Hi friend, and welcome back to my blog! In today’s post I wanted to chat about my recent experience with Arteza’s acrylic markers.

I purchased the pack of 40 colors in their Cyber Monday sale a while back. I think 2022? Yes, 2022.

Flash forwards two years, and I’ve fallen head over heels in love with sketchbook drawing again. So to kickstart my new creative habit, I thought I’d dig out my beautiful set of Arteza markers.

PS: This is a non-gifted review. I love doing gifted reviews too, but this one just happened to be something I purchased because I… Well, I was intrigued!

I drew nudibranchs! For this piece I tested the Arteza acrylic markers and I also used an Arteza notebook. I absolutely loved working with these markers.

As mentioned before, I bought these markers back in 2022, so I was low key worried that they’d gone stale. But my fears were unfounded and they were good as new! Gotta say, I was thoroughly impressed by this.

Back in my high school days when I was learning how to paint, acrylics were my medium of choice. And while recent years have shifted me more towards digital art, I still love to reach for my traditional paints now and again.

I’ve used Arteza’s tube acrylics before and I absolutely love them. They’re among my favorite acrylic paints. They’re medium viscosity in my opinion (aka I didn’t look it up but that’s what they felt like in practice). I like that about them. Medium viscosity makes it easy to create gradients, and if you want a solid coat, you won’t have to do many layers before achieving it.

As far as to which is my favorite, I wouldn’t be able to tell you. I think the two are different enough to justify buying both (hehe, you’re welcome). They compliment each other quite well, and I can imagine them working nicely together in a sketchbook page. Perhaps I should try this next?

I loved the flow of these acrylic paint markers. Like the tube paints, they’ve got a medium thickness which makes them ideal for gradient work. I imagine I’ll use them a lot for drawing on clay earrings going forwards.

All in all? 10 out of 10. I loved working with them.

Pro tip: don’t throw out the spare tips that come with the pens! I did, and I regret it, because I suspect the packet had some fine tips in there. Don’t quote me on that, though.

Want to see these markers in action? Watch me try them out in this YouTube video:

Colors used:

• Bumblebee Yellow
• Fluorescent Pink
• Titanium White
• Rose Pink

I hope you enjoyed my little review! I use affiliate links in my blog articles, which helps me set aside time to create more cozy content for you.

I hope this article inspires you to create. Love, Evy ~