How To Use India Ink

[@tealbluewhite]

I loved the structure of this video. You went STRAIGHT to the point, and started providing examples right away. Well lit, great audio, great viewpoint and angles. Not an overly long drawn out 6 minute intro “well this here is a Namibian plastic pen first designed in 1994 by …… and if you would like the msrp is 4.57 etc….” Great video 👍 👍 ❤️

[@earthrooster1969]

This was so much fun to watch ❤

[@drongobrat6471]

Woah it's so cool how versatile it is

[@Kymtastik]

I had no idea you could use it so many different ways. Very helpful. Thank you!

[@Mombatramba]

Great pace! Love the video

[@judichristopher4604]

I have been using this ink for over 40 years... I love to use it for outline and art when I paint a reverse paint on glass with acrylic... I'm sure it would work well with Alcohol Inks too...

[@lwrncjms]

Damn Judi you went to school with Jesus

[@judichristopher4604]

@@lwrncjms ... Does it make you feel "Special" being MEAN to someone?

[@pramodr03]

Wow, that is impressive. Can you please let me know if we can use Indian ink on canvas? and if it is waterproof?

[@judichristopher4604]

@@pramodr03 I do not know about canvas... I'm assuming it needs to 'sink' into the surface like watercolor paper... altho, I use it on ceramic tile... So Hey!!! Maybe and yes, it is waterproof once it drys...

[@pramodr03]

Thanks Judi, appreciate your time and effort :)

[@OriginalLuffe]

Got my ink yesterday ❤ Thank You for this video

[@monkman51]

Such a helpful and fun video! And your voice is very pleasant too. A happy thumbs up for you 🙂👍

[@lakshmib1817]

hey , i m from india

[@Вячеслав-ч8с5з]

Привет! Посоветуй хорошую индийскую тушь на основе шеллака, пожалуйста.

[@Sick1982]

Are you also water resistant?? ;’)

[@chimetimepaprika]

Hahahaha

[@vedantgite7589]

Hi nobody cares

[@vedantgite7589]

​@@Sick1982sadly no

[@elleelle1229]

Wow! You are a great teacher! Thank you so much...you have given me courage and hope.

[@SketchBookSkool]

We're happy to hear this! Thanks for the comment, Elle!

[@edzejandehaan9265]

You can make an easy modification to a bamboo pen to make it hold much more ink; putting a 2mm broad, about 2 or 3 cm long strip of aluminium ( cut from a soda/beer can) in the hole, the end about where the slit in the pen ends, it has to have an s curve to do this right. The pen will draw WAY longer between dips.

[@AAmoroso]

what a perfectly pleasant and concise video! LOVE. and, my fair lady, your voice enchants me!

[@etm567]

I think not all India ink is waterproof. It depends on what has been added to it. If they added shellac, which they add to drawing inks, it will dry waterproof. But some India ink, which is really the ink that is in those Chinese sticks, has not had shellac added and is thus not waterproof. I think shellac is soluble with ammonia or glass cleaner, so that will clean it up if it has dried. And maybe even some kind of alcohol, which I cannot remember for sure. It's been along time since I used shellac. But perhaps denatured alcohol? Not sure, sorry. I'm working on calligraphy, and I have just learned that if it says "drawing ink" it has the shellac in it. If it doesn't have shellac, the ink will clean up with just water.

[@nextvkin202805]

I believe this ink is indelhible.😊

[@gijoraj623]

Excellent Thank you

[@Creativity_360]

This was helpful thankyou!

[@xDizzyBx]

SUPER usefull! I KILLED 2 fountain pens with my India Inks before watching this video xD, thanks for the straight-to-the-point information!

[@okipullup4109]

Ooooh i see ty ! Because i was confused whats india ink is

[@GyalLikeChelley]

Great video, thank you!

[@SketchBookSkool]

Glad you liked it!

[@charlie.5840]

Does india ink go bad? I bought a small bottle 2 years ago and didnt really use it and now its a bit thick. I wanted to try using a dip pen with it but i think the consistency is too thick to do anything but I'm not sure.

[@cratoss.4772]

Add water.....might help.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@edzejandehaan9265]

I just found a little bottle I bought at least 25 years ago. Works fine. If yours is a bit thick, yeah dilute it, best would be with distilled water.

[@Creativity_360]

They dry out :)

[@GreenEyedChaos]

When I did art gcse, I’m sure that we literally covered acrylic paintings in the ink, and then washed it off.. and it was a really cool effect, but I’m too nervous to try it again in case I’ve misremembered and I ruin my painting! 😂

[@Blakeneyd]

This was very helpful - thank you!

[@guppiart1563]

Great video

[@BhaktiVisualArtist]

Lovely video. Could you tell how much gsm paper is best suited for this?

[@starlightart5147]

Are you dutch?

[@Her01panda]

StarlightArt i wanten to ASK that

[@maizy2985]

Are you Dutch?

[@Andra9218]

Happy riding and drawing hahahahaha klinkt inderdaad zo!

[@zaidvohraofficial562]

Hello, can i use this ink in micron pens?

[@PetaloudesTouYialou]

Delightful!

[@Barely_Here]

Would you be ab,e to dilute the ink and then I'd it with some sepia colors?

[@LoriPeace]

That would look really nice, wouldn't it? I wonder what you'd need to use for the sepia? Just regular watercolors wouldn't be waterproof like the India ink. Maybe diluted acrylic paint? Then again, I understand India ink comes in different colors -- you can probably buy it in sepia, or mix colors to get the shade your want.

[@josephstalin7995]

Or use it for tats

[@legobricksmocchannel2897]

As an indian i use this in my school😂 and foreginor are buying it

[@the_crazyguy]

Hello! I've been meaning to try diluting some india ink and putting it in a water brush but I am worried that it could clog it up. Do you have a ink-to-water ratio you recommend and have you had any issues with the water brush clogging? I'd love some input on that. Also, thanks for the lovely and informative video!

[@nothinggoldstays8092]

Can you use it undiluted in a watercolor pen?

[@romelmadray1056]

Hi Best Wishes for the New Year, What brushes would you recommend for use with india inks. I believe that these inks damage traditional natural hair fibers because of the shellac content in them. Will this ink work with a Princeton Neptune Quill which is a synthetic squirrel, da Vinci Watercolor Series 5898 Casaneo Paint Brush a "wavy" synthetic fiber developed by da Vinci",Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colour Brushes an advanced synthetic brush and Princeton Series 4050 Synthetic Sable Watercolor brush. Can these brushes be cross used with india inks and standard watercolor? Also can India inks be layered? and do you find that the under layer shifts once dry?

[@bunkmaster6998]

So, this is what Miura used to draw Berserk

[@Colombia-of5rl]

Can Indian ink work on skin like henna?

[@siouxsiesiouxandthebanshees]

I'm not sure about that but you can use India ink to tattoo! It's not really something you should do but you won't get sick or anything if you do (you don't even need a tattoo machine thing)

[@violencejack750]

Have you ever made your own India Ink?

[@edzejandehaan9265]

Alltough ingredients are easy to find, the proces to make this right is difficult. I like to make my own art supplies where I can (made willow charcoal, bamboo pens, silverpoint tools etc), but I don't think making this kind of ink yourself is worth it, it will be very inferior to the store bought stuff.

[@nokia-kokia]

you have to dip the pen deeper, dip it to the hole

[@whome1991]

how do you clean the bamboo pen ?

[@SketchBookSkool]

You can usually wash it in water. You can also scrape it with a pen knife, get off the dried ink, even change the shape of the nib. It's just bamboo after all!

[@whome1991]

can we use fountain pen ink also ? something link Parker Quink ink

[@SketchBookSkool]

You can - it's not waterproof though.

[@whome1991]

oh so dipping the bamboo pen in a cup of water to rinse off the excess ink will damage the bamboo ?

[@SketchBookSkool]

I doubt it. Bamboo grows in water. As I said above "You can usually wash it in water. "

[@LC-qv2kb]

Same spelling error I would make..... but thank you for trying...and nice video.

[@seanm30083]

does it matter what paper I use ?

[@judichristopher4604]

This is INK so it can spread... that is why Watercolor paper is so good to use...

[@SyrianSoaper]

@@judichristopher4604 I have oil/acrylic canvas paper, I am going to try it on that, I can say I def do not like how it functions on marker paper idk if that will be relevant to anyone. Actually in general the more i work on my art the less i like canson in general. I want to try Arches Hot Press with ink I heard that it goes on great with that paper and is absorbed a little which i would prefer vs the marker paper.

[@citrusfriend532]

Mixed media is always a safe bet

[@greenearth6249]

Sometime. It is on the type of ink.

[@Jennwiggs]

India not indian.

[@Siem902]

Its ya boooii siemos04

[@mapawilliams]

You said it was free but its not! rotten tomatoes,

[@moumitabiswas4457]

India is ink is very good ink why are you telling that India ink is bad

[@bunkmaster6998]

Fuck off Nationalist

[@nirmalbabu7799]

Wow....nice work in its simplest form...🫡

[@Heavy69Metal]

My question is this on compressed pulp paper that’s been dyed by fabric dye stick to it and be waterproof and if dye that same paper with India ink stop the bleeding of the fabric dye and make the paper waterproof with the India ink on it?