Reddit reviews Borden & Riley #234 Paris Paper for Pens Pad, 9 x 12 Inches, 108 lb, 40 White Sheets, 1 Pad Each (234P091240)
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108 lb. acid-free paper has archive qualityFeatures a smooth, hard surface for every type of penIdeal for calligraphy and all fine line pen and ink workPerfect for rendering fine clean lines, including technical and Manga illustrationsNo wicking, no feathering, no bleeding or breaking up of fine lines
Some ink splatter experiments using J. Herbin 1670 Emerald of Chivor on cheap paper because I can't afford Tomoe River right now. (Entertainingly, this paper isn't nearly as cheap now as it was when I bought it 5 years ago!)
Written using a Noodler's Niponset with the music nib.
The splatter was done using an ink syringe to spray a tiny (<1 ml) amount of ink onto the page, then blowing on it with my mouth, then dribbling a tiny bit here and there to fill in gaps before blowing again.
As an aside, I was able to control the spray/mess by cutting the bottom off a 1.5L bottle of water and setting it on the paper, then doing the spray through the mouth of the bottle. No need for aprons or cleaning off your desk!
Fun stuff. Unfortunately, the sheen of this ink is very poor on paper like this, but it still turned out reasonably well. Rhodia, Clairefontain, or Tomoe River tends to work much better for fountain pen ink than Paris Paper for Pens, but I don't have any of those without dots or grids right now.
I'm not the best artist...and when I do artistic things, I use acrylic paints, however, in order to give you first-hand advice, I did my drawing using an ink pen. [Here is it] (http://i.imgur.com/tFoet3O.jpg).
Now that I've drawn with ink, I can for sure tell you that you're going to want a fine-tip pen. Maybe [this one] (http://www.amazon.com/Sakura-Pigma-Sensei-bullet-fiber/dp/B00DUGZE7A/ref=sr_1_5?s=arts-crafts&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1415657750&amp;sr=1-5&amp;keywords=fiber-tip+pen). It has a fiber tip which is good according to my research.
I also like to keep a Moleskine notebook handy for ideas and doodles.
Oh, and based on my little foray into pen and ink, you're going to want [bleed-proof paper] (http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Paper-For-Pens-9X12/dp/B0007PC9C0/ref=sr_1_1?s=arts-crafts&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1415658228&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=bleedproof+paper) for sure!
Happy drawing :)
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