Make Your Own Inks
When you want to experiment with something different, or if you need a color or ink you don't have, here's some ink recipes and ideas to try out.
Colored Ink
1/2" Winsor-Newton Gouache
2 drops alcohol
10 drops gum arabic
distilled water
Squeeze about 1/2" of gouache into a small container. Mix the gouache, alcohol and gum arabic together, then add enough distilled water to get the consistency you want.
Embossing Ink I
1 part glycerine
2 parts distilled water
small amount of watercolor
When you want to emboss some of your calligraphy letters with embossing powder, you need an ink that will hold the powder. Mix the glycerine and distilled water, then add just enough of any watercolor you want to give it enough color to see it when you write with it. This ink does dry quite quickly, so write only a few letters at a time, then quickly pour on your embossing powder.
Embossing Ink II
2 teaspoons distilled water
1 teaspoon glycerine
6-8 drops gum arabic
small amount of watercolor
This embossing ink can be used with pens or brushes. Mix water, glycerine and gum arabic, then add just enough color so you can see the ink when writing with it. Again, write only a few letters at a time and then put on your embossing powder before the ink dries.
Tea Ink
Steep regular tea in a small amount of boiling water until it gets really dark. Use the dark tea as ink. Just be aware that it won't be lightfast - it will fade.
Grey Ink
Use thinned out black inks to make a variety of grey inks. This will make the ink more tranparent and you will get some nice overlapping lines. This is a nice ink to use when you are teaching and using the larger suede pens. It shows the students where the overlaps are.
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