Two Illustrators draw with Jackson's Indian Ink - Jackson's Art Blog

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October is often a month in an artists calendar dedicated to ink drawings, by participating in Inktober. We asked illustrators Philip Harris and Richard Stephenson to try out Jackson’s Indian Ink. Made in the UK and formulated with a base of high-quality shellac medium and purified water, the ink has a clean, smooth and steady flow. Find out how Philip and Richard experiment and use the ink below. Richard Stephenson Ink and printmaking of any kind, for me, are some of the most important inventions, discoveries and acts in the establishment of modern civilisation. It has allowed the communication of knowledge and ideas to permeate generation after generation: aiding us to understand what words cannot communicate, record history… and imagine the future. I also wouldn’t know what to do with myself if ink wasn’t a thing. Having drawn predominantly with ink for 25 years I was delighted to be asked by Jackson’s Art to review their Jackson’s Indian Ink. Rather than just sticking to line work, which the body of my work is usual based around, I decided to apply several ink washes to this piece to put the ink through its paces. Without question the ink quality holds