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Markers distribute colored ink through a felt or fabric tip. As a drawing material, they allow for variation in saturation and some smudging, but coloration is typically permanent.

Botanical Marker Drawings - Behance

Botanical marker drawings for inspiration.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/11210819/Botanical-Marker-Drawings
Drawing with Permanent Markers: Five Tips - Artists Network

The permanent marker was made for mundane chores such as marking packages.It was never intended to render subtleties in a sketchbook drawing, such as the light falling across a child’s face. It’s an interesting challenge to take this rather crude instrument and make it express those subtleties.
http://www.artistsnetwork.com/articles/art-demos-techniques/teitsworth-markers
How to Choose the Best Art Marker for Sketching

This is a review of popular art markers that are commonly available at your local art store, craft store or online through various retailers such as Blick Art Materials.
http://fresh.thinkselect.ca/how-to-choose-the-best-marker-for-sketching/
Dragon Paint Art Tutorials - Coloring with Markers

This tutorial explains how some of the images in Dragon Shadows were colored with markers. The way that I color with markers is to lay down flat colors and keep blending to a minimum.
http://neondragonart.com/dp/tutorials/marker.htm
How to Draw and Coloring with Markers

How to Draw and Coloring with Markers Easy Lessons for New Techniques and Methods Drawing Tutorials for Cartoons & Illustrations.
http://www.drawinghowtodraw.com/drawing-lessons/mediums/markers-drawing-techniques.html
Learning How to Draw with Ink - Artists Network

Learn more about drawing with markers and ink with this guide that contains information from different types of markers to using dip pens to drawing techniques.
http://www.artistsnetwork.com/articles/art-demos-techniques/learning-how-to-draw-with-markers-and-ink
Art Projects for Kids: Teacher-tested Art Projects

Teacher-tested Art Projects for Kinder through 5th grade and beyond.
http://artprojectsforkids.org/category/view-by-media/markers/
Marker Art Project Ideas - Incredible Art Department

"Where's the Teapot?" is a lesson adapted from Arts & Activities from several years ago. Use with a lesson on Bev Doolittle (camouflage watercolor artist from California) The students have several bottles, mugs, vases, and a teapot to study. Sports equipment might make an interesting theme, too.
http://www.incredibleart.org/files/marker.htm
Featured Artist Dan Kitchener using Liquitex Professional Markers and Liquitex Professional Spray Paint

Professional artist, animator and illustrator Dan Kitchener has been working with Liquitex since the development of Liquitex Professional Spray Paint. Dan's work and chosen media are very diverse, ranging from painting and illustration to graffiti, street art and 3D animation however, drawing and sketching forms the basis for all of his work.
http://www.liquitex.com/dankitchener
Best Art Markers with Fine Tips and Regular Tips - Art is Fun

I am looking for a variety of colors of markers that are probably two different sets:Â fine tips for small detail where colored pencil is too large, andÂ regular sharpie tips (in marker ink or acrylic but still a wide variety of color). What do you recommend?
http://www.art-is-fun.com/best-art-markers-with-fine-tips-and-regular-tips
Draw Stuff Here: Caricature Markers

I am attempting to re-enter the caricature-drawing world, but a few things have changed in my absence; most notably, the main marker I always used, the Dixon Markette, has been drastically altered.
http://quicksaysomethingclever.blogspot.com/2011/05/caricature-markers.html
Pens and Markers - Muse Art and DesignMuse Art and Design

Pens and markers are so versatile for drawing, sketching, writing. coloring, shading, and painting that you can never have enough different kinds. It's a good thing they don't take up much room or we'd have to open a separate store just for pens!
http://www.museartanddesign.com/supplies/drawing/pens-markers/
Mark it Up: Using Markers in Commercial Art - DonorsChoose

My students need prismacolor markers for the projects we do in commercial art. Due to budget cuts, I've stopped buying markers and have had to change the projects we do. My students are hard working, motivated students. While they rarely lament about not having the best materials, given the opportunity to use quality products, they almost always will turn out quality products. They take very seriously the work that they do in the art...
http://www.donorschoose.org/project/mark-it-up-using-markers-in-commercial/490846/

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Botanical Marker Drawings - Behance

Botanical marker drawings for inspiration.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/11210819/Botanical-Marker-Drawings
Drawing with Permanent Markers: Five Tips - Artists Network

The permanent marker was made for mundane chores such as marking packages.It was never intended to render subtleties in a sketchbook drawing, such as the light falling across a child’s face. It’s an interesting challenge to take this rather crude instrument and make it express those subtleties.
http://www.artistsnetwork.com/articles/art-demos-techniques/teitsworth-markers
How to Choose the Best Art Marker for Sketching

This is a review of popular art markers that are commonly available at your local art store, craft store or online through various retailers such as Blick Art Materials.
http://fresh.thinkselect.ca/how-to-choose-the-best-marker-for-sketching/
Dragon Paint Art Tutorials - Coloring with Markers

This tutorial explains how some of the images in Dragon Shadows were colored with markers. The way that I color with markers is to lay down flat colors and keep blending to a minimum.
http://neondragonart.com/dp/tutorials/marker.htm
How to Draw and Coloring with Markers

How to Draw and Coloring with Markers Easy Lessons for New Techniques and Methods Drawing Tutorials for Cartoons & Illustrations.
http://www.drawinghowtodraw.com/drawing-lessons/mediums/markers-drawing-techniques.html
Learning How to Draw with Ink - Artists Network

Learn more about drawing with markers and ink with this guide that contains information from different types of markers to using dip pens to drawing techniques.
http://www.artistsnetwork.com/articles/art-demos-techniques/learning-how-to-draw-with-markers-and-ink
Art Projects for Kids: Teacher-tested Art Projects

Teacher-tested Art Projects for Kinder through 5th grade and beyond.
http://artprojectsforkids.org/category/view-by-media/markers/
Marker Art Project Ideas - Incredible Art Department

"Where's the Teapot?" is a lesson adapted from Arts & Activities from several years ago. Use with a lesson on Bev Doolittle (camouflage watercolor artist from California) The students have several bottles, mugs, vases, and a teapot to study. Sports equipment might make an interesting theme, too.
http://www.incredibleart.org/files/marker.htm
Featured Artist Dan Kitchener using Liquitex Professional Markers and Liquitex Professional Spray Paint

Professional artist, animator and illustrator Dan Kitchener has been working with Liquitex since the development of Liquitex Professional Spray Paint. Dan's work and chosen media are very diverse, ranging from painting and illustration to graffiti, street art and 3D animation however, drawing and sketching forms the basis for all of his work.
http://www.liquitex.com/dankitchener
Best Art Markers with Fine Tips and Regular Tips - Art is Fun

I am looking for a variety of colors of markers that are probably two different sets:Â fine tips for small detail where colored pencil is too large, andÂ regular sharpie tips (in marker ink or acrylic but still a wide variety of color). What do you recommend?
http://www.art-is-fun.com/best-art-markers-with-fine-tips-and-regular-tips
Draw Stuff Here: Caricature Markers

I am attempting to re-enter the caricature-drawing world, but a few things have changed in my absence; most notably, the main marker I always used, the Dixon Markette, has been drastically altered.
http://quicksaysomethingclever.blogspot.com/2011/05/caricature-markers.html
Pens and Markers - Muse Art and DesignMuse Art and Design

Pens and markers are so versatile for drawing, sketching, writing. coloring, shading, and painting that you can never have enough different kinds. It's a good thing they don't take up much room or we'd have to open a separate store just for pens!
http://www.museartanddesign.com/supplies/drawing/pens-markers/
Mark it Up: Using Markers in Commercial Art - DonorsChoose

My students need prismacolor markers for the projects we do in commercial art. Due to budget cuts, I've stopped buying markers and have had to change the projects we do. My students are hard working, motivated students. While they rarely lament about not having the best materials, given the opportunity to use quality products, they almost always will turn out quality products. They take very seriously the work that they do in the art...
http://www.donorschoose.org/project/mark-it-up-using-markers-in-commercial/490846/

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Markers distribute colored ink through a felt or fabric tip. As a drawing material, they allow for variation in saturation and some smudging, but coloration is typically permanent.

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