Day 2 of making #diy charcoal #ink:
Used this one bigass log from our firepit, scraping off the chips, and crushing them with another smaller log lol.
The ink without any additives (just water) rubs off quite easily. Much like liquid charcoal does of course :p
Adding sorghum and/or honey makes it stick to the paper better! But dilutes the color and yellows it a bit. Might be good for making brown added some rubbin' alcohol to deter mold.
Right now I'm trying to make it more pigmented. I think there's a maximum amount of darkness with plain charcoal - you have to use soot for BLACK. Must do more research. Gray is good for midtones of course, and I always have black on hand and never wanna mix gray for myself :P maybe it'll be good to keep this gray batch for my ink washes.
Of course, you have to test your ink by drawing Squidward.
here is the poster (see the previous toot) glued to a billboard in the San Lorenzo neighborhood, in #Rome
"Bob's lost (in) space"
2022
#ink and #spraypaint on #paper
130x180cm
#MorningPages 02 April 2025
13. Germinal honoring the Morel, Maria Sibylla Merian b. 1647, Han Christian Anderson b. 1805
#Notebook Chronicle Go-To w/ Mohawk paper, dotted & Col-o-ring swatch booklet
#FountainPen Lamy LX - Au Black, M
#ink J. Herbin Caroube de Chypre
#tarot or #OracleDeck House of Seven Gables playing cards
#CardOfTheDay 9 of Diamonds - The Bank, guard your riches
A couple of random swatches for #SwatchWednesday from a pen meet this past weekend. Wow, holy shimmer on the Birmingham Seaglass! It got everywhere.
#ink #inkSwatches
I have my XOXO 2016 Field Notes in rotation with my Retro 51 roaring 20s (number 113) currently
I had a pack of these maybe seven years ago and they never left their plastic wrap, which caused me to sell them
Found a pack recently and ykno what? This design is TOO BEAUTIFUL not to use. So I bought them
So here we are
I’d probably do this even with a Firespotter.. would you?
(...and this is the second.)
thick blanket covers
signs of those who came before—
cemetery snow
Commentary, wip photos, and ink palette used: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/6085164
Haiku Ink series: https://humangray.com/haiku-ink-series
given a new life
the warmth of an old blanket
filling the sock hole
(February's kigo, "blanlet", is a 2-for-1. Here's the first...)
Commentary, wip photos, and ink palette used: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/6085164
Haiku Ink series: https://humangray.com/haiku-ink-series
The ants are feeling boxy in today's drawing.
It's a new month, so I've started a new post for my daily #inkyDays drawings.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/125704345 https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-April-2025-L3L51CTWHJ
#MorningPages 01 April 2025
12. Germinal honoring the Hornbeam, Kalends, Agathos Daimon*, Veneralia, April Fool, Loki Day, Edible Book Day, Arab-American Heritage Month begins
#Notebook Chronicle Go-To w/ Mohawk paper, dotted & Col-o-ring swatch booklet
#FountainPen Monteverde Rodeo Drive - pearlized lilac, M
#ink Lamy Dark Lilac (2024)
#tarot or #OracleDeck Missing Witches Deck of Oracles
#CardOfTheDay Enheduanna - Write