Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - Purple

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Description

The innovative design of these SAI brush pens from Akashiya is what helped it win the 2007 ISOT Stationery of the Year award in Japan. SAI brushes have the potential to revolutionize painting as we know it, allowing artists to create beautiful artwork from an elegant, non-messy tool. The brushes are a great combination of traditional sumi-e (Asian art) brush quality and modern brush functionality and portability.

SAI brushes are the first of its kind to reproduce water-soluble brushes in a self-contained, disposable form. It can be used with a water brush (such as the Pentel Aquash) to produce amazing gradients and effects. Colors can be mixed with water to create lighter shades, combined with other colors to create new colors, etc. The brushes are always ready to paint whenever you are, and you can cap them when you are finished. No wonder they created so much buzz in Japan. JetPens is proud to search out great products like these and bring them to you!

The following pictures show some painting techniques and example artwork that can be created using these brushes:

There are 20 beautiful individual brush ink colors. See what they look like either unaltered or diluted on paper below:

A special pigment ink waterproof outline brush is also available for drawing purposes. The following picture shows a leaf drawn with an outline brush and a leaf drawn using the regular black water-soluble brush:

Like many watercolors, the SAI brush colors other than black are not light resistant, so colors will fade if kept in sunny areas. These brushes are perfect for journaling or painting artwork for indoors.

Specs

Model Number	AKASHIYA CA200-08
Shipping Weight	0.40 oz
Body Color	Black
Body Material	Plastic
Cartridge-Compatible	No
Clippable	No
Diameter - Grip	9 mm
Diameter - Max	9 mm
Grip Color	Black
Grip Material	Plastic
Ink Characteristics	Water-Soluble
Length - Capped	16.9 cm
Length - Posted	19.1 cm
Length - Uncapped	15.8 cm
Mechanism	Capped
Pre-Installed Ink Color	Purple
Tip Length	9 mm
Tip Material	Synthetic Hair
Tip Replaceable	No

Reviews

9 people found this helpful

These brush pens definitely..., May 21, 2010

By ale... - See all my reviews

This review is from Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 20 Color Set

These brush pens definitely have their pros and cons.

Pros:

-Excellent Blending (with water & the other colors)
-Great Brushes (that are not too soft or hard and they're not imitation foam brushes)
-Light Weight/Travel Friendly (I take them anywhere and everywhere)
-No Odor/No Mess

Cons:

-No light-fastness (this is a HUGE deal-breaker for me)
-Not meant for large artwork (painting an entire 8/11" page will be T-E-D-I-O-U-S!)
-Little Ink (For the price you would expect the chambers to be full of ink!!! If I knew
that these were just glorified markers with brush tips on the ends I would have
just settled for Crayola Brand.)

Final Judgement:

These pens allow me to PAINT (actually paint!!!) without the mess and can be used/taken anywhere. While I have my complaints about these pens, I cannot put them down!!! Although these pens will not fully replace an actual water color and brush set, they are so convenient that at the moment I use nothing else!!!

4 people found this helpful

love them!!!! there the..., March 24, 2011

By Quistiscan - See all my reviews

This review is from Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 20 Color Set

love them!!!! there the best and this is my first time using watercolor pencils:), if anything the color is amazing the tips are fine and prefect! and they can work with any medium!!!

tip- they work very well with copic markers and ink pens:)

1 person found this helpful

I absolutely love these!..., July 21, 2012

By dan... - See all my reviews

This review is from Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 5 Spring Color Set

I absolutely love these! We picked them for my son to use when drawing and coloring. They are so convenient to use that we get to avoid the whole setup and clean up involved when using regular paint. In fact, we will often draw and paint pictures while he is sitting in bed, right before going to sleep. They are also very convenient for car trips because they don't cause a mess. We have bought the other sets of colors and we haven't had any problems except for one black brush pen that started to leak. That was one problem color out of about twenty, and it happened after having used it trouble-free for a good long while. I really recommend these brush pens for trouble-free painting!

1 person found this helpful

I bought this one to..., January 11, 2011

By rea... - See all my reviews

This review is from Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 20 Color Set

I bought this one to try out before getting the whole set and after the first stroke I wish I had the whole set. If you have used Akashiya's Fude disposable brush or Pentel's pocket brush, this is the same feel. The Pentel brush has more width diversity but that one has longer bristles. It looks really good even before you put water on the ink. If you do watercolors or brush painting this is a good buy. I gave it four stars for not being refillable. The length of the brush is really a good compromise, long so it has a larger ink capacity but not so long that it does not fit in most pockets and needs a special case.

1 person found this helpful

I've been buying these..., August 1, 2010

By April.hurtado - See all my reviews

This review is from Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 20 Color Set

I've been buying these in the 5-pen sets. Since I can't spring for it all at once.
But I have most now and boy do I love them.

I love the water-based media and since I like to bike and move around alot I bought these. They let me paint spontanesly whenever I break at the park, without the fuss of using a cup of water and brush and pans taking up room in my pack. (Now I can carry my extra snacks _3)
I like how you can dilute them simply by dipping them in a bit of water, how brilliant they come out, and the small sets are beutifully matched to eachother, and they do blend well.
They don't replace my watercolors entirely, but for the artist on the go they are fun and really worth it.

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