In late 2014, the De Atramentis Document Inks - a range of lightfast, pigmented, mixable fountain pen friendly inks - was released. It's been a revolution for many sketchers who previously really limited to a few black waterproof inks. I've worked with a number of my own custom mixes - a raw sienna, a burnt sienna and a mixed Jane's Grey in particular, but I use the Black and the Brown as they are all the time.Now we have these - and other - wonderful pigmented inks to use. What I have always loved about the De Atramentis range though is that they are mixable so it is fun to create your own colours. I did a series of posts showing two colour mixes, three colour mixes, and more three colour mixes, mixing greys and mixing with black.
Since that series, a few more colours have been added - Violet, White and Urban grey. This is the latest and was developed by Larrypost.com.au for the urban sketcher. It is about the colour of a graphite pencil so gives lovely pencil-like lines with no smudging.
Here I thought I'd update and show the range of Document ink colours mixed with Document Black and with Document White. I don't have a scanner at present so please accept my apologies for the photos. You can still see the wonderful range of tints and shades you can create.
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Yellow and White |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Red and White |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Magenta/Fuchsia and White |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Violet and White |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Blue and White |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Dark Blue and White |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Turquoise/Cyan and White |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Green and White |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Brown and White |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Urban Grey and White |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Urban Grey and Black |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - White and Black |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Brown and Black |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Green and Black |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Cyan (Turquoise) and Black |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Dark Blue and Black |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Blue and Black |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Violet and Black |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Magenta (Fuchsia) and Black |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Red and Black |
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| De Atramentis Document Ink mixes - Yellow and Black |
Thank you very much for all these posts. As a fountain pen user, they have inspired me to have a go at mixing my own colours to find colours that (in my view) "zing". The one thing you haven't shown us yet is the impact of the De Atramentis Thinner which I found interesting.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great resource! I am just now discovering these inks so thanks for the information!
ReplyDeleteHi Jane. I know this is an old post, but I am wondering if the De Atrementis White ink is similar to the other colours; is it opaque ? I have found these inks (I have fog grey and sepia) to make a lovely grainy texture on lots of papers : moleskine 165gsm, stillman & birn epsilon etc… and am wondering if the white would do the same when mixed with the other colours. as I was unpleasantly surprised to find that Sennelier shellac inks (which also have a gorgeous texture,) white is texture-less smooth and opaque unlike all the other colours.
ReplyDeleteI live in the middle of the Indian Ocean and getting hold of inks is a logistical nightmare so I’m trying to research as much as I can and I haven’t seen any description of the dA white that answer my questions.
the reason I’m hunting for a textured white is actually to try find a granulating or “textured” non opaque white that I can add to inks and watercolours. I’ve had success with adding DS Lunar Black, charcoal & graphite powders, & WN liquid Indian (actual Chinese sumi ink) to darken colours and add over the top texture (I’ve added that ink to both watercolour & sheening inks and it looks amazing) but I can’t find a good white that isn’t opaque and/or flat to lighten colours for my current arctic themed project.