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Tools & Supplies / Re: Watercolor ratio

« on: January 08, 2021, 02:41:00 AM »

I understand what you are all saying, but isn't there really a ratio to start with like with gouache (fifty-fifty)?
Also, I am planning on using a very small squeeze bottle like the ones that contain eye drops and that let out only one drop at a time. I already did use those with fountain pen ink with zero fuss at all. So, evaporation will be very limited and I might use up all the watercolor in one session, since I am planning on writing several pages at once and will calculate the amount of watercolor I make based on that.
Give me something to start working, please. Let's say fifty-fifty for dry watercolor and sixty-forty with tube?

Thanks

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Tools & Supplies / Watercolor ratio

« on: January 03, 2021, 11:43:55 AM »

Hello,

I am very intrigued to try using watercolor as ink. I saw some examples using Ph Martin’s Hydrus Watercolor, but where I live it is difficult to find, on top of expensive. Is there a way to make my own Hydrus with either dry or tube watercolor and water? Does anyone know the right watercolor to water ratio? I’d much rather fill some containers and dip. I don’t want to waste time trying to find the right consistency.

Thank you