Octopus Write & Draw Ink (50mL) - White Polar Bear
$24.00
Octopus Write & Draw Ink (50mL) - White Polar Bear
Octopus Fluids Write & Draw Inks are a unique combination of drawing ink and fountain pen ink. Typically, these two mediums differ in important properties, but the Write & Draw Inks bring together the best of both worlds.
Write & Draw inks contain a fountain pen-friendly binder that does not affect the flow properties of the ink. This allows the ink to glide smoothly through the ink feed, but also to stay well on the paper. Thanks to this feature, you can create impressive calligraphic lettering and use the same color in your fountain pen.
Our Write & Draw inks also perform well when painting with a brush! You can use them for watercolor, mix and dilute colors.
And whether applied with a fountain pen, dip pen, or brush – the result is absolutely waterproof, extremely lightfast, and cannot be erased.
You can use the Write & Draw Inks in your fountain pen without hesitation, as long as you take care not to let the ink dry up in the fountain pen. We therefore recommend that you clean your writing instrument thoroughly immediately after use. To be on the safe side, we also advise against using particularly expensive fountain pens for these reasons.
50mL.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews
This White Polar Bear ink is not nearly as opaque as I expected. As received the bottle had a thick and viscous layer of precipitate on the bottom which I expect is the pigment. I stirred this with a glass rod then shook the bottle thoroughly. After letting the bubbles settle I used a (bullet shaped) Kakimori Brass Nib to apply the ink to thoroughly dried black areas of water-coloured paper -- my intent was to use this ink in my art. The Kakimori nib allowed me to make both fine lines and also thick, wet brush-like strokes. The ink goes on very white while wet, but as it dries it becomes thinner and thinner resulting in ghost-like marks. I stirred the bottle and shook it several times over succeeding days, and applied the ink to various papers with various nibs using a dip pen. The ink applies thickly on smooth, less absorbent papers meaning it requires an inconveniently long drying time but resulting in decent opacity -- for example, using a dip pen to apply it to blue Foglietto notepad paper. The ink is, however, very disappointing when applied to more absorbent paper such as Fabriano watercolour paper which had dark watercolour applied, and such as black St Armand Canal paper. On more absorbent papers the ink produces just a sad trace of white, as if it has suffered a debilitating trauma. The best part about the ink is that to acquiring it I visited Wonder Pens from the Maritimes and thoroughly enjoyed the wonder of being there. :)
