Speedball Assorted Tips Elegant Writer, Set of 4, Black

Great to use on holiday as one only needs this ,a brush, pad of good cartridge paper and a bottle of water to produce interesting line and wash paintings

I bought these as a gift for my arty mum - it is not obvious from the packaging or description, but if you use these pens on wet media, the colours that constitute the black are separated chromatographically, and you get lovely bleeding blue/green and pink/purple.

Love these pens with water soluble ink - it changes colour when you add a little water to it - purples and blues. Great for arty projects.

Let's make this clear - don't buy these pens hoping to use them as-is for writing, as they are terrible when you try. They're not pleasant to write with, and can be scratchy to use - I cut the tip of one to make it a chisel nib, which made it a little better, but not by much. No, the reason you want these pens is because of the ink they use. Normally, it would be nothing special, but adding water separates it into beautiful blues, greens, and purples, meaning you can get really beautiful effects with ink and wash pieces. You can scribble the pen onto plastic, metal etc and add water, but you'll get better effects if you apply the pen straight to the paper and then brush with water afterwards. The effects can be pretty unpredictable, but are always beautiful. High recommended as an art tool, but not as a writing implement.

I bought these pens not to write with (although I do calligraphy) but to draw with as people were recommending them for use with water brushes/paint brushes. When you apply water to the ink from these pens you get wonderful pink and turquoise shades so you can have all sorts of great effects with them!

Very good pen set. Good selection of nibs with sharp definition. Ink is not water fast but I like this as I sometimes use the pens to draw with and can create a wash effect with water and brush.

They are pens……used for drawing

These pens might be fun to play with, and I only bought them out of curiosity really. If you seriously want to be able to do calligraphy (beautiful writing) there are no short cuts but to go to a calligraphy class. These pens are not better than some I bought years ago - too rough to run smoothly over ones paper.