I am asked this a lot,
and it is on my inks page,
but thought I’d repost it here.

I start with a faiurluy thick layer of ink in this configuration.

After it dries, clean water placed below it, and the brush begins to touch the dry edge.

The ink is drawing down on its own.

At the top right, I scrub, and may pull some down.

Then let it dry.

Almost completely dry.

For my large ink test
I laydown roughly
a half-square of ink, above.
I let it dry, then load
the bottom half of
the imaginary square
with water, and just touch
the edge of the dry ink…
except for the far right corner,
where I scrub the ink with
my brush to see how it moves.

Occasionally you will see
two images for the same ink.
This is because it is a color
that changes in different
lighting so very much!

I like to use the paper that I am going to use in my actual artwork, so I
use Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook or Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal,

Love me some Robert Oster Motor Oil!

I start with a faiurluy thick layer of ink in this configuration.

After it dries, clean water placed below it, and the brush begins to touch the dry edge.

The ink is drawing down on its own.

At the top right, I scrub, and may pull some down.

Then let it dry.

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