I’m looking for suggestions for some super pale inks for drawing with. Something so pale you almost certainly wouldn’t want to write with it. Inks like that are hard to find information on, because most people aren’t choosing them, but perhaps you know just what ink i should try.
I’d love to find pale blue, brown, and grey in particular. Preferably non-shimmer, since this would be a foundation color, to be built on top of. Also because shimmer inks tend to be streakier, and i want to scribble a larger area with a fude nib, so I’d like the strokes to meld together. Shading inks are great, it doesn’t seem to be the shading that makes shimmer inks streak.
Thanks for any recommendations you’d like to make!
Sorry to be so late to the boards but you should look at Ferris Wheel Press inks. many of them are super pale. For example check out the site ‘Mountain of Ink’ or google to find swatches of ‘FWP Sweet Honeydew’, ‘Little Robinia’, ‘Cream of Earl Grey’ or ‘Strawberry Macaroon’.
Also Ink Institute makes some pale one like ‘Misty Lake’ or ‘Moonshine’.
There’s others too. Poke around at the color families she lists on the website and you are bound to find some you’d like to try. Have fun!
I have so many inks (especially samples) like this and honestly don’t know what to do with them. One example that comes to mind is this series from Octopus Fluids: Octopus Fluids Pastell Inks — Mountain of Ink
But also quite a few of the PenBBS inks like #337 Macau.
If you are looking to acquire a variety, I would love to sell or trade mine w/ someone who can actually use them!
Hi boygirlparty,
What a generous offer! If you see something appealing in my collection, especially among the bottles, i could make sample vials for you and we could swap. I’m always curious to try pale inks in my drawings.
Laura