Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Author: Nick Stewart
I create art using fountain pen inks and bleach. My techniques epitomise the whole ethos of ‘less is more’ and demonstrate how much one can achieve using very little. It is also a medium that is very much serendipity led and the beauty of the final outcomes are often dictated by this.
Diamine Smoke on the Water and Purple Rain
Diamine Smoke on the Water and Purple Rain. Another extreme sheen German exclusive. Deep rich coloured inks with fabulous blue green and purple chromatography and gorgeous deep metallic pink and yellow gold sheens. Next […]
Diamine Gibson Les Paul Guitar Inks
Another German exclusive, but this time the exclusivity was only for six months. So as of this January these inks are now available worldwide and will be with retailers in due course. So what’s the […]
Marine Painting with Randall Blue/Black
Just completed my first fountain pen ink painting commission for a TV producer based in Missouri. He asked for a marine painting using my Randall ink. The finished article is from an image I captured […]
Diamine Exclusive – Ortloff
Another extreme sheen exclusive for the German market by Diamine Inks. A rich crimson red Ortloff bleeds out pinky purples and yellowish reds when blended with water. When dry, the concentrated areas dry a metallic […]
My top 12 inks 2018
Another year into the project and another multitude of fountain pen inks swatch tested. As per usual, I have selected 12 inks that particularly grabbed my attention so if you haven’t tried some of them, […]
Modern Calligraphy and Ink Swatches
Following on from my participation in Inktober 2018, I was contacted by Ethan Lodics, a gifted composer, artistic director and guitar player living and working in North Carolina, USA. As a self confessed ink geek […]
Merry Christmas
‘Merry Xmas’ created with Cult Pens Diamine Maureen and Robert using an Automatic pen on Seaview Cartridge paper.
Fountain Pen Ink Art Tutorials on YouTube
Responding to a huge amount of requests for video demos, I have just posted a video onto my YouTube channel – Nick Stewart Ink Art – and am now in the process of starting to […]
Aurora Borealis – the new Diamine/Reddit Teal
I was flattered to be asked by Phil Davies of Diamine INKS to swatch test the ink colour entries for the second Reddit/Diamine ink collaboration. Following up on the results of a questionnaire put to […]
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