Easyou Redstar Liquid Ink for Professioanl Traditional Calligraphy and Brush Painting Chinese Ink Liquid (Black&1pcs*180ML)

Beautiful, economical, professional, matte, rewets if dries on palette and can even be removed from plastic palettes. Behaves like oil soot, stays put on paper after it dries, good for Xieyi as it as a very black black, also good for Gongbi as it will not dissolve when washed over with other colors. only slightly satiny if used pure. Red Star also makes a glossy black for shiny insect legs, and a vermillion, be sure you buy the right one. I am reviewing the one with the plain white label background and the white caps with spout. Highly recommend for chinese painting or calligraphy work. Arrives fast.

Very good brand. Good for calligraphy as well as painting. Mixes well with color paints without curdling.

My wife teaches watercolor and loves this paper

Disclaimer: First ink I've ever bought and used so I'm got no experience to compare with other inks. Pros: Personally, it's pretty good! Very smooth and easy to work with. Cons: The smell is quite pungent... Not overpowering, but is noticeable.

Good ink

Best performing ink I ever have, dark and good looking, no smell.

The ink is jet black, which is exactly what you want when writing Chinese calligraphy. You can also mix a few drops of water to get the ink to "flow", and it looks just as good. I've tried writing different types of paper (White printer paper and rice paper) and noticed that the ink generally doesn't seep to the backside which is very convenient.

the art campers i taught LOVEDDD these :) good for lesson plans for a lot of people at once