Dr. Ph. Martin's BLACK STAR MATTE INK 1OZ

Works for waterproof mat finished labels

I have been trying out various black inks in my search for the blackest ink I can find. This is pretty good, an attractive cool satin black. For line drawing it looks much like any other black ink. When brushing, it is a lovely deep black, far blacker than Pelikan or Higgins ink. (I haven't compared it to W&N yet). However, where it really shines is when playing with wet on wet drawing. The ink blooms much more extensively and beautifully than my other inks when applied to wet paper, forming an even matt surface with a slight satin sheen. It also dries quickly. If you are looking for a particularly matt ink, I'm not sure this is it. When brushing out to large areas of black, it covers well but has a distinct sheen. If I want a matt surface, I now use Kuretake Zig Cartoonist ink.

Ich bin sehr positiv von dieser Tinte überrascht worden. Ich habe damit ein Bild gemalt und die Tinte, um unterschiedliche Grautöne zu erhalten mit Wasser vermischt. Sie trocknet sehr schön schnell und auch nach dem wieder anfeuchten bleibt alles dort wo es bleiben soll. Besonders gut hat mir gefallen wie ergiebig diese Tinte ist. Ich hab ein komplettes DIN A4 Bild mit nur 3 halben Tropfen geinkt...alles top

I'm a professional illustrator and visual art educator, specializing in drawing: I've worked with pens and pencils for over forty years. For my purposes, this ink is far and away the best India ink I've found for use with a dip pen. It's very liquid, so it flows nicely across paper surfaces. I use a variety of substrates, so it's important to have a bottle of ink on my drawing table that isn't clumpy or sticky - especially upon drying. This ink dries surprisingly quickly, and is quite opaque and matte upon drying. If I fill a large shape using a brush, there are few, if any, marks that show... I really appreciate the graphic quality of a solid, opaque black. Dry marks just look amateurish - the finish of this ink is very professional. The best surfaces for my use of this India ink are 100# Strathmore Smooth Bristol Board and other smooth or plate papers. It's also quite waterproof upon drying. If the illustration I'm working on requires washes of watercolor or other watermedia, some inks reactivate and pollute the bright or light colors with puddles of leaky black ink. Not this stuff! Once it's dry, it stays put and does NOT reactivate. That means it's easy to erase pencil construction lines. And washes of color go down cleanly.

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Es un producto magnífico, cubre superficies perfectamente y tiene una densidad perfecta para trabajar con pinceles de buena cálida y caligrafía. La He usado para crear Teselas para Zentangle (dibujo meditativo) y estas fotos muestran el resultado. Totalmente recomendable.