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title: "Akashiya CA200/20V Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 20 Color Set (1, DESIGN 1)"
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# 20 vibrant traditional Japanese colors Water-soluble aqueous dye ink Handmade soft & flexible brush tip Akashiya CA200/20V Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 20 Color Set (1, DESIGN 1)

**Brand:** akashiya
**Price:** 13687 kr
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🖌️ Elevate your art with Japan’s finest brush pens — color, blend, and create like a pro!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Akashiya CA200/20V Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 20 Color Set (1, DESIGN 1) by akashiya
- **How much does it cost?** 13687 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- akashiya enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted akashiya brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Masterful Craftsmanship:** Each brush tip is meticulously handmade by skilled artisans, ensuring precision and durability for flawless strokes.
- • **Versatile Artistic Tool:** Perfect for manga, comics, calligraphy, hand lettering, and mixed media projects, compatible with pencils and water-resistant markers.
- • **Vibrant 20-Color Palette:** A curated set of 20 traditional Japanese hues that bring your illustrations, manga, and adult coloring books to life with rich, authentic vibrancy.
- • **Dynamic Watercolor Effects:** Water-soluble ink allows seamless blending and shading—just add water to create stunning gradients and translucent washes.
- • **Compact & Comfortable Design:** Ergonomically contoured, lightweight pens with a fine-to-bold brush tip that adapts to your pressure for ultimate control.

## Overview

The Akashiya CA200/20V Sai Watercolor Brush Pen set features 20 hand-crafted, flexible brush pens with high-quality aqueous dye ink made in Japan. Designed for professional and hobbyist artists alike, these pens deliver vibrant traditional Japanese colors that blend beautifully with water for authentic watercolor effects. Ideal for manga, illustration, calligraphy, and adult coloring, this set offers precision, versatility, and a premium artistic experience in a compact, ergonomic design.

## Description

Akashiya Sai watercolor brush Pen is a perfect watercolor paint tool for drawing illustration, manga, Comics, and for coloring in adult coloring books. Also great for hand lettering, Japanese calligraphy, etc. Soft and flexible brush tip is carefully hand made by skilled craftsmen one by one. By adjusting the amount of pressure applied, you can draw fine line to bold stroke. High quality aqueous dye ink used for this art pens are all made at the head factory in Japan. It creates unique vibrant colors as you see in traditional Japanese art. This Japanese fude style brush colored Pen can create a beautiful range of shading and watercolor effect when blended with water. Just simply wet the brush tip with water to thin out the ink or use with a water brush to get a natural contrast and gradation. These soft brush paint pens work wonderfully with other drawing media such as pencils, water-resistant art markers or pens to color in the outlines for your Cartoon, manga art, etc. Colors also can be combined with other colors on a palette to create your own new colors. This set includes 20 Japanese traditional colored fude brush pens; rose red, vermillion, yellow, yellow green, green blue, indigo, ultramarine, purple, yellow ochre, brown, gray, black, pink, pale orange, Cerulean blue, Madder, magenta, burnt Umber, dark green and navy blue.

Review: These are bloody fantastic! The colour goes on smoothly and cleanly. Bright and vibrant colours. - I'll get the bad out of the way first: It's a rather odd mixture of colours - I suppose that, in 20, they're trying to give an all-round selection. It's better than others where you have to buy a "summer colour pack" and an "architectural colour pack" and a "designer colour pack" - so you end up with the colours you need but have 4 lots of about 6 colours (duplicated across all the packs). So this is only a MINOR quibble. Now the good: The brush-pens are about 6 or 7 inches long and about 1/4 inch diameter. The brush tip is an inch long taper from about 1/8 inch at the base to a fine and strong (as in, it keeps its shape well) tip. I'm not sure I'd use them to lay down a large sky wash but they are gorgeous for lightly starting trees and bushes, even a lake area, and then water-brushing the colour away from the stroke to make the delicate colours we love in watercolour. These are bloody fantastic! The colour goes on smoothly and cleanly. Bright and vibrant colours. Then you can brush over them with a water-brush pen and the colour softens and flows superbly - that rich colour becomes a translucent beauty on the paper. For the price of them, they are truly great fun to use. A small quibble might be that the first lay-down of colour can "stain" some thinner and cheaper papers (so that when you water-brush them you do have a darker brush colour than stays where you originally started) I don't mind that - if you start with a long stroke around a shadow area then brush out from that you end up creating a beautiful translucent highlighted area with the original starting stoke still being the shadow area. I'd suggest not using a paper that is too absorbent - the initial colour stroke might stay behind a little too strongly absorbed. They arrived from Japan in a padded box, very speedy delivery (especially for end-of-year time). I strongly urge you to try them - the price is decent and they are surprisingly good!
Review: Keep away from children (only because they're great for grown ups!) - Updated 16/1/2016 A good selection of colours, which are water soluble. Neat, the colours are quite strong and blend nicely with or without water. The yellow and light pink are almost fluorescent so a little goes a long way. To get translucency from the paper on a line drawing or stamped image you only need a little colour round the edge in the shadow areas pulled out with the brush - only a thin line with deep colours produces a nice effect. Interestingly these Japanese pens state 'made in China' in small letters on the bottom right hand side of the back of the packet, so it's a Japanese company but the pens are manufactured elsewhere apparently. There is a company website so Google it if you're curious. I now also own six Zig Clean Colour real brush pens and the two brands play nicely together and with other watercolour dye based markers. This means that you can get colours that you feel you can't get by without. These Akashiya Sai pens are an economical way to start a collection. The Zig pens are more expensive but can be purchased individually at reasonable cost from UK online pen specialists. It's cheapest and more interesting to get mixing though, so dig out your palette, tile, old CD, laminated sheet or some other resistant surface . I can't comment on the light fastness of the colours but I've heard it's not great. I've drawn and painted on acid free cold pressed watercolour paper in an album and so the drawings are rarely exposed to light. If you have Tombows' or other watercolour markers (I have Letraset Aquamarkers) you probably don't need the Akashiya Sai... but they are a joy to use and hard to put down.

## Features

- Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 20 Color Set
- Perfect For Drawing Illustration, Manga, Comics, And For Coloring In Adult Coloring Books
- Soft And Flexible Brush Tip Is Hand Made By Skilled Craftsmen One By One
- High Quality Aqueous Dye Ink Used For This Art Pens Are All Made In Japan
- Rose Red-vermillion-yellow-yellow Green-green Blue-indigo-ultramarine-purple-yellow Ochre-brown-gray-black-pink-pale Orange-cerulean Blue-madder-magenta-burnt Umber-dark Green-navy Blue

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B000VZB51C |
| Age Range Description | 13+ |
| Age range (description) | 13+ |
| Best Sellers Rank | 94,283 in Stationery & Office Supplies ( See Top 100 in Stationery & Office Supplies ) 321 in Calligraphy Pens |
| Body Shape | Round |
| Brand | Akashiya |
| Brand Name | Akashiya |
| Closure Type | Snap |
| Colour | Multicolor |
| Country Of Origin | Japan |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 104 Reviews |
| Drill Point | Brush |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04963095903204 |
| Grip Type | Contoured |
| Hardness | B |
| Included Components | 20 Japanese traditional colored fude brush pens |
| Ink Base | Water |
| Ink Colour | Multicolor |
| Ink colour | Multicolor |
| Item Diameter | 9 Millimetres |
| Item Dimensions | 17.5 x 17.5 x 17.5 centimetres |
| Item Weight | 191 g |
| Line Size | 0.3mm |
| Manufacturer | Akashiya |
| Material | Plastic |
| Material Type | Plastic |
| Model Name | CA200/20V |
| Model Number | CA200/20V |
| Recommended Uses For Product | Colouring |
| Special Features | Water Soluble |
| Style | Flexible |
| Theme | japanese |
| UPC | 787718872111 046959093816 |
| Unit Count | 20.0 count |
| Water Resistance Level | Not Water Resistant |
| Writing Instrument Form | Brush Pen |
| Writing instrument form | Brush Pen |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Akashiya
- **Writing Instrument Form:** Brush Pen
- **Color:** Seasons
- **Ink Color:** Multicolor
- **Age Range (Description):** Adult

## Images

![Akashiya CA200/20V Sai Watercolor Brush Pen - 20 Color Set (1, DESIGN 1) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61f4FQCadNL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Color** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ These are bloody fantastic! The colour goes on smoothly and cleanly. Bright and vibrant colours.
*by B***N on 31 December 2015*

I'll get the bad out of the way first: It's a rather odd mixture of colours - I suppose that, in 20, they're trying to give an all-round selection. It's better than others where you have to buy a "summer colour pack" and an "architectural colour pack" and a "designer colour pack" - so you end up with the colours you need but have 4 lots of about 6 colours (duplicated across all the packs). So this is only a MINOR quibble. Now the good: The brush-pens are about 6 or 7 inches long and about 1/4 inch diameter. The brush tip is an inch long taper from about 1/8 inch at the base to a fine and strong (as in, it keeps its shape well) tip. I'm not sure I'd use them to lay down a large sky wash but they are gorgeous for lightly starting trees and bushes, even a lake area, and then water-brushing the colour away from the stroke to make the delicate colours we love in watercolour. These are bloody fantastic! The colour goes on smoothly and cleanly. Bright and vibrant colours. Then you can brush over them with a water-brush pen and the colour softens and flows superbly - that rich colour becomes a translucent beauty on the paper. For the price of them, they are truly great fun to use. A small quibble might be that the first lay-down of colour can "stain" some thinner and cheaper papers (so that when you water-brush them you do have a darker brush colour than stays where you originally started) I don't mind that - if you start with a long stroke around a shadow area then brush out from that you end up creating a beautiful translucent highlighted area with the original starting stoke still being the shadow area. I'd suggest not using a paper that is too absorbent - the initial colour stroke might stay behind a little too strongly absorbed. They arrived from Japan in a padded box, very speedy delivery (especially for end-of-year time). I strongly urge you to try them - the price is decent and they are surprisingly good!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Keep away from children (only because they're great for grown ups!)
*by L***A on 11 December 2015*

Updated 16/1/2016 A good selection of colours, which are water soluble. Neat, the colours are quite strong and blend nicely with or without water. The yellow and light pink are almost fluorescent so a little goes a long way. To get translucency from the paper on a line drawing or stamped image you only need a little colour round the edge in the shadow areas pulled out with the brush - only a thin line with deep colours produces a nice effect. Interestingly these Japanese pens state 'made in China' in small letters on the bottom right hand side of the back of the packet, so it's a Japanese company but the pens are manufactured elsewhere apparently. There is a company website so Google it if you're curious. I now also own six Zig Clean Colour real brush pens and the two brands play nicely together and with other watercolour dye based markers. This means that you can get colours that you feel you can't get by without. These Akashiya Sai pens are an economical way to start a collection. The Zig pens are more expensive but can be purchased individually at reasonable cost from UK online pen specialists. It's cheapest and more interesting to get mixing though, so dig out your palette, tile, old CD, laminated sheet or some other resistant surface . I can't comment on the light fastness of the colours but I've heard it's not great. I've drawn and painted on acid free cold pressed watercolour paper in an album and so the drawings are rarely exposed to light. If you have Tombows' or other watercolour markers (I have Letraset Aquamarkers) you probably don't need the Akashiya Sai... but they are a joy to use and hard to put down.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Refillable, vivid colors, not top as "watercolor" medium
*by R***M on 26 January 2017*

Update after 1 year of use (from 3 stars to 4 stars): After using them for brushlettering for a while, I gave the brushes to my 4 y.o. boy (see older review below why I don't use it as a watercolor medium). He likes drawing with these pens. After nearly 1 year of use, a few of my boy's favorite colors are worn out due to intense use and one pen is nearly out of ink. I felt guilty by just throwing these pens when out of ink and buy another set due to environmental concerns. So I tried to open the cap with pliers padded with kitchen paper to avoid damage of the cap. It was super easy to open the cap. I made watercolor ink from a watercolor half pan and filled the pen with a pipette (see picture). I used ~1ml but I guess you can fill in more ink. After putting the tip downwards for a few minutes, the pen was usable again. I'm super happy I don't have to throw the pens when they are out of ink and you can mix different watercolors to match the pen color. So now I raise to 4 stars for the pens. ------------Older Review------------ Based on the reviews I was expecting very good watercolor brushpens. Unfortunately I was very disappointed after testing it. I have a few Kuretake zig real brushpens and I'm pretty happy with them. But I wanted to try other brands and Akashiya was on my list. 20 of Akashiya pens cost £22.42, whereas Kuretake 24 for £28.40, so their prices are comparable. The quality of Akashiya brushes are pretty decent and brushes are a bit bigger than Kuretake. But the performance of Akashiya is a bit disappointing for blending. As you can see from the picture, a few pigments are really not colorfast and kind of dirty after blending with water. Also different colors diffuse into totally different sizes after touching a wet surface. Whereas Kuretake has stable performance in these aspects. So if you just want to use the pens to sketch sth they are ok. But if you want to introduce watercolor technique, be aware of the weird pigment separation and unpredictable diffusion upon wet surfaces. Due to the spontaneous nature of watercolor, this problem might not be obvious though.

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