Tuesday, August 3, 2010

New Inks

I picked up new inks at the local Joann fabric and craft store. The black is from Studio G--2 x 3 " rectangular pads, the colors from Tsukineko--little 1 x 1.5" VersaMagic eye shaped pads. The Studio G black is a tight pad, but two others in silver and brown have an open foam pad. The VersaMagics use a thick opaque ink that goes on a bit heavy, so that I find that I can first press into a paper towel before going to the sketch pad.

Do see Gretchen's comment in this post, the inspiration for today's printing.


Lilac and Crabapple


Catalpa



More Lilac and Crabapple

2 comments:

  1. Glad you were able to try out some pigment ink pads! How do you like them? VersaMAGIC pads (what you have) have a slightly 'juicier', heavier consistency than the VersaCOLOR pads which I have. VersaColor is a bit harder to find than VersaMagic but will yield more delicate detail. Supposedly VersaFINE is the best of all of them for detail, but I have not tried it. ColorBox inks are very similar to your VersaMagic in how they handle.
    ~gretchen

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  2. I was quite happy with results with the Studio-G black, giving me what I thought was the finest detail.

    Like you say, the VersaMagic is a bit heavy, and really too heavy for what I am after. JoAnn online has the VersaColor but I will just poke around here and there. Inks were never on my radar and now they are just one more part of my ever growing toy box. I think way back when you warned me that this would happen! :-)

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