A solid ink that is indispensable in oriental art, such as ink painting and Japanese painting (glue painting).
Speaking of its charm, I guess it is in "bleeding" and "faint" unique to polished ink. Supporting these expressions is the black soot caused by burning oil and pine.
Compared to the pigments used in tube paint, soot has a very fine particles, so its characteristics help create a unique shade.
Some of you who live in Japan may have experience that ink has bounced into clothes and can no longer be removed in calligraphy classes, but that is also related to the fineness of the particles of coloring materials. I am doing it.
Of course, there are many other attractions that are not well known to solid ink, but it is very important that "the soot is created by the soot of solid ink is the charm of solid ink."
In general, solid ink can be colored by polishing it in an inkstone, but this "Picture Ink" series is a painting material that allows you to enjoy such soot more easily.
Many solid ink are kneaded together with soot, so even if you stroke the ink with a wet brush, you will not be able to obtain beautiful colors.
However, this "picture ink" series contains soot in watercolor paint that is kneaded with pigments and Arabi rubber, so it can be dissolved and used as soon as you touch it with a wet brush.
This product was made by Sumido Co., Ltd., which is close to Pigment Tokyo.
Based on the technique of ink making cultivated by the ink shop in 1805, it is said that it is particular about hue, brightness, saturation, and expression, and has a color that cannot be reproduced by simply working on the material.
Let's actually look at the colors. This time, I applied two types of paper for watercolor painting and ink painting of Takewa paper. The first is the standard "picture ink".
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Color material: Picture ink
Basal material: For watercolor painting Takewa paper
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Color material: Picture ink
Basal material: For Toba paper ink painting
The monotone expression reminiscent of an old film is very beautiful. Since the pigment with a strong force to cover the layer below is not used, diluting with water can create a transparent color.
Since the soot fiber soaks into the paper fiber, it is characterized by making a more beautiful gradage than a watercolor paint kneaded only with pigments.
It can be said that it is an expression unique to this watercolor paint.
In addition, even in Japanese paper using the same bamboo as the main material, you can get different bleeding conditions simply by changing the base material.
If you want to make the most of the stroke, use watercolors, and if you want to make use of the bleeding strongly, use ink painting.
As a person, I like the blue color. Similarly, it is a solid ink called "blue -shin", which is a mixture of soot mixed with indigo color, but the color has a stronger color.
The solid ink has a blue ink with a blue color, and a brown -colored tea ink, but the right brown system has a color reminiscent of the tea ink. Masu.
Next, let's take a look at "Picture Ink Akira".
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Color material: Picture Ink Akira
Basal material: For watercolor painting Takewa paper
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Color material: Picture Ink Akira
Basal material: For Toba paper ink painting
Compared to the former, the soot content is small and the pigment is more contained, so it has a vivid color.
In the case of a work like a drawing drawn in monotone, you can use it properly depending on the expression, such as the normal "picture ink", and when dressing like a face color, "Picture Ink Akira".
The rightmost red color is characterized by a slightly brown color than the vermilion we see.
By the way, since the color palette of "Picture Ink" is unified in a bitter color, there was a story that "it may be a little vivid color" during the development, and there was a story that this color was adopted. Or
In addition, this watercolor paint can also create a layer of color created by adjusting the amount of water.
Let's look at the examples.
This is an example of this lab art material expert, Anni Sange.
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Color material: Picture ink
Basal material: For watercolor painting Takewa paper
When you expand your grape bunch, such a gradation is born.
If you look at the surrounding part of the circular shape, you can see that black colors are accumulated at the border between the paper and the colored part.
In this part, it uses a technique called "Tarashikomi", which draws while containing a lot of water in the base material.
In this way, it is possible to intentionally generate the separation between pigments and soot by changing the usage of the same coloring material slightly.
Product photos alone look just black watercolor pallets, but if you actually use them, you can perform such a rich color expression.
If you come to a store in Tennozu Isle, you can try to draw.
When you come to this lab, please feel free to contact the staff.
Art Materials Expert at PIGMENT TOKYO
Akira Oya
Born in 1989 in Tokyo. Master of Fine Art and Design at Nihon University College of Art. While working at PIGMENT TOKYO as an Art Materials Expert, he also continues his career as a visual artist.
Born in 1989 in Tokyo. Master of Fine Art and Design at Nihon University College of Art. While working at PIGMENT TOKYO as an Art Materials Expert, he also continues his career as a visual artist.