{"id":1555,"date":"2016-01-20T09:41:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T16:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2016-01-20T09:41:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T16:41:25","slug":"white-inks-at-jetpens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/20\/white-inks-at-jetpens\/","title":{"rendered":"White inks at Jetpens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-20-white-inks-at-JetPens.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1556\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/20\/white-inks-at-jetpens\/2016-01-20-white-inks-at-jetpens\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-20-white-inks-at-JetPens.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"621,414\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-01-20 white inks at JetPens\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-20-white-inks-at-JetPens.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1556\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-20-white-inks-at-JetPens-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"2016-01-20 white inks at JetPens\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-20-white-inks-at-JetPens-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-20-white-inks-at-JetPens.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>While my go-to tools are metal calligraphy nibs (Mitchell, Brause, Tape) and gouache, sometimes a gold metallic gel pen can be a real pleasure .. and, sometimes more important, a <a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/05\/1359\/\">portable one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One time I ordered about 8 different gold metallic gel pens from Jetpens and had a field day testing them. Jetpens carries a whole bunch of writing tools and papers which are mostly geared toward the illustrators, manga artists, and crafters.\u00a0They also provide comparative information about some of their tools and materials. Their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetpens.com\/blog\/white-inks-guide\/pt\/841\">guide to bottled white inks<\/a>\u00a0arrived in\u00a0today&#8217;s email inbox. They compare opacity, reactivity, viscosity, water resistance, and nib compatibility.<\/p>\n<p>Notably missing from the lineup for me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnnealbooks.com\/prod_detail_list\/s?keyword=%5C%22pro+white%5C%22\">Pro White<\/a>\u2013 a favorite of mine for broad-pen work, it can be mixed with gouache for a little color.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnnealbooks.com\/prod_detail_list\/s?keyword=%5C%22dr.+martin%5C%27s+bleed+proof%5C%22\">Dr. Martin&#8217;s Bleed Proof White<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 similar to Pro White, it also mixes with gouache.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paperinkarts.com\/fwacry.html\">FW Artists Ink<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a little clunky for pen work, but its dropper-in-the-cap packaging makes it convenient to use.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paperinkarts.com\/zilwhi.html\">Ziller Ink<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 North Wind White\u00a0\u2013 Great for pointed pen work. Mixes only with other Ziller inks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While my go-to tools are metal calligraphy nibs (Mitchell, Brause, Tape) and gouache, sometimes a gold metallic gel pen can be a real pleasure .. and, sometimes more important, a portable one. One time I ordered about 8 different gold metallic gel pens from Jetpens and had a field day testing them. Jetpens carries a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/20\/white-inks-at-jetpens\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;White inks at Jetpens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[101],"tags":[90,135],"class_list":["post-1555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools-and-materials-testing","tag-inks","tag-white-inks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bHT3-p5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}