It began when I pulled my favorite fude nib pen (Duke 209) from the antique tool box where emptied & cleaned fountain pens sleep. I wondered how this very lightweight pen would work with the progressing tremor in my hands. I filled it with new-to-me Rohrer & Klingner Lotte Sketch Ink and drew some sketch tools.
My hand didn’t shake much, but the pen nib fought with me the whole time! I remember its lines as smooth and effortless, not skipping and dragging. Was the CP paper of the Seawhite Travel Journal to blame? Or the ink? I cleaned it and refilled with my old ink, De Atramentis Document Grey. Seems much smoother now, but I’ll try it on other papers to be sure.
As long as this mostly-gouache palette was out, I wondered if gouache could be used in ink & wash like watercolor. I had just baked another loaf of sourdough so I sketched it with the fude pen, then added thin layers of gouache over the dried ink. Seems to work fine.
We don’t actually eat that much bread, so I cut fresh loaves I bake in half and pop half in the freezer for later.
Vicky, what are the colours in the palette above please?
ReplyDeleteSuzanne in Sydney
Vertically placed pans are gouache and horizontal pans are watercolor. Three of the gouache, I mixed myself right in the pans.
DeleteAcross from the upper left, they are:
“pinky beige” (Pale Coral + Titanium White)
“parchment” (Buff Titanium + Titanium White)
Random Grey watercolor
Smoked Bamboo
Rikyu Grey
Grey no. 1
Taisha Brown
Umber Greenish
Forest Olive watercolor
Perylene Black
“pale green” (Titanium White + Perylene Black)
Blue Black
Most gouache are Holbein, buff and white are Daniel Smith, and Umber Greenish is Schmincke, as are both of the watercolors.