Alchemy Notebook X: Corona

It's been a while since I have had the time to work on my Alchemy Notebook, but here is the most recent addition to my Moleskine Pocket sketchbook:

This image is done using India ink and gold metallic paint, along with a metallic silver gel pen to write the characters.  This is a follow-up to the previous eclipse image, and is meant to suggest the corona effect produced during a solar eclipse.  It was interesting to start with a completely black page rather than my usual faux vellum treatment, but I like the results.  As usual it is difficult to capture the metallic effects from the paint with the scanner, but it looks particularly nice when the texture in the gold paint catches the light.  I am hoping to have more time to work in my notebook soon.

Comments

[Alia]

I'd be interested in hearing how the silver gel pen holds up on the india ink surface -- I did a similar treatment on a sketchbook moleskine (india ink and both white and silver gel pens), and after some time as part of my sketchbook, the gel pen had rubbed off and transfered and generally gotten messed up all over the black surface. Either my experience was a fluke, or you'll want to keep a piece of onion skin paper between those Alchemy pages to prevent your artwork from being ruined.

(What I did find was that putting down a sheet of thin black paper (I have a pad specifically for use with gel pens) and using Crayola's specifically-for-black-paper colored pencils had fatastic effects without this smearing and transfer.)

-Alia

[Ninth Wave Designs]

Alia -

I haven't had any trouble with the silver gel pen I am using, with it rubbing off or transferring onto the other pages. I have been using these pens (Uni-ball Gel Impact) throughout my sketchbook for a while now without any problems. Thanks for your suggestion. - NW

[Catalina]

I love your Alchemy Notebook! Which are your inspiration sources? Which moleskine size is this one?