Top 8 Shading Inks, and How to Get the Most Out of Them!

Drew is here to share his favorite shading inks with you, and give you tips on how to maximize your shade!

INKS USED:

PENS USED:

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 About Shading
01:04 Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-Rin
03:27:10 Diamine Silver fox
05:00 Robert Oster Honeybee
06:47 Diamine Autmn Oak
07:53 Sailor Ink Studio 123
09:46 Private Reserve Infinity Turquoise
11:54 Robert Oster Cherry Blossom
13:28 Diamine Celadon Cat

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[dandelionpuff]

Not to double comment (as I double comment), but I can't be the only one who would eat up more of this content! I would LOVE to see this format with shimmers!

[Bootus]

Immediately requesting more content in this style. It’s relaxing, feels intimate, and is a great demonstration and educational tool. This is my favorite video y’all have done in a long time.

[thadwind]

This is the Bob Ross of Fountain Pens. Thanks, Drew, turns out this is what I needed at the end of a hard year in education.

[nailartguy]

This was super relaxing just watching the inks do what they do while listening to the calming voiceover! More videos like this where you try out great shading inks would be amazing!!

My favorite shaders are Sailor Kin-mokusei, Iroshizuku Shin-kai, Lamy Blue Black, KWZ Honey, Akkerman Dutch Masters #2 Dou’s Emerald Green, Diamine Terracotta, and Sailor Kobe No. 31 Stone Grey.

[NatalieStarn]

I love ink explorations (my wallet doesnt 😅) and I'm really really digging this low-key, relaxed format. I could watch this all day.

[scotts]

Absolutely love the feel of this video. High-energy Drew is fun, but Closeup Ink Time With Drew has a certain kind of "Bob Ross-ean" calming quality. And it's so fun to watch the nib and ink behavior, with nice easy background music and Drew talking about things he loves. Absolutely on board with more in this style, if y'all are up for it!

[TheStockwell]

Today, Drew Brown taught me that shading inks aren't for me. That's what I respect about Goulet's videos; they show me things I should absolutely buy and try, along with others I feel good about walking past.

Best wishes from Vermont 🍁

[dandelionpuff]

I love these close up clips of your writing! Watching the ink pool is so satisfying. This is why I love fountain pens 🥰

[DawnGilkison]

“go full mustard” somehow cracks me up-thanks for the laugh!

[marimendoza]

Shading is my favorite ink property <3 ...I did not realize how much writing style affected shading because I always write in print. Loved all the inks shown here!

[riesemma]

More shading inks videos please! I LOVE the shading in Wearingeul's Kyeong-Hee from the modern women writers series. It is gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous (definitely no worries about going full mustard but rich and warm) and feels so good in all my pens and nib sizes (the shading shows up in my platinum fine nib too! woohoo) Had to swatch this ink on a ginkgo leaf swatch card...

[ChristopherMay]

Bob Ross discovers fountain pens. I could watch this all day. More please.

[BlinkiesNoGood]

And this is why I can't be an "only three pens inked up at a time" person like Drew. Every time I think I'm getting my pen lineup under control, a video like this comes out and I'm like "oh man I should get out my Taccia Spotlight music nib and put some Ink Studio 123 in it ..."

[tyjinks]

More votes for this style.

This video totally sold me on Honeybee. I'm looking forward to seeing what it looks like in person, because this video makes it shine, while the swatch on the website, I would have totally passed over.

[regency]

This is one of my favorite recent videos! Love the ink demonstration and narration.

[Lascifrass]

I'm such a huge fan of this particular video. I've watched it twice. The viewing experience is genuinely excellent. The format is awesome. The vibe is relaxing. I love watching you play with the inks and seeing your handwriting with the shading. They don't even have to be shading inks! I'd just love to see more inks featured this way.

[vermis]

Sheening's nice; shimmer never really grabbed me; but man, I love the watercolour effect of shading inks. That's a whole reason in itself to use fountain pens, in my view. This video's like visual ASMR to me.

[sistergoldenhair]

This video was so timely. I’ve been crazy for shading lately and was wondering how to pick shading inks on purpose instead of by accident. Thank you for this great content! Honey bee and infinity turquoise are going to be new favorites!

[mmayo]

Oh my goodness! Turquoise Infinity Ink❤

[RobRutherford]

Thanks for the video, not big on shading inks, (sheening & shimmering for me), but I do love watching the zoomed in video of the backflow on the lift from a wet nib. Especially that Pilot 823 at the beginning; and somehow I knew that's what it was even before the nib came into focus.