SFAIH Acrylic Creative Markers Set of 48 with Organizer, 3mm Medium Tips, Waterproof, Fast Drying, Holiday Gift Idea - Art Supplies, Fabric Paint, Rock Painting, Art Markers

These make great paint pens. The ink flows freely and the large nib (I’d say closer to 5mm) is perfect for filling large spaces or drawing thicker lines. I’ve been using them (along with others) for about 6 months and they still work well and haven’t run out of ink yet. I’m a rock painter and will be ordering these again when I use these up. Very good value for the price.

Great product neat and smooth drawing! Doesn't take too long to dry great quality and lasts long, recommend buying not a waste!

Very much like Poscas. Some of the colors look identical, in fact, including one of the yellows, the light green, the red, and the black and white. The blues and purples are different. They seem to pump/fill a bit faster than Poscas, although they are extremely similar at a much more reasonable price point. The yellows seemed a bit more opaque. Same factory maybe?? Required little shaking to get them started compared to other markers I've used. Love them. Wish they had more colors and other sizes/nibs. UPDATE: I bought the new 36 set and the paint seemed a bit thinner. There is a nice range of blues and purples, although they could've varied the tones (or even the hues) of the purples. Same for the yellows. When overlapping to fill a larger area, the sheen is a bit different ranging from matte to satin. I need to compare these to the first set I got. Several colors are like Poscas, but they have unique colors not available in the Posca line, including the yellows and the cool greens. One criticism of this set is that except for the really light green, they are all blue-leaning greens. This set needs one or two warm greens. An emerald or middle-of-the road green. It seems like the selection of colors was intentional in the way they filled in the missing Posca colors, but also careless as they should have spent more time tweaking the colors. The oranges have a lot of white in them. Similar to Posca, but too much white. This is just one example of where they needed to put forth more time before releasing a product. Definitely the sheen, film of these markers is different from Posca. Posca's are all matte (you can feel the roughness). It took a lot of chemistry to develop this as every pigment has its own sheen (yes, some pigments are glossy and need added agents to make them more matte). One of the markers released liquid orange paint that flew through the air when I used it (and landed on my table). These definitely seem more liquid than the other sets I bought. So, nitpicking aside, I like these. They work well with Poscas and are very similar except not quite as matte or consistently matte. As a standalone set, the greens are lacking in hues. But for the money you pay, they're a nice addition to a marker collection. The listing now says they are lightfast. I am going to test them, as Posca reds, pinks, browns (and probably purples) fade a lot, and the lightfast ones available from other companies don't perform as well as these or Poscas as Liquitex and Amsterdam have not perfected their paint formulas (they have been selling markers long enough to make them better quality also). Being lightfast is huge, if, in fact they are, and it would be nice to see this company share how they were tested--or include lightfast ratings. One other marker dealer, Tooli-Art claims to be lightfast, but the proof is in the pudding, and when companies don't rate the lightfastness or the testing standards, it doesn't lend a lot of credibility to the claims, but let's hope this, that SFAIH is telling the truth and their reds, pinks, and purples are really lightfast, which makes them truly artist grade... After using these, I was able, after letting them dry for a couple weeks, to use a brush-on, Liquitex matte varnish full strength, no fussing. Note, I was able to do this with Poscas too. The key is to let the paint sit for a length of time, not try to do it the same day or even the next day because they will bleed if the paint has not cured. One you use a matte or other varnish, the discrepancies in finish disappear. One more feature to mention, these have numbers available on the ends for your charts. Will they be sold open stock? Would be lovely to see these in small nib sizes with nib replacements (I am wondering if they will take Posca nibs)... Great Buy.

At first, I felt these pens were super nice and I still think they are better than most acrylic marker pens out there, but I am experiencing some things that I do not like about them. First of all, I don't like the nibs which are bigger than I prefer, but that is not the most important thing. The paint almost flows too freely from some of the markers that I have used so far and I am finding now that some of them are leaking and when I take the top off, paint is everywhere. I also discovered that once the paint comes onto the surface of the canvas or paper, whatever surface you are working on, the color changes from what you expected it to be by looking at the nib of the pen and the cap. The colors don't jive at all on SOME of the markers and you can easily be mislead or lay down the wrong color. I usually use Posca paint markers and I returned several different brands of Markers that were flawed and I will only stick with Posca markers in the future. They are superior to every other marker I have used, including this brand. I will say though again, that this brand is not bad, and much better than most others I have tried in the past, distant and recent. I am using them now and will continue to use them up, but I won't buy them again unless they make adjustments. This is probably a confusing review because they have their good and bad qualities. I would not warn everyone against them at all. I would say, especially if you are on a fixed budget, give them a try because they are better than many other markers....unfortunately, once you have used an excellent product like Posca, it's hard to not criticize other brands, but you need to make that decision for yourself. Reviews can be helpful, but not the be all, end all of everything.

I’ve tried many paint markers. I’ve tried the Walmart brand, I’ve tried shuttle art, and recently got the Grabie markers as well. The brush tips on those other brand worked great for a bit but then seemed to run out of paint. They were thinner and took multiple layers of paint. But THESE markers are AWESOME. I’m a huge sucker for fine tip or brush tips but these weren’t difficult to use at all. They gave me consistent paint flow and were super pigmented. I’m painting clipboards with a mix of these and the Grabie pens and they are awesome. I 100% recommend and splurge for the big one!! The colors may look similar on the caps but they’re not.