Eye Dropper, Iroshizuku, And A Glass Pen

[AllenG]

Tonight's game: mix up Iroshizuku ink and see what happens.

 

 

Full disclosure--the paper I have at hand is a light ivory linen. My scanner/real camera/lights live at my studio and I'm at hime. Gotta make do with an iPhone.

[AllenG]

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[lgsoltek]

Wow, thank you! I like that Tsuki-yo+Yama Budo purple!

This morning I happened to have "mixed" a bit Iroshizuku too. The Ku-jaku in my converter has almost run out, so I filled it directly with some Fuyu-gaki, which makes a red-brown dirt-like colour.

[ScienceChick]

Looks a lot nicer than dirt to me And your writing is beautiful.

[lgsoltek]

Looks a lot nicer than dirt to me And your writing is beautiful.

 

Thank you! I'm still learning how to write copperplate. It's not easy at all!

[TeaHive]

All of these variations are lovely!! Hmm.. now I have to check out how my Syo-ro and Yama-budo mix..

[AllenG]

All of these variations are lovely!! Hmm.. now I have to check out how my Syo-ro and Yama-budo mix..

It looks a lot like Tsuki-budo

 

[AllenG]

And because I had the greys out this evening:

 

[AllenG]

I have a bottle of Yu-yake on order. That's going to be a fun mix.

[TeaHive]

Did you dilute the ink mixes at all? I did end up mixing my Syo-ro and Yama-budo as well, and the lines are much darker than yours. Then again, I used a fine dip nib instead of a glass or fountain pen, so that may have made the difference in line appearance.

[AllenG]

Very minor dilution when I rinsed out my mixing beaker and eye dropper. I don't think that there was enough water to make a difference though. Chalk it up to the glass pen.

[AllenG]

Just checking, yep, it's the glass pen.

 

[TeaHive]

Definitely the nibs, haha! The 1:1 ratio looks really nice, and mine is still sitting in my mixing jar as well. But it's probably going to be put in my Plumix soon!

 

Can't wait to see you experiment with the Yu-yake! It's so gorgeous, and that shading is amazing.

[AllenG]

Adding this.

 

[amberleadavis]

These are wonderful!