The top sketch was created using a Lamy Safari fountain pen filled with Noodlers Bad Black Moccasin ink...BEWARE...this ink IS waterproof but a grey debris clouds the paper when water is applied to it...not great for watercolour washes. I have ordered the Bullet Proof Black to see if that is any better.
The bottom sketch was created using a pigment liner.
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Love your hatching in the top sketch and the softness of the shading in the second. Nice work!!
Beautiful drawings, Anita! I had the same problems with Noodler´s, though it was the Bulletproof black I tried out. I think Polar Black is a little bit better, but my favourite is absolutely Lexington grey (but then that´s not black...).
The blacks seem to pearl on top of the paper for a very long time instead of drying. If you wait long enough (hours or a day) before painting it´s ok, I think, but who wants to wait that long?
BUT the blacks seem to react very differently to different papers. On some papers it never dried, while others behaved better... Ink is a whole science...
Good luck, please let us know if you find The Perfect Black Ink!
I love both drawings for the same reasons that Joan mentioned but I've taken note re. the Noodler's ink.
That second drawing fascinates me...LOVE!
Noodlers Bad Black Moccasin ink? I wonder if this is something available in the United States? I think the name of this ink is hilarious!!! Clever marketing. I have not experimented much with different inks...I like acrylic inks for certain things and have of late been using a water soluble Tombow black pen for some sketches which, of course, bleed like crazy when you use a wet brush with them. But I love that. I am glad to be brought back to ink sketching as during the move to my new studio, I am bereft of my paints for awhile...ink sketching will be just the thing until I am settled again.
HI Anita, I use Noodlers bulletproof black. It works ok for me. As long as I don't have too much pencil below it doesnt normally smudge much on my sketches...and I never wait very long before painting over it. However if I want to rub out pencil lines under text I leave it for a few days or dry it with a hair dryer. I think that some days it is worse- perhaps it is the humidity.
Kate Johnson did some test and I think found Platium Carbon the best - but I have tried this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cathy-johnson/4262254015/
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