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Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India Ink Aqua
Tanya McGuire
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Shake the bottle because the pigment settles to the bottom.
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2021
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2021
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 25, 2021
Shake the bottle because the pigment settles to the bottom.
By Tina Ganguly on August 24, 2021
By Tina Ganguly on August 24, 2021
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Rick Jones
Works well from dip pens, not sure if it’s really ‘sepia’
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 23, 2021
Works well from dip pens, not sure if it’s really ‘sepia’
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 23, 2021
The colour confusion is not the ink or company’s fault, and I have to preface this by saying that I’m no longer sure what colour ‘sepia’ is meant to refer to — I always thought it was the old-style warm brown/black but I think I’ve since learned I was looking for walnut ink.Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 23, 2021
This is a kind of greenish-brown black and goes grey when used in a wash. I used it in the horse drawing with a Maru nib and two brushes and you can get lively gradations if tone if your patient with it.
Dr. Martin’s Bombay India ink is great in general though, I have the colour set #1 and use the black often.
You have to be aware that it acts like (and likely is) an acrylic ink, so if it dries up too much in a well it won’t act consistently off a dip pen as it gets thicker by the hour.
I decant a small amount into a bottle I can recap easily (having the dropper is great for this) and If I leave it open for too long I just drop in a literal drop of distilled water and mix it up.
It’s very waterproof — I often go over areas if hatching or stipple with build ups of light washes and as long as the previous layer is dry, this just layers predictably and your previous marks don’t lift at all. I’d happily watercolour over it if it had a day to dry.
The colour thing is my own fault — this is quite a nice hue though and does have a sort of vintage aesthetic if that’s what you’re after.
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