Inktober 2016- Day 3


Rotring Artpen, Noodler's Lexington Gray, Pen & Ink India black, watercolor on Bienfang bristol 

I like the Bienfang bristol better than the Strathmore. It's a very slick surface and the ink doesn't feather as it did on the Strathmore.









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