I absolutely love Coliro paints, and I’m so excited that we’re now stocking their beautiful palettes in our shop.
These are definitely my go to paints when I’m looking for something with a little bit of shimmer and a metallic look. These have come in handy for my wedding stationery projects, mainly lettering place cards and gift tags.
The range of colours is just lovely, I’ve decided to stock my 5 favourite palettes, I’m sure you’ll love them too!
These paints can be used with either a water brush pen or a pointed pen with a nib.
In this post I’ll mainly be covering how to use these with a nib, but if you’re a fan of brush pens, click here to watch a tutorial on how to layer these paints.
Once you’ve got a palette and are ready to start lettering, the first thing we want to do is to prepare the paints. Using a small / medium paint brush, start adding clean water to each pan.
You only need a little bit for the paint to activate and start to look shimmery. However, as we’ll be lettering with a nib, we need to ensure that the consistency is just right.
Once you’ve added a bit of water, start mixing the paint, it might take a while before it starts to look diluted and resembles an inky consistency - keep going, I usually mix it for about 40-60 seconds.
Once your paint is looking well diluted, use the brush and transfer the paint onto the back of your nib (making sure to cover the little whole / vent as that’s where the ink gets collected). Be generous, but try not to overfill it. Always shake off the excess to avoid big blobs of paint to come out of it and spoil your project.
Well done, keep going - try to experiment with different colours. If you’re lettering a phrase or quote - try doing each line in a different colour. Remember to rinse your brush very well before dipping it into another colour, we want to keep the paints clean so they show their real colour.
If you notice that your strokes appear very dry or nothing is coming out of your nib - it means that the paints aren’t diluted enough and probably need a bit more water.
Wait for your work to dry to see the final result - it gets so much shinier when it dries!
Hope you have fun and enjoy lettering with your new paints, they’ll last you a very long time. I bought my first one 6 years ago and still use it to this day. I’ve even taken it to my lettering classes for my students to try them out, and some pans are still half full.
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