![]() When dry the large areas of ink where pretty even and flat (the Higgins a slightly less flat, a tiny bit less dense) and were only barely transparent. The Winsor Newton and Higgins (#4415) are both traditional India inks. ![]() To the left you can see a close look at three of the first inks I tested in this way. Now let’s get a bit closer look at the results. And, because I’m interested in the re-wetting of the inks, after those short parallel lines were completely dry, I brushed a liberal amount of water over parts of the lines to test test the ability of each ink to resist the effects of water.Ībove is a strip of inks that I have tested in this manner. Because I also want to know how the inks interact with water, I conducted two additional tests first I heavily wet a small area of paper and dropped a tiny bit of full strength ink into that wet paper surface. Then I added a few parallel lines using a small brush. In order to see how each the inks look and behaves on a dry paper surface, I applied a large brush-mark of each ink to the paper. With each of the inks, I have kept my testing pretty basic, using four simple steps. So, I thought that I’d explore the attributes of some inks that have I used, share a bit of basic info about them, and see what you like about them as well.īelow you can see a page of ink tests that I made today. I know, sometimes it was a little scary too! Over the years I’ve tried lots of other types of ink and grown fond of quite a few. ![]() ![]() It’s rich deep darks provided a boldness that was, and still is, alluring. Like many of you, early on I began working with India ink. Whether I am sketching outside or creating larger pieces in the studio, ink is one of my favorite materials. ![]()
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