I load acrylic white on pens this way. Never did it with ink and never thought to do it to a brush.

When Inking, I turn the page consistently all the time. Something that comes naturally for me. I've been doing to much that I can free spin the page and have it naturally stop at the degree I want it to be. Just like doing anything a lot, it becomes an art form.

I also like using the ink dropper to feed my quills and brushes. Others dip their tools into the ink... I feed it. The first bottle of 2.5 ounce ink I've ever used and a dropper. I figured it must be there for a reason. After years of using a dropper, it comes naturally for me. Gives me more control of how much ink is absorbed into the tools. When it's too much, I use the sides of the dropper and do a quick swipe and ink will be pulled away from the tools. Squeeze dropper to add ink, used the sides of the dropper to adsorb it back. Control.

I'm slowly getting the habit of using that backhand stroke for all the outlines, which means I had to cave and get used to turning the page. Constantly turning, as you described. In some ways it's so easy I feel like I'm cheating.

The hard part for me is the monotony of it. I have to fight myself from breaking out of the steady pace. But it's getting easier.

Paradoxically, once I get into a good flow, it seems I can get the lines I want using ANY stroke or technique. But if I go with that, I lose results in a day or two and can't figure out why. So I'm sticking with the program until I get it ingrained.

One thing, however. I notice that inking with all backhand strokes produces a kind of creamy smooth line flow devoid of accents. In Kanji they avoid this by including forehand strokes to do the same lines done with backhand, but with a slightly different character that accents, punctuates or opposes flow. Well . . . first things first. XD

Ahhh! Like Joe said! (Thanks!)

Note that the humidity climbed something crazy in the last 24 hours and will continue increasing through Friday. The slump is over - the inking season has begun!

For me, the handle of the brush points to the direction where the line is marked. I've seen some people hold the bush perpendicular to the page, straight up. More so with Chinese calligraphy. That doesn't work with me. I need it to tilt to the direction I'm inking. It's the same way I hold the pen while writing with my right hand. With the brush gliding on the paper in that degree, I'm able to control the line width more smoothly. Keep in mind, you need the brush to have enough ink to create that smooth line. Not enough ink, all you're doing is dry brush and the line will keep cracking.

I've been fortunate enough to use any kind of brush and get the same line work. Just as long as I can twirl the brush into a fine tip, I'm good to go.