Waterbrush and Ink
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Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!
Today I'd like to show you that we don't need fancy tools to experiment and have fun with materials you might have tucked away in a drawer!
I love drawing with a brushpen, but did you know you can make one, and choose what ink you want in it?
Maybe you have a waterbrush pen - usually you fill the barrel with water, so you can use it as a paintbrush for watercolor on location. But instead, fill it with ink! Any kind of ink will do, and I have a bright red watersoluble fountain pen ink that I'm using today, that's otherwise collecting dust.
Materials used in this video:
-Stillman&Birn Beta Series sketchbook 8.5x5.5"
-Mont Blanc Corn Poppy Red fountain pen ink (water-soluble)
-Pentel Aquash waterbrush
Your assignment for this week:
Take a look at all the art supplies you have.
Pick and use an art supply that you don't use often. And if you don't like using it - give it to someone who might be really happy with it.
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I never thought of filling up a water brush with ink 😮 great idea!
@albertine2169
Жыл бұрын
Me too, such a great idea!
It's a great way to use up lower-quality inks as well that you don't want to use in your fountain pens!
Thank you for uplifting. What an excellent lesson. Thank you
@KoosjeKoene
2 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
What fun!! I never thought of putting ink into a waterbrush! I have many fountain pen inks that I could enjoy that way. Thanks!!
Thank you Koosje, have a great week! 🥰xxx
In English, the squeezy plastic thing is called a pipette. They are quite useful. 😊
@eddelarie8161
Жыл бұрын
And .. 'we' call it a 'pipet'. Silly peeps them Dutch.
Just looked at your back catalogue for ink after todays Ink TTT. This is great, thanks Koosje.
@KoosjeKoene
3 ай бұрын
Great!
This is a really fun lesson! I hadn’t thought about using my old water brushes for ink! What a great idea! I have to older pens that don’t squeeze without leaking, and they’d be perfect for ink, especially if I don’t have to press the barrel! Thanks!
respect. grateful for the idea. blessed day
@KoosjeKoene
6 ай бұрын
My pleasure
Thankyou Koosje for the great new idea. I never use ink but I have to try this. Love your sketch with the red ink! You are always an inspiration.
Yes, we love buying art supplies !!
@AmyJo_Rebecca
Жыл бұрын
I always say buying art supplies is a whole separate hobby to using them 😅
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
So true!
Great tip, thankyou.
Thanks for the fun use of a sketch book page! ✨☺️
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
That's actually a really nice ink. Lovely color. And I've read that it's no o longer being made.
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
Oh I didn't know that...
"it's really important that we allow ourselves to play in our sketchbook" That sentence has stuck with me all week and I'm finally getting it and am committed! Recalling exercises from your previous videos, have been doing single line blind contour drawings and using less dominant hand and even though they turn out completely inaccurate, I'm loving it! 🥰🥰 I haven't used my stabilo Boss chubbies very much, you know, the fat water-soluable crayon pencils? So I'll use those for tomorrow's sketch!!
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
Oh, I'm so glad you are having fun and playing. The stabile ones are great for that.
I never thought of this! Thanks!!
really loved this video ☺
@KoosjeKoene
5 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!!
Great idea! I love inks! I didn't realize I could load them into an extra water brush pen. What fun! 🎉
@KoosjeKoene
8 ай бұрын
Right?!
Pipette is the squeezy thing I think
Girl you just read my mind! I took a water brush filled with just plain water and used that along with straight black ink using the water from the brush to get my dark, mid, and light tones. I love it ! I must try your idea with water-soluble ink. that's awesome😊🙏🧡! Thanks, Koosje.
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
Great minds think alike
Perpetual inspiration from you!! Thanks
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
to infinity and beyond!
grand idea! Thank you for the idea!
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
I always learn from you! Thanks!
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
Great inspiratoin and tips as usual!
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
Now I can have permanent ink in my waterbrush
Just what I was looking for! Thanks excellent video.
@KoosjeKoene
5 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
It's a pipette!
@KoosjeKoene
10 ай бұрын
Yes! Thank you for enlightening
Dank voor de leuke tutorial!Ik heb dit al vaker gedaan met een gewone vulpen. Eerst tekenen met de blauwe inkt en dan idd met de waterbrush bewerken. Met zwart geeft ook een heel leuk effect. Heet het niet een pipet? Deze week je boek binnen gekregen.
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
Ja, een pipet! Oh wat fijn dat je mijn boek hebt gekocht!
I've just discovered your channel and I really like your videos. Your love of drawing and your approach are communicative and.... motivating! Do you plan to publish your book in French one day? See you soon for another video. Have a nice day! Christine
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
Bonjour Christine, I have written the book in English, which was enough of an effort. As I self-published the book, there is now way I can translate it into other languages.
Really helpful video thank you, just one question, did you dilute the fountain pen ink beforehand with water or did you directly fill it with ink? Thank you and I wish you all the best
@KoosjeKoene
11 ай бұрын
I used it directly from the bottle
I think that it's called a pipette.
In laboratory we call the squeezy thing Liquette, a mix of liquid and pipette. With a real pipette you could measure, with this one you just pick liquid. I love your content.
Neat idea. Does it ruin your waterbrush pen to use with plain water in the future?
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
It depends on the ink, but yeah, probably for superclean use of the waterbrush, you might need a "fresh" one.
Just out of curiosity: did you use the ink without diluting it?
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
Straight from the bottle
‘If you are tense, then your line will be too’…that is so true…
When you say that we can use India ink, do you mean pure, undiluted ink? I tried putting diluted India ink in a brush pen but it didn’t work well. I had to shake it constantly. Even when I did that, I mostly got barely tinted water and occasional globs of ink.
@dianamatthews824
Жыл бұрын
I tried that too and it doesn't work well, probably for the same reason that India ink is not recommended to be used in fountain pens, that it clogs the system. Quite by chance I loaded up a water brush with some Waterman's fountain pen ink last week and it works really well.
@RadishTheFool
Жыл бұрын
From what I've found, regular india ink is waterproof, and so it can't really be diluted well with water. However, there are brands that sell special types of india ink, and some of those can be diluted. So that may be where the confusion comes from. It's been something that wasn't quite clear for me either, so your question was an excellent occasion to go and figure it out. Thank you. 😊
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
I would use India ink undiluted.
Hi. Im newly subscribed though have encountered you a few years ago. Just wanted to say hello.
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
Hello! Thanks for subscribing!
pippet
Brush pens are always nerve-racking…. but if you can learn to ‘move on’ and not focus on unexpected lines, your work will more likely turn out to be something you like.
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
nerve wrecking? It's just ink on paper, don't forget that.
@R_H21
Жыл бұрын
@@KoosjeKoene True. =) My mind makes up anxiety producing stories like wasting paper or wasting time doing a sketch that will disappoint. In reality, I have a ton of papers and the only reason I get disappointed is because of expectations.
@KoosjeKoene
Жыл бұрын
@@R_H21 Ah yes, when the inner critic pops up, we can't think rationally anymore. Keep going though, because once you're in that creative flow, the inner critic will be chased away by the good vibes