In this tutorial I’ll teach you how to do direct blending with your Tombow Dual Brush Pens. Direct blending means that you will be putting color directly onto the paper, and then blending the colors together using the Tombow Colorless Blender Pen (this pen comes in all of the sets I’ve linked in the supplies below).
Below are some zoomed in examples of direct blending from the video you can find below. You can see how I’ve blended multiple colors together to make them bleed into each other – they almost have a watercolor effect.
In case you missed my previous tutorials, you can click here to watch the first video where you can learn basic calligraphy techniques, or you can click here to learn how to do basic lettering with Tombow Dual Brush Pens.
If you’re ready to learn how to do direct blending, read below to see what supplies you need, and then watch the video!
Supplies:
- Grayscale Tombow Dual Brush Pen Set (includes the gray marker I used in the video) – shop Amazon here, and Michaels here
- Galaxy Tombow Dual Brush Pen Set – shop Amazon here, and Michaels here
- Bright Tombow Dual Brush Pen Set (assorted colors) – shop Amazon here, and Michaels here
- Canson XL Series Watercolor Pad 9″x12″ – shop Amazon here, and Michaels here
- Canson Artist Series Montval Watercolor Pad 9″x12″ – shop Amazon here, and Michaels here
- White Card Stock -shop Amazon here, and Michaels here
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Instructions:
I would love to see some of your calligraphy and hand lettering! I share a lot of my lettering on my Instagram page (you can find me at @shescraftyandsheknowsit on IG) – feel free to tag me in some of your lettering so that I can cheer you on and see your gorgeous work!
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