An Illustration in its simplest form, is a picture or drawing to help explain a piece of text, but in the world of art it gets much broader than that. With the increase in on screen film and tv, especially in cartoon format, illustration has seen a huge increae, and artists use illustration drawings to depict their favourite characters in new, and interesting ways. The same applies to characters in books, where illustrators will dpeict their own image of how they expect a character to appear, and then share them out over the wider internet and artist communities. Generally an illustrative drawing is constructed using block colours, with either marker pens, colouring pens, colouring pencils or fineliners. Below is a selection of pens that are great for illustration.
A beautiful array of floral themed colouring pencils, perfect for drawing flowers and petals.
A set of twenty four essential colouring pencils with outstanding drawing qualities, perfect for beginners and experienced artists.
A set of twenty-four nature inspired colouring pencils, perfect for drawing scenery, landscapes, animals and much more.
A deluxe set of 'Primary' colouring pencils, perfect for drawing and colouring almost any subject.
A set of premium quality colouring pencils ideal for adding shading and tones to your art work.
A set of twelve bold and bright colouring pencils, superb for layering and blending to give your artwork depth.
A set of twelve 'Soft Tint' colouring pencils, perfect for creating understated pastel toned imagery.
Dermatologically tested skin marker perfect for labelling and marking of skin.
The calligraphy marker creates the most beautiful writing even on rough surfaces.
Gel ink rollerball stick pens that uses sparkly glitter ink.
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A stylish needlepoint rollerball pen with a handy pen-loop on the cap.
A set of six dual tipped metallic markers, containing a variety of beautifully metallic shades.
A set of six metallic markers including a variety of 'Precious Metal' themed colours.
Paint marker that create a lovely silk-matte finish ideal for writing and decorating on rough, dark surfaces.
Mechanical pencils with colour coded lead widths.
Popular mechanical pencils from Rotring.
A tin of five Lumograph Aquarell pencils that comes with a brush.
Earth themed watercolour markers perfect for creating scenery and landscape style artworks.
Nature themed watercolour markers, ideal for creating paintings of scenery, landscapes and animals.
Botanical themed water-based marker pens, ideal for creating imagery of flowers and floral designs.
Floral themed watercolour markers, great for making floral designs and paintings.
Brightly coloured water-based marker pens, perfect for beginners and advanced artists.
A set of twelve 'Primary' coloured watercolour markers, essential for creating water-based art pieces.
Landscape themed watercolour markers, perfect for painting your favourite scenery and even gardens.
Essential watercolour markers, perfect for painting and mixed media projects.
