Aqua Painters or Blender Pens?

[cas79]

Which do you prefer? Up until this point I have only used blender pens but as we all know they eventually dry up. So I have a question for those of you who have used the Aqua Painters. Do they ever become shall I say yucky or dull?! I like how the blender pens can make a sharp line when they're brand new but since I go through them so much it tends to get expensive. Do the Aqua Painters last longer? Since I'll be ordering the Stampin Pastels I was wondering what everyone else prefers. Thanks ahead of time for your opinions!

[Jeanne S]

I like the Blender pens with the pastels & watercolor pencils. But I love the AquaPainter with Classic Ink (from the lid) and Watercolor Wonder Crayons.

[LDSDinks1993]

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Originally Posted by Jeanne S

I like the Blender pens with the pastels & watercolor pencils. But I love the AquaPainter with Classic Ink (from the lid) and Watercolor Wonder Crayons.

I agree! Although I do not have the watercolor wonder crayons yet - I use the blender pens with the pastels and pencils and aquapainter with the ink

[kthaman]

I prefer the blender pens. I like lots of control and the blender pens do that.

If I want a really watery effect, I'll use the aquapainter. And when I use an aquapainter, I use it with no water in it and I have a small bowl of water that I dip the painter into...for me it is just a glorified paintbrush.

[uffdastamper]

I like them both and prefer the blender pen for certain things, but then again I prefer the aquapainter for other projects. I would say that I use my aquapainter a lot more than my blender pens. As far as the fine lines, I bought a smaller finer aquapainter brush for this ~ I don't have the SU aquapainters. I bought some from Hobby Lobby and love them, not that SU's aren't great I just couldn't wait and wanted some right away. I have had mine for only about 4-5 months, they are still in good shape, they haven't worn out yet and I use them a lot.

[newtnewt]

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Originally Posted by cas79

Which do you prefer? Up until this point I have only used blender pens but as we all know they eventually dry up. So I have a question for those of you who have used the Aqua Painters. Do they ever become shall I say yucky or dull?! I like how the blender pens can make a sharp line when they're brand new but since I go through them so much it tends to get expensive. Do the Aqua Painters last longer? Since I'll be ordering the Stampin Pastels I was wondering what everyone else prefers. Thanks ahead of time for your opinions!

You need the blender pen to use with pastels. The aqua painter is too wet to use and leaves too much moisture in your pastels.

[cas79]

Thanks for all of the advice!

[Joan B]

One more thing -- I love the blender pens with the water color crayons. try outlining a stamped image (inside) with the crayon and then use the blender pen to lightly dab -- it blends beautifully and with MUCH less mess than an aquapainter.