Drawing Ink

There’s a particular kind of heartbreak reserved for artists who spend an hour on a linework piece, reach for a watercolour wash to finish it off, and watch the lines dissolve into a grey smear right before their eyes. It happens more than anyone admits. The culprit is almost never bad technique — it’s the … Read more

Drawing ink for dip pens is a fluid, pigment or dye-based ink formulated to flow cleanly off a metal nib and dry into a crisp, controllable line, ranging from dense waterproof blacks to transparent washes of colour. If you’ve ever watched an illustrator drag a nib across bristol board and produce a line that goes … Read more