Pen and Ink - Resources for Artists

A History of Artists working in Pen and Ink

Pen and Ink Drawings: History, Artists, Materials

Pen and Ink Drawings and Sketches: Black Inks With Dip/Reservoir Pens: Chinese Ink-and-Wash

In fine art, the term 'pen and ink' denotes a drawing technique involving the use of black and other coloured inks which are applied to a support (generally paper) with either a dip pen or a reservoir pen. This traditional, versatile media has been used by Western artists since ancient-Egyptian times, for sketches, finished drawings or ink and wash paintings.

Ink and Wash Painting: History, Types

Ink and Wash Painting, Chinese Fine Art: History, Artists, Examples

In fine art, the term 'Ink and wash painting' denotes an Oriental or East Asian method of painting. It is also referred to as 'brush painting'. The Chinese refer to it as mo-shui, while the Japanese call it suibokuga or sumi-e, and the Koreans know it as Soomookwa. The traditional painting medium for ink and wash is black ink, typically applied with long-haired brushes (from animals like goat, wolf, badger, rabbit, boar, or sheep) onto paper or silk.

A number of Old Masters have used ink to create extremely fine works of art. Such painters include Goya, Rembrandt, Poussin, John Constable, and Edouard Manet

Calligraphy, Chinese Art of Stylized Writing: History, Famous Calligraphers: Styles, Zhuan-shu, Li-shu, Cao-shu, Xing-shu, Kai-shu

Chinese Calligraphy: History of Calligraphic Art: Brush/Ink Writing Scripts, Zhuan-shu, Li-shu, Cao-shu, Xing-shu, Kai-shu: Famous Calligraphers of Han, Jin, Tang, Song, Ming, Qing Dynasties

Drawing, Ink | Subject Index | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Viewimages of drawings in pen and ink

History of Pen & Ink

Traces the development of the use of pens and ink

History of Pen and Ink Drawing - American Artists

lines and colors - Franklin Booth

Franklin Booth owed his amazing style of pen and ink drawing to ignorance.

Booth was one of the greatest American illustrators and one of the absolute masters of pen and ink drawing. His style was the result of an isolated childhood on an Indiana farm and an innocent ignorance of the printing technology of his time.

When Booth was growing up, determined to be an artist and create illustrations like the ones he saw in popular magazines of the day like Harper's and Scribner's, he began to teach himself to draw in pen and ink by copying the illustrations as he saw them, not realizing that the illustrations were the product of wood engravings, made by specialty engravers by copying the original artists' works..........

lines and colors - Howard Pyle

Pyle revolutionized illustration, both through his own work, which introduced a new level of drama, action and visual excitement to what was largely a staid and restrained art form at the time, and through his influence on his students, who included some of the finest illustrators ever to put lines or colors on a flat surface. Collectively, Pyle and his students helped usher in the "Golden Age of American Illustration".

Pyle's impact on the art form known as illustration is hard to overstate. His Durer-influenced pen and ink illustrations are among the finest ever done. He was one of the first illustrators to embrace and understand the new four-color printing process, and his paintings are remarkable for their ground-breaking color, dramatic compositions and emotional impact.

lines and colors - Pen Drawing by Charles Maginnis on Project Gutenberg

There are some good resources out there on pen drawing if you dig for them, and you'll occasionally find some for free.

A case is point is the Project Gutenberg eBook version of Pen Drawing by Charles Maginnis. (Amazon listing here)

Pen Drawing, An Illustrated Treatise

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Pen Drawing, by Charles Maginnis
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.

Black & White ImageS - Third Annual Collection

Black and White Images - The Third Annual Collection
"Oh man, what an inspiration! (Love these labors of love-congratulations.) Frost, T.S. Sullivant, Kemble and the rest; amazing how those virtuosos could make a penpoint sing. Drawing with a dip nib is hard: they blob, they run outa gas just in the middle of a line. Looking at old Life humor mags and seeing ads for pen-nibs made me realize that every kid in school had to learn to use a dip pen. You're publishing the guys who got straight A's...."
Art Spiegelman - cartoonist and historian

Vincent Van Gogh - Resources for Art Lovers - VAN GOGH DRAWINGS

Find out about Vincent Van Gogh's drawings in pen and ink

100 Years of Illustration : Gibson, Charles Dana and His Imitators

Examples of outstanding talent which may or may not have been overlooked or forgotten. Compiled by a working illustrator and designer.

History of Pen and Ink Drawing - British and European Artists

lines and colors - Sir John Tenniel

John Tenniel is best known (and rightly so) for his beautiful, imaginative, definitive and absolutely perfect pen and ink illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass: And What Alice Found There.

lines and colors - Arthur Rackham

Rackham was a deft pen and ink artist and most of his paintings started as pen and ink drawings into which he worked layer after layer of transparent watercolor glaze, a painstaking method associated more with classical painting than modern illustration.

Elizabeth Nesbitt Room Illustrators Project

The Illustrators Project:Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)

Vincent Van Gogh - Resources for Art Lovers - Van Gogh Drawings

Find out about Van Gogh's drawings using a reed pen and ink

Contemporary Artists and Illustrators in Pen and Ink (UK and Europe)

Ronald Searle

Pen and ink drawings by Ronald Searle - a very successful graphic artist and pictorial satirist. I particularly love his drawings of cats

The Official Gerald Scarfe Website | Buy signed prints & books

The official website of cartoonist, illustrator & designer Gerald Scarfe. Buy signed prints & books online.
He has worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker.

Quentin Blake Official Website

The official Quentin Blake web site. Here you can find out all about the man who brought some of your favourite characters to life, from Mister Magnolia and Mrs Armitage to the BFG and Matilda.

Making a Mark: Henry Moore Deluxe: Books Prints & Portfolios

Henry moore frequently drew in ball point pen prior to creating etchings. The set of drawings of an elephant's head and of sheep are particular fine

The Weasel - Drawings by Lucinda Rogers. Words by Christopher Hirst (for The Independent)

Drawings by Lucinda Rogers. Words by Christopher Hirst.
For those suffering withdrawal symptoms, an archive of Rogers/Hirst material is now available at www.theweasel.co.uk.

Ink Architecture Melissa B. Tubbs, Preserving, Celebrating, Architectural Heritage, Pen and Paper

Melissa B. Tubbs has been creating finely-detailed pen-and-ink drawings of architectural subjects for 18 years. Her works document buildings and their ornamentation in order to preserve them for future generations.

andrea joseph's sketchblog

andrea joseph's sketchblog.
Andrea produces fascinating drawings in ballpoint pen - very absorbing

Contemporary Artists and Illustrators in Pen and Ink (USA)

About R. Crumb

Robert Crumb is the only underground cartoonist to be recognized by the fine art world. Robert Crumb once proclaimed: "I'm not a Star! I'm just half a Star!" He is the creator of Fritz the Cat, Zap Comix, Mr Natural, Devil Girl and the Keep on Truckin' Guys. He is the subject of two award-winning documentaries about his life and times. Robert hides in the South of France.

Sharpie | Sharpie Markers Official Blog - Meet Cheeming Boey

Cheeming Boey describes himself as an animator during the day, an artist in the evenings, and a dreamer at night. Armed with a black Sharpie Pen, Boey draws images on styrofoam cups that include intricate waves, birds and scenes of his life from Malaysia to Orange County.

lines and colors - Paul Madonna: All Over Coffee

Madonna's wash drawings are simply wonderful; his sensitive linework, sure draftsmanship, masterful applications of wash and keen eye for light and shadow produce images that are uncannily evocative of place, even for those of us who have never been to San Francisco.

lines and colors - Mary Sprague

St Louis artist Mary Sprague creates ink drawings, sometimes in colors, often monochromatic, in which delicate sprays of line and hatching coalesce to create her tree forms. When seen at the scale at which her work is reproduced on her website, her groupings of short but flowing lines, and the way she applies them in textural passages, give her drawings some of the feeling of softness and delicacy characteristic of etchings.

lines and colors - William Stout: Hallucinations

Stout has a terrific pen and ink style, and his black an white illustrations pop with judiciously applied texture and finessed line work; but when he combines that skill with his talents as a painter, he creates images with visual charm that I find wonderfully appealing.

lines and colors :: a blog about drawing, painting, illustration, comics, concept art and other visual arts %uFFFD Noli Novak

Noli Novak is one of the few people who does these (stipple) illustrations professionally. Her clear, crisp application of the process produces portraits with some of the feeling of traditional engravings, but with a fresh, modern edge.

Paul Heaston - three letter word for art

Native San Antonian. Lived in Montana. Now back in Texas. Sketches, paints, draws, eats a lot of Mexican food.

Draws a lot in pen and ink

Direct Sketching with Pen and Ink: Drawing People from Life - Roz Wound Up

The full post outlines a step by step approach.

VIDEOs: Artists drawing in pen and ink

links to artists websites

Quentin Blake : Illustrators : Quentin in Action

The official Quentin Blake web site. Here you can find out all about the man who brought some of your favourite characters to life, from Mister Magnolia and Mrs Armitage to the BFG and Matilda.

Quentin Blake : Illustrators : Quentin in Action

The official Quentin Blake web site. Here you can find out all about the man who brought some of your favourite characters to life, from Mister Magnolia and Mrs Armitage to the BFG and Matilda.

Making A Mark....with Pen and Ink

a small selection of pen and ink posts from my blog - Making A Mark

Making a Mark: The Pen and Ink Book

I am particularly fond of working in pen and ink as anybody who has reviewed drawings on my website will know. The Pen and Ink book by Jos. A Smith (published by Watson Guptill) is certainly one of the things that stimulated my interest. ............

At the time of writing the book its author, Jos. A Smith, was a Professor of Fine Art at the School of Art and Design at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York and had been since 1961. He obviously brought a wealth of practical information and experience to developing this book. I'd liken aspects of his style to a very contemporary version of Albrecht Durer. I would expect most artists to find the range of excellent artwork in this book by Prof. Smith and others to be extremely stimulating. All quotes included here are from the book.

The subtitle of the book is "materials and techniques for today's artist". One of the bonuses of the this book is his very comprehensive treatment of materials for drawing in ink

* 10 pages devoted to pens and brushes,
* another ten pages on inks and then
* 12 pages on paper and supports.

Making a Mark: The Rotring Art Pen

When I first started drawing in pen and ink I struggled to find a suitable pen to draw with. However, once I came across the Rotring Art sketching pen I was in raptures - it's a very nicely balanced pen which seems to make the lines flow very easily! My favourite is the one with the extra fine nib which I find I can use right way round and in reverse. There was no stopping me once I'd discovered their 'marron' sepia coloured ink as well - I started drawing absolutely everything in ink!

Making a Mark: Drawing A Head - 24th January 2008

Last night in my 'Drawing A Head' Class, I took a larger piece of paper and set myself a challenge. Three views of the same head - in pen and ink - and no outlining. I had to do all the studies by drawing the value structure using smallish strokes. Here's the result.

Making a Mark: Drawing a Head 14th June 2007: Models with 'hair'

I drew models with 'hair' in this week's drawing class - by which I mean models whose hair is a challenge to draw. One of our models arrived late this week so I started with a short pen and ink study of Flavio who has a Mohican and dreadlocks(!) and then did two studies of Chiara - who has a mass of gold-red ringlets. The longer one (top) is in pen and ink

Making a Mark: Art shops in London - Green & Stone

Green & Stone is a very impressive fine art suppliers. It's very much the way art shops used to be in the past and stocks a huge range of good quality art supplies. This is, thankfully, one shop which has not decided to target the art student or graphic design market - it's very much catering for those who want fine art supplies and good quality.......the range of inks that they stock is phenomenal. I saw the Haxink - which was very tempting..........

Making a Mark reviews......: Book review - Taking a Line for a Walk: 1100 Miles on Foot, Le Havre to Rome

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED This book is a joy for all those who sketch on their travels. It's both an inspiration to improve one's own sketches and a gentle reminder of how to slow down and reflect on life and the pleasures of our surroundings and all we encounter on our travels.

a particulour joy for all those - like me - using pen and ink and coloured pencils

Making a Mark: Artists and illustrators drawing in pen and ink

One of the other purposes of the resources for artists site is to provide links to artists who can show others what they can do when using pen and ink.

How to draw using pen and ink

Tips and techniques

Making a Mark: Van Gogh: Drawing media and techniques

Pen and ink: Van Gogh had a remarkable gift for pen drawing and graphic technique. This post focuses on Van Gogh's drawing materials and how they influenced his style.

Pen and Ink Drawing of Buildings - Illustrated Notes

Notes on how to draw buildings using pen and ink techniques, with example illustrations

Dordogne Painting Days: 'Wet' Sketching in Pen & Ink using washes - includes advice about materials & techniques

Dordogne Painting Dayspaintings & drawings from the south west of france
lundi 3 mars 2008
'Wet' Sketching in Pen & Ink using washes - includes advice about materials & techniques

Choosing a Pen for Writing (and Sketching) in Your Visual Journal - Roz Wound Up

In this post I take a look at the pens I use and which papers I use them on, and why.

Time for a New Pentel Pocket Brush Pen - Roz Wound Up

Right: Journal Sketch, a NEW Pentel Pocket Brush Pen on Nideggen paper. (By "new" I mean I finally wore one out.) Click the image to view an enlargement and read on to see cropped close up of the lines. I...

Roz Wound Up: Inks

About sketching with a waterbrish pen using an acrylic ink wash

Direct Sketching with Pen and Ink: Just Jump into the Deep End of the Swimming Pool - Roz Wound Up

The full post is about my thoughts on sketching directly with pen and ink (without using pencil first).

Direct Sketching with Pen and Ink: Drawing People from Life - Roz Wound Up

The full post outlines a step by step approach.

Pen and ink: Tip and techniques

working with pen and ink; looking after your pens

DANIEL SMITH Art Supplies: Weekend Demo, July 19th with Marianne Perkins

The FREE weekend demonstration at the Daniel Smith Store in Seattle last Saturday was with Watercolor and Walnut Ink Artist Marianne Perkins - this blog post includes tips for working with ink.

Non-Linear-Arts: Ink Flow Comparisons

For this experiment, I tilted the board about 30 degrees and swiped a stripe of water with a fully loaded 1" flat. I'm using Fabriano Soft Press paper as I do for my sketches.

From left to right, here are the inks tested:
1) Pre-mixed Yahutomo Sumi ink
2) Parker Quink
3) Higgins Eternal
4) Noodler's Golden Brown
5) Waterman Havana Ink
6) Dr. Ph Martin Bombay India Ink
7) Daler Rowney Liquid Acrylic
8) Windsor Newton Ink

Utrecht Learning Center - All About Technical Pens

Mechanical drawings require precise, continuous lines of specific widths, drawn in a dark black ink. Technical pens have made precision line drawing possible for all artists, without the specialized training once necessary to achieve good results.

RICHARD INK - Fountain Pens: 7 Simple Tips on How-to Use and Care for Your Fountain Pens

RICHARD INK | RICHARDink.com - Fountain Pen Blog

Pen and Ink - Drawing Pens and Equipment

Pen and Ink drawing for beginners - what you need to get started. Choosing basic equipment for pen and ink drawing.

Roz Wound Up: Inks

About sketching with a waterbrush pen and acrylic ink

Clean Pen Marks Off Your Hands with a Teabag

there's a better way to scrub off ink marks off your hands than plain old soap and water. Use a cool teabag

Online books about pen and ink drawing

The Project Gutenberg: Pen Drawing, An Illustrated Treatise by Charles Maginnis

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Pen Drawing, by Charles Maginnis
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever.
You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at at www.gutenberg.org

Google Books: Pen Drawing - An Illustrated Treatise by Charles Maginnis

Originally published in 1924, this early work on Pen Drawing is a highly illustrated and informative look at the subject with much of the information being useful and practical today. Chapters include; Style in Pen drawing, Materials, Technique, Value, Practical problems, Architectural drawings and

My online portfolio - drawings in pen and ink

Drawings in pen and ink

Flower drawings by Katherine Tyrrell

Flower drawings - the majority of which are in pen and ink

Interior Landscapes - drawings by Katherine Tyrrell

Drawings of Interior Landscapes - the majority of which are in pen and ink

Introducing Calligraphy

Calligraphy, Chinese Art of Stylized Writing: History, Famous Calligraphers: Styles, Zhuan-shu, Li-shu, Cao-shu, Xing-shu, Kai-shu

Chinese Calligraphy: History of Calligraphic Art: Brush/Ink Writing Scripts, Zhuan-shu, Li-shu, Cao-shu, Xing-shu, Kai-shu: Famous Calligraphers of Han, Jin, Tang, Song, Ming, Qing Dynasties

The primary tools on a calligrapher's desk are: paper, ink, brush, and inkstone, known collectively as the Four Treasures of the Study.

Pens - suppliers

pen shops and online pen stores

Heaton Cooper Studio Ltd - Calligraphy Pens

Art shop with online purchase of art materials and art supplies.

Heaton Cooper Studio Ltd - Drawing and Sketching Pens

Art shop with online purchase of art materials and art supplies.

Heaton Cooper Studio Ltd - Nibs and pen holders

Art shop with online purchase of art materials and art supplies.

Cult Pens

Cult Pens - Top-quality writing instruments at discount prices. Large range of hard-to-find pens, pencils and accessories.

The Cult Pens Guide to Technical Pens

Cult Pens Pencyclopedia Technical Pens

Cult Pens Pen Finder

Cult Pens - Pen Finder - find your favourite perfect pen pencil

Cult Pens Glossary

The Glossary is a collection of smaller articles and definitions, rather than the longer articles you'll find in the Cult Pens Pencyclopedia.

Roberson pens and nibs

Automatic Lettering Pens. Handmade in England for over 100 years, the hand-finished, smooth writing tip is unique: the pen can write and flow in any direction. The pen produces both very thin lines with contrasting thick lines. Easy to use for right and left-handed users, from young children to professionals-writing calligraphy, drawing illustrations, and making decorative creative mark designs. More than 100,000 sold worldwide. Users say: "Automatic Pens are best."

Reed Pens. Hand cut traditional reed pen for calligraphy and drawing. Square tip. Left oblique to order.

Quill Pens. Traditional quill pen made from goose feathers. Cut by hand then cured in hot sand. Also available uncut if you wish to make your own pens.

T N Lawrence & Son Ltd - Faber Castell Pitt Drawing Pens

Suitable for sketches, studies and ink drawings. Highly light-fast, waterproof drawing ink.

L. Cornelissen & Son

L. Cornelissen & Son - one of the central London art shops which I recommend. I saw Rotring Art Pens for sale there in May 2007 (F and EF sketch pens and calligraphy pens. See the downloadable catelogue for Drawing which includes Silverpoint; Pens & Nibs; Reed & Quill Pens; Inks - Pelikan & Roberson and the Pilot Pens Range

blotspens: Rotring ArtPens

UK based suppliers of calligraphy pens, fountain pen ink and a wide range of writing instruments. Also offers sundries such as rulers and adhesives

Pens for Art & Calligraphy - Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd

Calligraphy, Pens & Pencils

Pens for Art & Calligraphy - Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd

Calligraphy, Pens & Pencils

Pens for Art & Calligraphy : Chinese Reed Pens - Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd

Chinese Reed Pens

Pens for Art & Calligraphy : Handmade Traditional Quills - Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd

Handmade Traditional Quills

Pens for Art & Calligraphy : Zig Artists Sketching Pen - Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd

Zig Artists Sketching Pen

Pens for Art & Calligraphy : Zig Scroll & Brush - Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd

Zig Scroll & Brush
Water-based pigment; photo-safe, acid-free, archival quality, lightfast, waterproof; non-bleeding, xylene free and odourless.

Fine Writing Pens - J M Pennifeather | London Pen Shop - Buy Pens Online:

J M Pennifeather sell a range of fine writing pens from major pen brands including Lamy Pens, Cross Pens, Fisher, Faber-Castell, Parker Pens, Waterman Pens, Pelikan, Caran D'Ache, S. T. Dupont. We sell Fountain Pens, Rollerball Pens, Ballpoint pens and designer and limited edition writing pens.

J M Pennifeather | Pen Buyers Guide

The pen buyers guide has been created by J M Pennifeather to help you find the perfect pen.

Classic Fountain Pens, Inc.

Vintage and Contemporary Fountain Pens, Nib Customization and Repair, Pen Ink and Accessories, all available at nibs.com from Classic Fountain Pens, Inc.

J and T's Art and Calligraphy: Drawing Board Accessories, Automatic Lettering & Calligraphy Pens - SPECIAL ORDER

Automatic Lettering & Calligraphy Pens SPECIAL ORDER ONLY Can take 1-2 weeks

The Goulet Pen Company

Let us enhance your writing experience. Fountain pens, inks, notebooks, stationery, wax seals, and more! Authorized retailer of Noodler's, Platinum, J. Herbin, Rhodia, Clairefontaine, Quo Vadis, G. Lalo, Exacompta, Pelikan, Private Reserve, Diamine, Caran d'Ache, Sailor, Sheaffer, and Aston Leather

Recommended by Nina Johanssen

Noodler´s flex nib piston fill pen

Nina Johansson | Blog Archive | Noodler´s flex nib piston fill pen

Last week, I ordered two Noodler´s flex nib pens from the Goulet pen company in USA. I have read a little about fountain pens with flex nibs online, but they all seemed to be vintage, and you have to be more or less a rich fanatic to even get hold of one.

Nina Johansson | Blog Archive | A few thoughts on Noodler´s flex nib pen

First of all, this pen is still absolutely wonderful to draw with. Fabulous. I love the variety in line width it offers, and how easily it flows on the paper. It feels very smooth, no scratching or strange behavior ever. It is a great drawing tool, and I know I am going to use it a lot.

Lamy Safari

Nina Johansson | Blog Archive | Lamy Safari

A few days ago I got my second Lamy Safari fountain pen. I bought the first one in January, and I´ve been using it every day since then (no, I´m not kidding), so I thought I´d say a few words here about this favourite drawing tool of mine.

Rollerballs

Drawing Landscape: Sketching with ROLLERBALL pens

Review of rollerball pens - illustrated with rollerball pen and ink drawings

Pilot G-Tec C4 Microtip 0.4mm Rollerball Pen

Making a Mark reviews......: Product Review: Pilot G-Tec C4 Microtip 0.4mm Rollerball Pen

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: The Pilot-G-Tec-C4 rollerball pen in brown ink is my pen of choice for sketching

Penholders

Scribblers Penholders

Penholders

Pen Holders Catalog

New American Pen Holders from MisterArt - for calligraphers and cartoonists

Scribblers Calligraphy Blog - penholders

a list of blog posts about penholders

Scribblers Calligraphy Blog - Speedball Nibs and Penholders

A Speedball nib and penholder chart is available to download. This useful chart gives a brief description of each nib. Next to each type of nib is a code to identify which Speedball penholder should be used.

Scribblers Calligraphy Blog - Starting Calligraphy - penholders 2

The choice of penholder for Copperplate style of writing depends upon the nib you are using and whether you are left or right-handed.

Scribblers Calligraphy Penholders

Calligraphy Penholder catalogue

Fitting Dip Pen Nib to Holders at J and T's Art Calligraphy online-shop

A helpfull guide on How to fit mapping and straight shanked dip pen nibs to pen holders, with hints and tips.

Types of nibs

Scribblers Calligraphy Blog » Nibs and Pens

Types of nibs

How to choose a dip pen nib for drawing - J and T's Art Calligraphy

Things to look for when choosing a dip pen nib for drawing.

How to fit a reservoir to a dip pen nib - J and T's Art Calligraphy omline

Instructions for fitting a slip-on reservoir to a dip pen nib.

Vintage and Victorian Dip Pen Nibs at J and T's Art and Calligraphy

Vintage and Victorian dip pen nibs, many styles and types.

Joseph Gillott and William Mitchell Mapping, Writing and Drawing Dip Pen Nibs at J and T's Art and Calligraphy

Mapping Writing, Drawing and Calligraphy nibs by Joseph illott, William Mitchell, Brause and Manuscript.

Mapping Nibs at J and T's Art and Calligraphy online shop

Joseph Gillott Mapping nibs, a good selection for art and calligraphy.

Inks - brands, characteristics and suppliers

Heaton Cooper Studio Ltd > Sepia/Brown Inks

Art shop with online purchase of art materials and art supplies.
A range of sepia inks from Cornelissen, Higgins, Kremer, Roberson and Rohrers

Heaton Cooper Studio Ltd > Black Inks for Drawing and Calligraphy

Art shop with online purchase of art materials and art supplies.
A range of 11 different black and calligraphy sepia inks

Heaton Cooper Studio Ltd - Coloured Inks for Calligraphy and Drawing

Art shop with online purchase of art materials and art supplies. Coloured Inks

Daler Rowney - FW Artists' Ink

FW Artists' Ink is an acrylic based pigmented water resistant ink in a range of 30 colours, all of which have either a 3 or 4 star rating. Such a degree of lightfastness over such a range of fully intermixable colours makes them ideal for use by artists' in the production of pictures for permanent display.

Daler Rowney - Kandahar Drawing Inks

Kandahar inks are brilliant transparent colours that flow easily from pen, brush and air brush. Ideal for line drawing, manuscript and design work. The colours are based on dyes chosen for their brilliance rather than their permanence, except black and white which are based on lightfast pigments. All except gold and silver (imitations) are shellac based and may be mixed one with another, thinned with distilled water and overlayed in use.

Roberson's Penman Ink Range Classical Transparent

A very thorough review of Penman Classical Transparent Ink by Jacqui Blackman

Roberson Drawing Inks

Roberson Metallic Inks: Pale gold, rich pale gold and copper. Non-waterproof.

Roberson Traditional Prout's Brown: Roberson was commissioned to produce this ink by Samuel Prout (1783-1852, a superlative draughtsman) who painted the buildings of Western Europe in faithful detail. Lightfast, based on Van Dyke crystals. This medium brown ink is ideal for sketching, giving even washes with a smooth dispersal of fine pigment. It can also be used for calligraphy and Chinese brushwork and dries to a satin finish.

Roberson French Sepia Ink: Indian ink. Water resistant once dry. Rich, warm golden colour that dries to a glossy finish. Use with a dip pen or brush. Produces a good wash. Particularly good for sketching.

Roberson - Pelican Drawing Ink

Drawing Ink A
Transparent, intermixable waterproof inks. Diluted with distilled water. Suitable for ruling pens, drawing pens, brushes.

Scribtol Calligraphy Ink
Especially free flowing, opaque, non-fading, black ink.

Sanford Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Ink - BLICK art materials

Intense, semi-flat black finish on most surfaces. For use with technical pens and airbrushes, dip pens or brushes. Waterproof, opaque, permanent, fadeless and acid-free.

T N Lawrence & Son Ltd Winsor & Newton Drawing Inks

Winsor & Newton Drawing Inks are formulated from a series of soluble dyes in a superior shellac solution. They can be applied with brush, pen or airbrush and are widely used by illustrators, designers, calligraphers and artists.

These inks (with the exception of the Liquid Indian Ink) are water resistant.

T N Lawrence & Son Ltd - Dr Martins Radiant Concentrated Watercolour Inks

These colours are produced in an extremely concentrated form to achieve the greatest possible brilliance and radiant tones in designs and illustrations on paper surfaces.

These colours are NOT lightproof or waterproof. Designed for work that is to be re-produced.

T N Lawrence & Son Ltd - Sennelier Indian Ink

(Also known as Sennelier Encre de Chine)A beautiful deep black Indian ink that is indelible and lightfast.When diluted with water it becomes less indelible. Excellent for calligraphy with pens, brushes and airbrush. Not recommended for fountain pens.

Calligraphy and Drawing Inks from Scribblers

calligraphy and drawing inks

Scribblers - Blot's Iron Gall Ink

Blot's Iron Gall Ink is based on a medieval recipe. The ink is a lot thinner than other inks and will darken after a while. It flows well and produces fine hairlines.

Sold in a wide necked jar for easier access when using an angled pen holder.

Scribblers Calligraphy Blog - blog posts about Inks and Paints

Inks and Paints

Forty Centuries of Ink by David N. Carvalho

Carvalho, David N.
Forty Centuries of Ink Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library

(e-book)

Green & Stone Art Materials - pens and drawing/artists' inks

A very extensive selection of pens and inks - available from the shop in the Kings Road Chelsea or via mail order.

Pens for Art & Calligraphy : Inks - Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd

Inks - including Chinese Ink stone, Iron Gall Ink and sumi-e ink

Winsor and Newton - Drawing Inks

Our Drawing Inks have been used by illustrators since their introduction by Winsor & Newton in the 1890's, where the main requirement is brilliance of colour.

Today they are formulated from a series of soluble dyes in a superior shellac solution. These inks can be applied with brush, dip pen or airbrush and are widely used by designers, calligraphers and artists as well as illustrators.

Winsor & Newton - Calligraphy Inks

Winsor & Newton have used their expertise in the production of fine inks since the 1890s to create a wide range of 18 colours which are brilliant and lightfast, allowing today's calligraphers to continue to create this important and flourishing art form.

Winsor & Newton: FAQS about Drawing and Calligraphy Inks

You will find below a selection of FAQs relating to using Drawing & Calligraphy Inks. If you still can't find the answer you're looking for you can email us.
1. Are inks as lightfast as water colour?
2. How can inks be stopped from sinking into paper?
3. Is it possible to stop calligraphy inks from bleeding into hand made paper?
4. Are coloured drawing inks water resistant?
5. Are all Drawing Inks colours intermixable?
6. Is Winsor & Newton Liquid Indian Ink archival?

Ink and it's use - how to choose, it's properties and flow - at J and T's Art Calligraphy online-shop

Ink and its use. Ink properties, permanence and flow, chossing for your work.

Pouncing and preparing surfaces for pen and ink work

Pounce Pouches - how to use them and what they are for at J and T's Art Calligraphy online-shop

How to use pounce pouches to prepare your surface for ink work.

Dip Pen Nibs: Accessories, Pounce Pouch 50 gms powder & pot

For paper preparation to allow the surface to take ink more readily

Pen wipes

J and T's Art and Calligraphy: Pen Wipes, Chamois Leather Pen Wipes Small

Genuine Chamois Leather Pen Wipe
Approx. 5" x 7" (12 cm x 17 cm)

Dip Pen Nibs: Pen Wipes, Chamois Leather Pen Wipes Small

Genuine Chamois Leather Pen Wipe
Approx. 5" x 7" (12 cm x 17 cm)

Antique Silver Pen Wipes - Daniel Bexfield Antiques

PEN WIPES

Digital Pen and Ink

Making a Mark reviews......: Product review #1: Wacom Inkling

This post comes in three parts
* First the official videos by Wacom - which is probably as blatant an example of using YouTube to market a product as I've ever seen! Note the Wacom videos are available on the USA site but not the Europe channel of Wacom YouTube.
* Second, a technical summary. This includes a summary of the pros and cons as identified to date
* Third - the links to reviews of the Wacom Inkling - for a future post as it turns out as I can't find any to date!

Communities and Forums for artists using pen and ink

Pen and Ink - WetCanvas!

By popular demand, a special forum for the discussion of pen and ink techniques and works!

Pen and Ink, Illustration Art - ArtPapa forum

A forum about pen and ink drawing - not very active

The Fountain Pen Network (Powered by Invision Power Board)

Mainly for people interested in fountain pens rather than artists.

Blogs about pen and ink

blogs and blog posts

Pen & Ink in 'lines and colors' :: a blog about drawing, painting, illustration, comics, concept art and other visual arts

A blog about drawing, painting, illustration, comics, webcomics, cartoons, concept art and other visual arts.

Category - pen and ink

Scribblers Calligraphy Blog

This blog is brought to you by www.scribblers.co.uk.

The aim of our blog is to provide you with:
* news and information of future products and services we will be offering
* additional product information
* useful tips and techniques
* a calligraphy community for sharing and inspiring

Making a Mark: Van Gogh: Drawing media and techniques

Pen and ink: Van Gogh had a remarkable gift for pen drawing and graphic technique. This post focuses on Van Gogh's drawing materials and how they influenced his style.

Dordogne Painting Days: 'Wet' Sketching in Pen & Ink using washes - includes advice about materials & techniques

Dordogne Painting Dayspaintings & drawings from the south west of france
lundi 3 mars 2008
'Wet' Sketching in Pen & Ink using washes - includes advice about materials & techniques

Urawaza: Clean Pen Marks Off Your Hands with a Teabag

Whether you've got ink blots on your hands from working too hard or snagging that cutie's number at the concert

Palimpsest: Ink Pots and the Book of Revelation

Ink Pots and the Book of Revelation

The Pen Addict

The best pen review website on the internet (he says!)

Roz Wound Up

Posts on book arts, journaling, visual journaling, painting, sketching, dogs, books, film, and the many other things in which I am interested; all wrapped up with observations from my life.