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Speaking of dip pen inks, I was thinking about the Winsor & Newton Drawing inks, and I had to struggle to remember that they have two different black "Indian inks", one of which is shellac based and therefore waterproof (Black Indian Ink), and one of which is glue based and therefore non-waterproof (Liquid Indian Ink, which they actually say is a liquid form of Chinese stick ink, and is labelled as Chinese ink in French). #artsupplies

Going over my old #artsupplies, I have come up with two Speedball pen holders, and four pens: two Hunt 513EF Globe, one Hunt 512 Ex-Fine, and one Eagle 830 Bulb Point. All of these are at least 30 years old, the Eagle could be decades older, because we had a lot of old stock of pencils and steel pens at the store where I worked. Next, I have to get the old cigar box full of inks from the 1990s, and see if any of them are usable. My suspicion is no, thinking back to the last time I checked them.

Hidden in a Parisian courtyard is La Maison du Pastel, the world's oldest pastel maker. With a 300-year-old legacy of making pastels by hand, the shop served clients like Edgar Degas. @MaisonPastelRP #globalmuseum #art #artsupplies #pastel