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Day 2 of making charcoal :
Used this one bigass log from our firepit, scraping off the chips, and crushing them with another smaller log lol.

The ink without any additives (just water) rubs off quite easily. Much like liquid charcoal does of course :p

Adding sorghum and/or honey makes it stick to the paper better! But dilutes the color and yellows it a bit. Might be good for making brown 🤔 added some rubbin' alcohol to deter mold.

Right now I'm trying to make it more pigmented. I think there's a maximum amount of darkness with plain charcoal - you have to use soot for BLACK. Must do more research. Gray is good for midtones of course, and I always have black on hand and never wanna mix gray for myself :P maybe it'll be good to keep this gray batch for my ink washes.

Of course, you have to test your ink by drawing Squidward.

Ink tests going from gray to grayish yellow as i add more honey, sorghum, and alcohol. Squidward has been drawn on the bottom.
The big burnt log i'm using to scrape charcoal.
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Today's charcoal experiment has concluded, with portraits of some participating subjects! Will write my longer thoughts in an unlisted post below this one. Too bad for the kids on the butterfly site!

Charcoal ink black drawing of a seal-point cat being flipped off
Charcoal ink drawing on rice paper of a smiling black furred dog. There is a smaller drawing of his side view where he is giving a suspicious raised eyebrow with the rainbow flag and question mark emojis drawn
Store-bought student calligraphy ink drawing of a handsome person sparkling in their eyes and giving a sassy The Rock eyebrow to the camera. Their dog is sniffing them with eyes wide.
Photo of my ink set up, with the jury rigged mortar and pestle filled with charcoal ink, and a table with my drawings, many glass bottles, some gloves, a fork, and honey and molasses jars.
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@scumsuck this is so cool! really interesting to hear about the process and how to get different depth/consistency. what are you using for the mortar and pestle? that looks huge! it's giving medieval alchemist

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@angelfeast It's a birdbath that's been mossing out in the open for decades, and a Random Rock that Shane's mom found in the dirt LOL. She saw me using a floor tile and thought her rock would do better... it's perfect!!!

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