Adult colouring books - What do you use to colour them in with?

[Deathraystare]

Might sound a daft question but do you use colour pencils - if so what make.

What do you use?

I used colour pencils in the past but they were scratchy and hardly showed up.

Pencils look at the reviews on Amazon and don’t go to cheap

I use good quality felt tip colouring pens, have some finer tips ones for the delicate bits

Fountain pens with coloured ink. So satisfying.

Pencils and gel pens. I absolutely love the glittery ones. I have this set.

www.amazon.co.uk/Colours-Glitter-Colouring-Marker-Coloring/dp/B07V3RD3Y8/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=gel+pens+for+adult+colouring&sprefix=gel+pens&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1626883150&sr=8-8

black widow wax pencils from amazon

Black Widow wax pencils here too. The colours have great names.

Coloured pencils and fineliners

If your coloured pencils were scratchy and faint then you probably bought cheap ones.

Buy some artist quality ones e.g. Derwent, Prismacolour, Faber Castell, Staedtler etc.

At the very least, something like WHSmith or Crayola will probably be decent but not as good as the above.

Get a decent metal sharpener too as coloured pencils are difficult to sharpen.

You can use felt tips but they might soak through depending on the paper quality and thickness.

Thanks so much for your replies!

I have ordered both the glitter pens and the Black Widow ones (they look super cool!)

Strawberrydonuts - yep bought cheap ones (blush!)

Watercolour pencils. Love them.

Gel pens mostly.

Staedtler ergosoft. Really nice buildable colours and they sharpen well.

Staedtler fineliners, these ones: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00VY9U9W0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_50RP4J1YS8YB3ER4NV96?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

@Deathraystare

Thanks so much for your replies!

I have ordered both the glitter pens and the Black Widow ones (they look super cool!)

They're probably on a par with WHSmith/ Crayola for quality - a lot of gimmicky marketing in the black wood tbh - but will be better than what you've got. Enjoy.