Fellow stationery and pen obsessives, fellow sketchbookers, this one is for you. I went out and found the best white pen, testing out tonnes in my quest, doing experiments on different papers so that you don’t have to.
The best white pen
If you’re reading this blog I am going to assume a certain level of pen interest. If you don’t have quite the collection that I have (yet) I am going to assume you’re at least pen curious.
So you’ll know how vital a good white pen is to all kinds of creative undertakings: drawing on dark paper, adding highlights to a drawing, bullet journaling, and more. A white pen (or, ahem, many, MANY white pens) is basically an essential
Above are just a few of the pens I have tried. I know. Now, accepted wisdom seems to agree that the Gelly Roll white gel pen is the best one. I have to say I disagree, even though I realise this is mildly heretical to some people, and outright treason to others. I find the Gelly Roll pen a bit… well, a bit ‘meh’. Like, it’s OKAY. it’ll DO, I suppose. But call me a hopeless romantic; I want to feel more passionate about my white pens than that.
Some of these beauties above absolutely have their place. The Tipp Ex pen is surprisingly useful for, eg, writing names on pencil tins and calculators for secondary school. The oil-based paint pen writes on some surfaces that other inks will just slide about on.
The acryolgraph pen is one of the very best pens in the whole entire world, but ye gods those pens are EXPENSIVE, and only available in sets of 10 different colours, and I did hear tell they were being withdrawn from sale in the UK altogether, so that’s hardly useful is it.
So here is the best white pen I can find. The pen so good I bought about 10 of them so I would never be without them. I like them in ‘broad’ because I like a slightly thicker line.
You can get them from Cult Pens here: Uni-ball signo broad white gel pen
Their white ink is opaque and flows well. It’s visible and bright on even black paper, and the pens are just over a couple of quid each. What’s not to love?
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