Gamblin inks arrived this afternoon. One sepia, one bone black. Opened just the sepia and gave it a try with some 20 weight Japanese tissue. Though some of the same problems resulted as I had with the Akua inks on that paper, they were greatly diminished, especially considering that I sprayed down the tissue pretty heavily before blotting. I think a combination of these inks, better technique on my part and maybe a slightly heavier or different tissue, will solve the problem. Thanks for the suggestion Craig. Its almost certain to be what I needed. Now, about using the Gamblin ink as compared to Akua... Based on what I have read, I expected the oil based inks to be a big problem. Messy, hard to apply, difficult to clean up. They werent. None of it. Of course, a years worth of practice with training wheel inks helped a lot. Of this I am certain, because I can wipe a plate now without getting ink up to my earlobes. So I really didnt make any more of a mess with the oil based inks than the Akua. Big plus. I was very surprised right off the bat with how easily the Gamblin ink went on to the plate. One wipe and that was it. With the Akua inks, it is necessary to make multiple passes to get good coverage. I would have bet money that would turn out the other way around. While it took longer to wipe the Gamblin ink plate and it took a little more pressure, it really wasnt what you could call more difficult. That also surprised me. I was led to believe Id need a building permit and a jackhammer to wipe oil based ink. The last surprise was that I slightly over-wiped the highlights of the Gamblin ink plate. Still scratching my head on that one. Think Im going to enjoy this ink. Thanks for the suggestion, everybody.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:49:36 +0000
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