After seeing how the ink behaved on Fabriano Artistico (old stock), I wanted to try it out in the Zeta sketchbook. Definitely behaves differently and takes a bit of adjusting with amount of water in brush for the wash. And each ink color behaves differently in how it washes out. I find the Graphite washes out a little easier than the Tobacco Sunburst. Part of me wonders if it might also depend on how the dip pen nib moves across the paper surface. I felt like the nib was somewhat gouging or scoring into the surface of the Zeta paper....like scratching a thin surface film (hard to explain).
In addition, I thought I would experiment using one of the inks and watercolor after the ink was washed out over the surface of the subject and dried.
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