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Alcohol-based markers can be some of the best tools in any artist’s arsenal. Whether you are an accomplished artist, a creative crafter, or a beginning hobbyist, markers like Chameleon Pens will help you take your creativity up a notch. They can easily integrate into any project you’re working on.
To understand how they work and how to unlock their full potential, it’s important to know what an alcohol-based marker is and how it differs from your standard water-based marker. An alcohol marker has pigment or dye suspended in alcohol, making them fluid and fast-drying. With vibrant color and the ability to layer and blend seamlessly, they are a must-have item for most artists. An added bonus is that you can use these permanent markers on a wide variety of surfaces. From fabric and wood to ceramics and plastic, you don’t have to limit yourself just to paper.
Chameleon Pens is an innovative product that combines a high-quality alcohol marker and Mixing Chamber. By infusing the pen nib with the Mixing Chamber, you can create incredible gradations of color in a single stroke. Known for achieving “Color like no other,” the revolutionary marker opens up even greater possibilities when it comes to creating high-level art.
To get the most out of these refillable markers, let’s look at some of the key coloring techniques that a Chameleon Pen can accomplish with ease.
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Gradients
It all starts here! The colorless blending solution in the Mixing Chamber opens up endless possibilities for creating gradients of color. The range of hues you create depends on you—the longer the fuse time, the greater the variation. And thanks to Chameleon Pens’ innovative technology, you can use one pen to do the work of many. These gradients can be used to add highlight and shadow to your drawings with ease, allowing for greater dimension in your artwork.
Blending
Bright, crisp color is one of the hallmarks of alcohol markers. As they dry quickly, you can easily layer color to build up the dimension in your work without worrying that the colors will appear muddy. Using a slight touch, you can feather colors onto one another for a seamless transition that isn’t possible with other types of markers. This overlay allows you to create new colors right on the page. If you think about the fact that there are 52 Chameleon Pen colors to select from even before you start layering, this gives an idea of the endless color combinations that are right at your fingertips.
Color Mixing
Photo: Jessica Stewart / My Modern Met
Get creative with the color wheel by using Color Tops with Chameleon Pens. Sold in packs of 5, you can pick up coordinating Skin Tones, Earth Tones, Warm Tones, and many more. By infusing your pen with ink from the Color Top, you can really let your imagination go wild. You could use colors from the same family to create a blend that goes from light to dark or experiment by blending complementary colors.
It’s even possible to stack your colors by infusing your Chameleon Pen with more than one color top to get a silky blend of shades to make your artwork pop.
Photo: Jessica Stewart / My Modern Met