WELLFAR 72 Colour Dual Tip Art Markers Review

Dual tip markers solve a practical problem in colouring and lettering: you need two line widths constantly and you do not want to put one pen down to pick up another in the same colour. A fine tip at one end and a brush at the other means outlining and filling happen with a single pen flipped over.

The fine tip is specified at 0.4mm, which is a genuine figure rather than a description. That width suits outlining, intricate detail in adult colouring books and the small writing in a bullet journal. The brush end handles broad fill and the thick-to-thin strokes that lettering depends on.

Seventy two colours is the other headline, and in this category quantity genuinely matters. Blending and shading need adjacent tones, and a set with too few colours forces you to jump between values that do not transition. Seventy two gives you the near-neighbours that make a gradient work.

The ink is water-based, which WELLFAR describes as delivering smooth no-bleed performance suited to layering and blending. Water-based ink is the right choice for the intended audience: it blends with water, it does not smell, and it washes off skin and clothes, which WELLFAR states explicitly.

That washability is worth more than it sounds for a set aimed partly at children and classrooms. Alcohol markers stain hands and bleed through paper, and both are the reason they are kept away from younger users. Water-based ink described as safe, odourless and non-toxic is the correct specification for a shared art set.

Six bonus tips are included, covering brush and fineliner replacements. That is an unusually thoughtful inclusion, because the tip is what fails on a marker long before the ink runs out: a brush tip splays and a fine tip gets crushed if pressed too hard. Spares extend the life of the set rather than the individual pens.

A durable travel case holds the lot, and on a 72 pen set storage is not optional. Loose markers lose their caps, dry out and roll under furniture. A case that holds them in order also means you can find the colour you want, which with 72 of them is a genuine consideration. The whole set weighs about 1.79 pounds.

The no-bleed claim is the one to understand. Water-based ink is far less prone to bleeding through paper than alcohol ink, which is why colouring book publishers generally assume water-based pens. On thin paper any wet media can still ghost through, so test a page edge first, but the fundamental choice of ink type is right for books.

Blending with water-based markers works differently from alcohol. You layer and work while the ink is still damp, and you can lift and soften with a wet brush, which WELLFAR nods to with the mention of watercolour effects. Alcohol markers blend by dissolving into each other, which gives smoother gradients but needs marker paper and more practice.

The trade worth knowing is permanence. Alcohol-based inks are generally more lightfast, meaning they fade less over years of display. Water-based ink in a journal or a book that lives on a shelf is entirely fine; water-based ink in a framed piece in a sunny room will shift over time. For the intended uses that is not a problem.

With 72 pens the practical issue becomes organisation rather than capability. Keep them in the case in a consistent order, because hunting for a specific tone through a loose pile of 72 barrels is how an art session stops being relaxing.

WELLFAR frames the set for students, teachers and hobbyists, and that is the honest market. For adult colouring, journaling, lettering and scrapbooking the combination of two tips, 72 tones and washable ink is well matched.