, mom and I went to Michaels to buy supplies.

I was going to buy regular markers, but we got to the pen aisle and I found really nice brush pens for the same price as gel pens. I figured that was a pretty decent deal, so I got the brush pens. I’ve never really used them before, but I’d seen people use them and they looked really fun.

The pack I bought has 10 basic colors, but they mix really easily and I can make pretty much any other color. Water makes them spread out even more, like water colors. They’re two-sided, so there’s a brush side and a regular marker side.

Now, I needed to make a lot of cards, and I figured it would take a long time, maybe even a few days. I’m just a couple hours in, though, and I’ve already made four! The brush pens are really easy and they look nice. My favorite thing to draw so far is a Christmas tree.

The star on top is drawn with the marker side and so are the lines connecting the bulbs to the tree. The rest is freehanded with the brush side. For the trunk, I don’t have brown, so I layered orange and gray.

This is just one example of the mAnY oPPuRTunITiES you have with brush pens. If you’ve never used them before, give something new a try!