Tom Norton Walnut inks and mediums

Tom Norton: Walnut Drawing Ink®

You will experience the richness of color and superior rendering capablilites loved by the world's most
famous artists. Our ink is intensely pigmented, water soluble and creates beautiful warm browns.
Outstanding performance with watercolor techniques such as layering to darken tones or adding water
for light washes. You can also use a wet brush to lift color.

Tom Norton: Darkening Medium®

Not an ink but an additive to be used to darken the original ink when a drawing needs that extra 'punch'.
Some artists will add black india ink to darken the color of Walnut Ink. This will work but you will sacrifice
the unique watercolor characteristics of the ink and lose the ability to lift color or lighten areas. Made with
the same binder as the original so it can be added or mixed with Tom Norton's Original Ink® without
changing its working properties. It can also be used straight from the bottle. However, it is so heavily
pigmented it will behave more like a Sumi ink and stain the paper and not lift as easily as the original.