{"id":1847,"date":"2019-06-04T08:55:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T07:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2019-06-04T08:55:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T07:55:10","slug":"chameleon-pens-by-natasha-alliston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/2019\/06\/04\/chameleon-pens-by-natasha-alliston\/","title":{"rendered":"Chameleon pens by Natasha Alliston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI\nsaw a video quite some time ago on Facebook were an artist was using the\nChameleon pens and ever since I have been hoping that we would get some into\nstock and to my surprise and delight we finally received them this month. …Of\ncourse I just had to try them out and purchase some for myself for my\ncalligraphy!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chameleon pens are alcohol based which means you are able to use them along side ProMarkers and Copic Chio which we also stock in stores and online. Like the ProMarkers and Copic Chio the Chameleon pens are double ended \u2013 brush one end and a bullet tip the other, but what makes these pens different is they have a third end which houses a colourless tip. Chameleon also have Colour Tops which means you are able to blend 2 colours easily together to get a nice graduation of colour. Although you are able to do this with both the ProMarkers and Copic Chio with the slot in tops it makes the Chameleon pens easier to use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe\nbest paper to use for these pens would most likely be a marker pad but as I use\nthe Botanical Hot Pressed watercolour pad for a lot of my calligraphy I decided\nto try the pens on that. I feel this helped the blending of the pens as the ink\nseeps into the paper and spreads a little, which is helpful when filling in\nletters. I used the Primary Chameleon pen set and the Pastel Tops and a black\nPC-1MR Posca paint pen for the outline of the lettering.
\nI first laid out my lettering in pencil before inking in the final lines as I\nwanted to make sure I was happy with the layout of the wording. I used the\ncolour names of the pens so I am able to show the colours though out me playing\naround with the pens. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOnce\nI was happy with the layout and style of the lettering I then started to add\ncolour.  You are able to use the\nChameleon pens without adding the blending agent but to get the nice colour\nshift from pale to dark, place the pen nib that you prefer (I used the bullet\ntip), into the clear end and then wait. The longer you wait the more paler and\nfurther the colour will go (I would wait around 30 seconds or more if required).\nIf you want the pen to change from say yellow to black all you need to do is\nadd a colour top of yellow to the pen and this will make the colour change\nhappen. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You are able to colour either light to dark or dark to\nlight. On some of the larger lettering you can even do the graduation from both\nends and meet in the middle with a colour. This gives the lettering more of a\n3D look.  You do not need to use these\npens just for lettering they will work for almost any design or drawing. The\nChameleon pens come in various different packs of 5 pens with Topper sets to\nmatch, they are also refillable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I saw a video quite some time ago on Facebook were an artist was using the Chameleon pens and ever since I have been hoping that we would get some into stock and to my surprise and delight we finally received them this month. …Of course I just had to try them out and purchase … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-guides"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190524_120237_resized.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}