Love Shading, Hate Sheen, Can You Help?

[Geslina]

Have you tried any of the Sailor Ink Studio inks? I have a few of their mid tone colors, the very light ones are too pale for my taste, but the mid tones I have (280 and 243) have beautiful shading with no sheen.  The selection available is huge, ranging from light to dark, and there are many in the teal/blue/green category.  I have one Colorverse ink, Sea Europa, and the Sailor Ink Studio inks seem similar in formulation, on the watery side, but still nicely pigmented.  Best in medium and broader nibs.  I plan on trying some of the Sailor Ink Studio darks myself, especially in the blue/teal shades.

[dragondazd]

Check out the Monteverde noir series. I only tried rose noir firsthand so far but think most/all of the others will also not sheen.

[Runnin_Ute]

Levenger Forest Green is a real nice shading ink. Others that have at least some shading and no sheen...

KWZI Pine Green 

Edelstein Olivine 

Edelstein Aventurine 

Diamine Teal

 

 

[amberleadavis]

On 3/12/2022 at 9:57 PM, GNL said:

Hello FPNers, 

 

I’m a huge fan of shading inks but dislike sheening inks.  In the blue-teal-green spectrum (and nowhere else), can you recommend high shading inks that have no sheen?  My current champion blue is Colorverse Supernova and my current champion green is Diamine November Rain.  But there have to be more!  Again, only in the blue-teal-green spectrum.  Thanks!

 

Gary

 

Remember, you can add a little water to many inks and get the shading especially if you slow down and pirnt.

 

Have you tried Dromgoole's Blue Steel?

[essayfaire]

11 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

 

Remember, you can add a little water to many inks and get the shading especially if you slow down and pirnt.

 

Have you tried Dromgoole's Blue Steel?

Yes, I had forgotten about that and with your avatars it should have occurred to me!