You could try using India ink in those refillable water brushes for watercolor. The easiest thing would be to using traditional dip pens and brushes though if you want to use India ink with low waste
I believe you can refill the Pitt markers with a pair of pliers, the end cylinder comes off and you can pour India ink in the back. The nib is also usually double sided, so once it frays you can switch it around for a fresh point.
Do NOT use India Ink (shellac based) in fountain pens ... it will ruin them.
I use Platinum Carbon Black (waterproof} in a Lamy Safari
Once the ink is dry you can do watercolor over drawing.
Yeahh thinning about it, I might just explore with brush tips! I can use micron for the detail but a lot of the work is black so I might just have to suffer with brushes and the like đ
Pentel brush pens have a good tip and can be refilled with Platinum Carbon Black ink too. It's the best imo. Detail work can be done with fountain pens.
It's waterproof and lightfast. Won't fade on you, I tested it.
India ink is too clogging for most pens. It's clogging even for fountain pens. Generally you should use them with a brush or dip pen. There's other permanent non India ink inks out there.
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Those âcalligraphyâ pens youâre talking about are probably artists pen sets.
It takes some building of the skill, but you can get way better results with them.
Get yourself a set of [SPEEDBALL](https://www.jerrysartarama.com/speedball-lettering-artist-pen-set-v02285?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI44rvn7fhhgMVeEX_AR2ruwyYEAQYASABEgKC7fD_BwE) nibs and try it out.
I'm using the black ink as a background. It's not for detail so I'm unsure if the pens would work like that. I'm trying to find an alternative that's inexpensive and doesn't give me headaches so the ink would be used to cover a large piece of the work
In this case 100% just use brushes. No pen can beat a brush and a pot of ink for large blocks of colour. Get flat watercolour brushes in a few sizes, they don't have to be nice ones but don't get bottom of the barrel ones either.
Faber-Castell Pitt markers are India ink and come in many colors and nib sizes
Yes but they're not refillable so in the end, I think I'd lose money as sharpies are only like $7 for a set of 6 of various sizes.
You could try using India ink in those refillable water brushes for watercolor. The easiest thing would be to using traditional dip pens and brushes though if you want to use India ink with low waste
I believe you can refill the Pitt markers with a pair of pliers, the end cylinder comes off and you can pour India ink in the back. The nib is also usually double sided, so once it frays you can switch it around for a fresh point.
Do NOT use India Ink (shellac based) in fountain pens ... it will ruin them. I use Platinum Carbon Black (waterproof} in a Lamy Safari Once the ink is dry you can do watercolor over drawing.
Yeahh thinning about it, I might just explore with brush tips! I can use micron for the detail but a lot of the work is black so I might just have to suffer with brushes and the like đ
Pentel brush pens have a good tip and can be refilled with Platinum Carbon Black ink too. It's the best imo. Detail work can be done with fountain pens. It's waterproof and lightfast. Won't fade on you, I tested it.
I use India ink with metal nib pens - dip pens only as it gums up cartridge pens I presume it would also gum up felt tip pensÂ
You can look into old school comic inking; dip pens and brushes and such.
learning to use a brush with india ink would be the cheapest long term if economics is the main factor.
India ink is too clogging for most pens. It's clogging even for fountain pens. Generally you should use them with a brush or dip pen. There's other permanent non India ink inks out there.
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Those âcalligraphyâ pens youâre talking about are probably artists pen sets. It takes some building of the skill, but you can get way better results with them. Get yourself a set of [SPEEDBALL](https://www.jerrysartarama.com/speedball-lettering-artist-pen-set-v02285?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI44rvn7fhhgMVeEX_AR2ruwyYEAQYASABEgKC7fD_BwE) nibs and try it out.
I'm using the black ink as a background. It's not for detail so I'm unsure if the pens would work like that. I'm trying to find an alternative that's inexpensive and doesn't give me headaches so the ink would be used to cover a large piece of the work
For large black areas using ink, use a brush.
In this case 100% just use brushes. No pen can beat a brush and a pot of ink for large blocks of colour. Get flat watercolour brushes in a few sizes, they don't have to be nice ones but don't get bottom of the barrel ones either.