I’ve gone back to ink cartridges in my Safari fountain pen. The Lamy Ink is freer-flowing than my regular Noodlers, but I don’t have the option of adding a watercolour wash. This fireplace is at my niece Hannah’s Victorian terraced house and I wondered if it was original, but no, it’s a modern gas fire replica, which goes well with house, as does the tile surround.
I feel that I have to press on just a bit to get the line that I’m after with the Noodler’s but in contrast with the fountain-pen ink, I can glide the nib lightly over the surface and pick up some of the texture of the cartridge paper in the line.
Richard, don’t know if you’ve tried it but DeAtramentis Document Ink is permanent and a lot more free-flowing than Noodlers. I changed to it a long time ago and would never go back – and I use a Lamy Safari most of the time and love it. Love these sketches!
Thank you for the suggestion, I’ve just sent off for some of the Document Ink. From the reviews that I’ve read, I think that it’s going to work better for me than the Noodler’s, although the amount of size on the paper is probably still going to be a problem.
True, I agree about size on some paper being an issue. I’d be interested to know how you find the De Atramentis behaves though because I found for me, on all the paper I use, it solved all the issues I was having with Noodlers. Good luck!
Sounds promising! I’ll let you know how I get on.