
I bought Black Indian Ink as it has different qualities to. If diluting, you must use distilled water as regular tap water will cause the dye to separate from the binder in the ink. Winsor and Newton Inks are great starter inks used by amateurs like myself and professionals alike. If you want to increase the transparency of these inks then they can easily be diluted with water to reduce the saturation of the colour. This allows the user to overlay different colours and inks for beautiful optical colour mixtures. This Ink has a fast drying time, along with being water resistant and transparent. Winsor & Newton Drawing Inks are fast drying shellac-based inks with added dyes to give intensity and brilliant to colour. These inks can be applied with various tools including brushes, dip pens, airbrushes and more making them an ideal medium for many different techniques, industries and professions.
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Since 1835 when William Winsor and Henry Newton introduced the first moist watercolours to the world, much of W&Ns reputation for supreme quality has stemmed from the Professional Watercolour range. Since the introduction of Drawing Inks from Winsor & Newton, they have become popular and are frequently used by illustrators and artists for their vivid and brilliant colours. Professional Watercolour is recognised for using only the purest pigments to ensure quality and permanence. The lightfast Gold, Silver and India Ink are available also.

This ink comes in a range of striking colours and they will mix wonderfully with other mediums. Winsor & Newton drawing inks are brilliantly colored, water resistant, fully mixable. It was only in the mid 17th century, when Europe began importing ink from India, that it became known as Indian ink.
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This ink can be applied with brush, or dip pen. This Dropper Black 250ml Drawing Ink from Winsor & Newton is a versatile ink that can be used in countless ways. Our Black Indian Ink is pigment based allowing the ink to have washes painted on top without bleeding.
