The 30 day miniature portrait challenge is one of those things you see posted on social media by artists from time to time and something that I’ve always fancied having a go at. So I […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further it’s creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Category: Diamine
Diamine Ancient Copper – the perfect colour match for the chess heroine
For those of you that haven’t seen The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix – you are in for a real treat! After nearly a year of disruption entirely down to Covid 19 and dreadful political handling […]
Diamine German Exclusive – Penoblue
A new Diamine sheen exclusive for the German stationer chain, Penoblo. Named Penoblue, this teal blue sheening ink bleeds out a very bright turquoise when blended with water. Nice shading qualities in both the handwriting […]
Diamine Hybrid Ink Exclusive!
Yes! This could be the first Diamine hybrid ink to be made available for general release. And it’s thanks to Bernardo Gomes of Fountain Pens UK that this opportunity has come about. Following on from […]
Diamine Reddit Ink Project 2020. Vote for your favourite 3
Another Diamine Reddit ink creation project is happening and what’s not to like? Two previous projects saw the Reddit community vote for and name what have turned out to be 2 international best sellers – […]
Diamine Inkvent inks available as the Blue Range from Thursday 26th March 2020
The Diamine Blue range will be available from Thursday 26th March 2020. Featuring all 25 colours from the Inkvent Calendar each ink comes in a fabulous and unique 50ml glass bottle. Due to the Covid […]
Heaven Sent! Diamine Inkvent Calendar Swatch Test Cards
So here it is. My last post for 2019 and appropriately, it’s the swatch test card images of the 25 inks from the Diamine Inkvent Calendar. A perfect end to an incredible year of ink […]
Diamine Inkvent Calendar
SPOILER ALERT! If you do not want to see the colours before Advent, then please do not read this article and do not scroll down! Many congratulations to Diamine! A superb idea and what a fabulous […]
Diamine Exclusive – Bloody Brexit
And yet another Diamine sheen exclusive with a topical name… Bloody Brexit. Whatever your political opinions may be, this is another heavy sheener for Seitz Kreuznach and their expanding collection of ‘Bloody’ inks! A deep […]
FPUK Monboddo’s Hat and Scribble Purple Review
Earlier in 2019 Fountain Pens UK decided that it would be fun to try and create the ultimate purple fountain pen ink. With the help of Diamine, ten purple ink samples were supplied for the […]
