INKS

[Nap]

Happy everyone

We are seeing a lot of use of inks when painting , I’m thinking of getting some

Can folk advise which colours and brand they would suggest using for :

Gold and Silver lace

Armour

Flesh

Wood

Leather

I also think these details would be interest for all

Nap

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Happy everyone

We are seeing a lot of use of inks when painting , I’m thinking of getting some

Can folk advise which colours and brand they would suggest using for :

Gold and Silver lace

Armour

Flesh

Wood

Leather

I also think these details would be interest for all

Nap

I use Liquitex and Rowney acrylic artists inks almost exclusively. They are dispensed using a rubber eye dropper. I also use sepia from other brands. Sepia ink is my number one For flesh, armour, weapons, hair, horses, wood, leather etc. I also use it mixed with purple, blue and green for faces and for gold and silver lace. Payne’s grey is also useful if you want more of a blue cast.

Note that inks HAVE to be heavily diluted if they are being used as a wash or filter. They are very intense colours. Also note that inks should be sealed before additional watery paint or ink layers are added or the water/liquid will reactivate the dried ink. I use inks acrylic over uniform colours to unify various shades. For example Indigo over navy blue, crimson or burnt sienna over uniform red. Raw sienna or sepia over yellow.

I originally used Games Workshop inks before deciding that artist’s inks were fine and much better value.