![]() It was easy to lift pigment with a paper towel to make the highlight brighter. The watercolour sphere was made with a lot of wet on wet painting and making sure the paint became more concentrated with each layer. To get a deeper understanding of the differences between watercolour and ink, it’s helpful to paint a simple geometric form like a sphere with each kind of paint. So it’s true that they’re difficult, but this might be worth it to you depending on your taste in colour and texture. ![]() But also, it’s clear to see that the inks have a smooth texture with no granulation, and also the colours are super vibrant. Right away what you’ll gather from these swatches is that inks are far more difficult than watercolours for several reasons. The watercolour, as usual, was easy to blend. The ink blend turned out softer and more pleasant this time, because this wasn’t layering but rather side-by-side blending. However this time, instead of layering green over a fully dry layer of blue, I am blending the colours when they are still wet. The final swatches are another colour mix. It’s best to let the paints do what they please, and don’t rework anything too much! The shellac in the ink once again dried quickly at the edges in the drier place of the circle, and if I had gone back in to try and lift the dark edge I would have only lifted the middle and ruined the dark portion of the circle.īoth watercolour and ink have a mind of their own, as is the nature of thin transparent paint. The watercolour was once again far easier to blend, due to the nature of the pigment. The fourth pair of swatches is a quick demonstration of trying to darken and blend the colours while they’re still wet. This means that the watercolour hues will mix more, while layered ink will make the new colour more with the light shining through the different layers. The difference between these two media colour-wise is that watercolour is particles of pigment suspended in water, and ink is more of a liquid stain. In both swatches, I started with blue, then layered green over the top, then added a little more blue to stop the green from overpowering it. The third pair of swatches demonstrates how two colours to layer with each other. Watercolour is much easier to blend!Ī common issue with ink is that the edges of the puddle will dry quicker and darker than the middle, and any attempt to smooth it out can easily wind up lifting the wetter pigment in the middle.īe quick and cautious when blending out an edge, so that you don’t end up making the dark streak at the puddle’s edge worse. The second pair of swatches compares how easy it is to darken the colour and blend the shades together after the paint has dried. The ink is less permanent than advertised, but still, it stains the paper more than watercolour does, so be mindful of that. The watercolour is far easier to lift, and if I had given it more time the page would have become very close to white. The first pair of swatches test how easily the pigment lifts from the page with a wet brush. I will not be making any comments on lightfastness since that varies from brand to brand with both ink and watercolour.) ![]() ![]() (Note: Different brands of coloured inks will be formulated differently, so you may want to try the exercises here for yourself in case your ink is different from the shellac-based ink shown here. I will use an Etchr hot-press sketchbookso that the texture differences between the two media are easy to spot. This post will demystify coloured inks and help you choose between inks and watercolours. Paintings done in coloured ink look so similar to watercolour paintings that it can be hard to tell the difference but don’t be fooled by how similar they can look because they’re completely different to actually use. Water-soluble coloured inks aren’t talked about online all that much, so many artists either don’t know about them or aren’t sure how to get started.
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