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Top Coloring Supplies

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Every year new coloring supplies come into the market and in 2020 these were the most popular & purchased items by the Coloring Book Addict Fans. They aren’t necessarily my preferred / recommended supplies so I have editorialized the list below. I’ve listed the top 10 coloring supplies in a few categories below.

Top Colored Pencils 2020

  1. Prismacolor Colored Pencils 72 Colors – Probably my favorite too. Prismacolor Colored Pencils various sizes
  2. Crayola Colored Pencils 50 Colors ( recommend Marco Raffines over these for pigmentation and blending)
  3. Castle Art Colored Pencils ( I haven’t heard of them but they have amazing Amazon reviews and a low price)
  4. Marco Raffine – 72 Colors (These are my favorite budget pencils)
  5. Sargeant Art Pencils 50 Pack
  6. Lyra Rembrandt 72 Colors
  7. Faber Castell 120 Colors – Tons of pigment in these color sticks they rank neck & neck with the Prisma’s for me.
  8. Staedtler Ergosoft Pencils (Johanna Basford’s favorites)
  9. Faber Castell Polychromos Artist Pencils 60 count
  10. Luminance Colored Pencils – the most amazing pencils money can buy, lightfast, creamy dreamy, uber-expensive buy oh my what a treat. I have a small set and adore them. I also use them in my mixed media art.

Top Coloring Gel Pens

  1. Color-it Gel Pens – These were a new supply for me in 2020 but WOW what a punch of glittery shimmery perfect color in my books. Plus the pack they come in is just fantastic.
  2. Sakura Gelly Roll Pens – Big box of 72 – a long time favorite of mine, particularly the sparkly set, you all know I can’t live without the clear sparkle pens that you can use over your pencils or marker marks.
  3. Uniball Signo White Pen in Bold – invaluable for making white highlights and other special features in your coloring.
  4. Reaeon Gel Pens – a set of 100 with 100 refills – 28 Glitter, 18 Metallic, 16 Neon, 15 Pastel, 14 Neon-Glitter, 6 Swirl, 3 Classic
  5. Tanmit Gel Pens set of 100 with 100 refills
  6. Gel Pens – a small set of 30
  7. Glitter Gel Pens, 100 Color
  8. Arteza Gel Pens, set of 60
  9. Shuttle Art Gel Pens, set of 180 with 180 refills
  10. Fiskars 48 Gel Pens
  1. Staedtler Fine Tips Markers – These are really the only markers I use in my books. Always recommended by our Queen Johanna Basford and still the best. They are bright, never bleed and come in enough colors (36) to keep me happy.
  2. Pentel Markers set of 36
  3. Staedtler Triplus Fineliner Pens – My go-to for fine liner pens in my books, another favorite of Johannas.
  4. Dual Tip Brush Marker Pens by Tanmit 
  5. Dual Tip Art Marker Pens Fine Point Journal Pens & Colored Brush Markers 
  6. iBayam Journal Planner Pens
  7. Arteza Real Brush Pens
  8. Ohuhu 40-color Alcohol Markers – Reminder! Alcohol markers bleed through paper so these should only be used on one-sided images with a barrier behind your coloring page
  9. BIC Intensity Fashion Permanent Markers
  1. Prismacolor Sharpener
  2. Staedtler Sharpener
  3. Kum 2 Hole Pencil Sharpener – This is my favorite, yes it’s a bit more expensive perhaps but it works on every pencil and never breaks them. Any of the Kum sharpeners are fantastic.
  4. Staedtler 512 001 ST Double-hole Tub Pencil Sharpener – this is my preferred Staedtler sharpener particularly if you have the ergosoft pencils.
  5. Faber-Castell Grip Trio Pencil Sharpener
  1. Derwent Blender Burnisher Set
  2. Mungyo Square Chalk, Soft Pastels for Backgrounds
  3. White Posca Pens – Fabulous option for white details in your coloring pages

I hope this helps you narrow down your choices if you don’t want to read through my in-depth supply pages on Colored Pencils, Markers, Gel Pens, and Background Materials.

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How to get white in your coloring book pictures

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Which white pencil, pen, crayon, mark-making device should I use to make areas of my project white? That’s one of the most asked questions in our Facebook group so I figured I should give you all my favorite white methods.

White Pencils

Of course, you have a white pencil in your set so one way if you want a large area to stay white is to color it first with the white pencil. You can also use your white pencil to blend other colors and to soften or lighten them up a shade. This doesn’t really work if you have already colored something in so let’s move on to another method. The Luminance White Pencil by Caran D’Ache is really the best white pencil to use for making things white as it is the most vibrant and you can buy it individually. It’s a softer method than those below but can be quite effective.

White Gel Pens

best way to get white in your coloring

There are a couple that we love and it just depends on your uses. Hands down my favorite are the Uniball Signo White Gel Pens This is a 3 pack of the broad point and it just keeps out performing other pens and it dries quite quickly. It works over all types of colored pencils and even watercolors & some acrylic paint. The picture I colored above shows you how well the Uniball pens show up even on light pastel type colors.

The next in line is the Gelly Roll White Gel Pen,  this one can fade into the pencils a little more than the Uniball but it’s a great choice if you can’t find my favorite.

White Paint Pens

White paint pens are the trickiest of these 3 options but give you the most reliable coverage over your colored pencils. You have to shake them each time you use them and prime them the first use by pressing on a piece of paper with the tip LIGHTLY until the ink flows.. do NOT do this ON your coloring book!! (I may have done that and ruined a page… OOPS!) .

White Sharpie

The most economical choice is the Sharpie WATERBASED White Paint Pen. ( I can’t find these locally but maybe your store carries them. Just be sure it doesn’t say OIL on the packaging) These come in Bold, Medium, Fine & Extra Fine.

White Posca Pen

These take a little longer to get the US but are worth the wait. This set of 3 has all 3 of the sizes, medium, fine & extra fine.

Dylusions Paint Pen

I confess, these just came out and I bought this set with black and white paint pens in it but haven’t had a chance to try it yet. I love the other Dylusions products and these other two options are often hard to find so hopefully they are filling a niche that is needed in the art supply section. Click to order Dyan Reaveley’s Dylusions Paint Pens in Black & White.

If you are new to coloring or just want to dive in a little deeper be sure to read our expansive supply recommendations along with our tips and tricks articles.

*How to Get Started with Adult Coloring Best Colored Pencils
*Best Gel Pens
*Best Markers that Don’t Bleed Through the Paper
* Background Supplies
*Coloring Tutorials
*13 Tips & Tricks for Colorists

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There are so many uses for white in your coloring, the obvious things like snowflakes or highlights in the eyes, but you can also use them for detailing as I show in the picture at the top of the page. You can also use any of these three options to soften color that’s gotten too strong where you want it highlighted, the pencils you use by blending but both the gel pens and the paint pens are liquid when you apply them so you can take a damp paintbrush or your finger (Yes.. my fingers always have colors on them) and smudge it in to get the effect you are looking for.

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