Jenny's Crayon Collection: Paint Markers

Posca Green Shade Makers with Two New Colors!

Did you know that Posca came out with 2 brand new colors in 2025? The new colors Posca colors are Grape Green and Forest Green. This brings the total number of Posca colors to 71 colors.

The new colors are available in the Posca Green Shade M box that has 7 shades of green and one black color. Posca also came out with different shades and palettes; yellow shade, purple shade, warm tones, monotone, earth tones, darks and cool tones.

Here are all the markers.

Here is the back of the box. The colors in the Posca green shade set include: grape green 87, light green 5, apple green 72, green 6, forest green 88, english green 83, khaki green 7 and black 24.

Sharpie Creative Earth Tone Acrylic Markers

Sharpie has definitely gone to town with releasing paint/acrylic markers which they term the Sharpie Creative marker. In 2025 along Sharpie came up with two more palette sets, warm and Earth Tone for the bullet tip and 36 fine tip colors. I am not sure why they have not made more brush colors. Maybe there was something wrong with the marker and they had to figure it out? This is the Earth Tone set of Sharpie Creative markers in the bullet tip from 2025.

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The colors are not on the marker unfortunately. I am going to label them with B, Basic, E, Earth Tone and W, Warm. Sharpie provided me names for these markers.

Color Information

The colors in the Earth Tone Sharpie Creative marker set are: Rose Quartz, Crimson, Terracotta, Golden Clay, Moss Green, Eucalyptus, Topaz, Cerulean, Indigo, Sandstone, Amethyst, and Lilac.

Here are the Creative Markers on black paper. The colors excel on the white paper, but some of the colors are lost on the black paper.

Here is what the tips look like.

Here is some artwork I made with the markers. I combined with the other color palette set.

I made this one with lots of hearts in honor of Valentine's Day hearts.

This one was made for the Wicked movie For Good made entirely with the Earth Tone set.

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Crayola Paint Markers are the Worst Paint Markers

One of the great things about Crayola is that they were one of the front runners and innovators for crayons, chalk, colored pencils and markers. Their products are the beginner products that are used in classrooms across the world. It is the first supply company that people are introduced to. But in the past 25 years they have really missed the mark with innovative products and their attempts at paint markers is case in point.

I had high hopes for the metallic outline markers and liquid metal markers that came out in the 2020's. They have really pretty packaging and the artwork on the boxes looks amazing. But alas Crayola really miss missed the mark with paint markers.

The biggest problem is the markers is some of them take FORVER to activate. I was activating some of these for 5-10 minutes. Instead of making 4 types of markers, Crayola should focus on making one marker type really well.

For example, the glitter and metallic activate differently. One does not need to be shaken and the tip does not compress to let more ink out, but the other does. I make the mistake of trying to compress one of the one that did not and the marker tip got stuck.
The metallic outline markers are good in theory, but really gimmicky.
The liquid metal markers are okay. Those were the hardest to activate. I think some of the ink got stuck and it did not want to come out.
The color palette is horrible too. They should just do a basic color palette without the glitter and sparkles especially in the signature line.

Overall the markers are just really bad and do not come close to competing with other paint markers.

The liquid metal definitely look better on black paper. The meallic look okay on black paper and the glitter which I thought would be the best looks the worst. The metallic outline just looks white on the paper. (The titles were written using a posca marker)

Here are all the markers. The presentation is nice. They all have names, but Crayola should really focus on what is inside of the marker instead of the outside right now. If the product does not work it does not matter what it looks like.

Crayola Signature Liquid Metal Markers

Crayola Metallic Markers

Crayola Glitter Markers

Copic Acrea Paint Markers

Copic has long been the leader in the alcohol marker market. Last year in 2024 Copic decided to enter the world of paint markers. The Copic Acrea markers are a water-based paint marker that come in 24 opaque colors. They work on both black and white paper. They can be used on any surface; wood, glass, paper, fabric, etc.

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The fine nib size 0.8mm is great for detail work, but as I found out it is a little hard to paint a whole page with the size of markers. It would be great if the colors were available in various sizes.

Find the markers at Blick

I painted/colored the Van Gogh Starry Night. I was able to blend the markers and get a good brush stroke for the detail areas, but wished it was a little bigger. It would may not have taken as long if I had a little larger tip or a brush tip.

Colors

The Copic Acrea colors are: flamingo pink, dark rose, tomato red, coral pink, red bean, mandarin orange, custard beige, mustard yellow, cream yellow, lemon yellow, gold, apple green, leaf green, peacock green, indigo blue, sky blue, turquoise blue, lilac, pansy, snow white, cool gray, silver rich black and sepia.

The color palette is nice and especially good for pastel work. Some of the names are traditional, some a a little out there, snow white, tomato red and read bean.

Copic says the markers will work with the alcohol markers. I am not sure on the lightfastness of these markers. Alcohol markers are not light fast, but these might be. It would be a good test to do.

The drawback to these markers is they are sold individually in 4 different themed packs: vivid, essentials, light and deep. They are pricey too for what is in the package.

Here are all the different color packs and what comes in each.

The Essentials Copic Acrea pack includes: gold, silver, sepia, cool gray, rich black, and snow white.

The Deep Copic Acrea pack includes: indigo blue, pansy, peacock green, mustard yellow, red bean, and dark rose.

The Light Copic Acrea pack includes: lilac, turquoise blue, apple green, cream yellow, custard beige, and coral pink.

The Vivid Copic Acrea pack includes: sky blue, leaf green, lemon yellow, mandarin orange, tomato red, and flamingo pink.

Here is the back of the boxes.

Sharpie Creative Markers Bullet and Brush Tips

Sharpie has offcially made paint markers! I saw these a year and a half ago at Creativation. They were a secret at the time, but I was so excited that Sharpie was going in the paint brush marker market. They offcially came out this year 2024.

The Sharpie Creative Markers come in a brush and bullet tip. The brush tips are my favorite. The bullet tips are really large and soft and hard to work with.

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Find the markers at Blick

The colors included in both the bullet and brush tip are: red, orange, yellow, light green, aqua green, turquoise, blue, purple, pink, gray and black. I saw the other day online there are going to be be 12 more colors.

The thing that drives me absolutely bonkers is they do not put the color names on the markers. They made this mistake with the alcohol markers. It makes markers super annoying to use. I hope they soon rectify this and put marker names on the marker especially as they expand the line.

This colors are super opaque and work well on top of one another and on black paper. The colors are a bit muted and are really good for a pastel like feel for art. The one worry I have with these markers is they may dry out, but so far they have worked when I go to use them.

I made this quote "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart". I used the brush markers to draw lines and the bullet tips for the lettering. I used the white paint marker to create shadows.

Here are the tips for the brush tips.

Here are the tips for the bullet tips.

These markers come in blister packs and can not be bought individually. I store markers that come in blister packs in Crafters Companion storage to make them easy to use.

Here are the packages for the Creative Markers. Find the markers at Blick

Karin Decobrush Metallic Markers

Do you want to see some really cool metallic brush markers? The Karin Decobrush Metallic markers are a paint marker that produce a metallic effect. I love these markers because they look super nice. The line it self does tend to dry out a little.

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Find these at Blick Art Materials.

I made this lettering piece with the markers and a Sharpie bullet tip marker. I was inspired by the Greatest Showman.

The colors for the Karin Metallic markers are: metallic black, metallic pink, metallic violet, metallic blue, metallic green, metallic light green, metallic copper, metallic red gold, metallic gold, and metallic silver.