I'm beginning to wonder if all this faffing around with Painter is really worth it. A drawing that would take me half an hour in traditional media takes hours.

With that in mind, I spent an hour or two the other night trying to revive my old Yoken markers with the aid of a bottle of isopropyl alcohol. Not a lot of luck, unsurprisingly, given they're over fifteen years old.

I'm considering investing in new ones. There's a new brand called Mepxy which I really, really like, and they're not too expensive - nearly half the price of Copic.

Should I make the investment, and just go back to using traditional media? Decisions, decisions.