There are several objectives that I needed to achieve with this project: 1. I wanted to used a journal format to tell the story of a sailing voyage and to tell this story as a […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further it’s creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Category: INK ART
Painting with Randall Blue/Black
Quick study of a dilapidated mooring post with rope on the River Medway riverside using Randall Blue Black, a Jackson’s rigger brush and bleach on a Bockingford 140lb smooth with line work using a Kaweco Stainless […]
Art Journaling with just one ink
In the early part of the 19th century, following the Napoleonic wars, Europe and the surrounding nations enjoyed a period of stability. For the more fortunate ‘the Tour of Europe’ was as good as mandatory […]
More Marine Painting with Randall Blue/Black
Close Hauled! Painted with Randall Blue Black Fountain Pen Ink using a KUM Memory Point 10 on Bockingford 140lb with line work using a Kaweco Stainless Steel Sport with an extra fine gold nib. If […]
Knackered sailing gloves in Twilight Black
Tired sailing gloves. Twilight Black fountain ink with highlights using bleach on Cartridge paper with KUM brushes and Kaweco AC Sport. This is a black ink I designed with subtle chromatic qualities of blue grey […]
Manga meets Sailor Ink Studio 123
I recently visited the Manga exhibition at the British Museum, to see if Manga could embrace fountain pen ink. This is a very quick study using a Noodler’s creeper pen on Bockingford with Sailor Ink […]
Marine Painting with Randall Blue/Black
As a keen sailor and artist, there’s nothing quite like getting stuck into a marine painting. I knew when Randall Blue Black was created that it would be a very good writing ink, but what […]
Jacques Herbin 1798 – Kyanite du Nepal
Adam Whittaker from Exaclair has very kindly sent me a sample of the new silver shimmer ink from Jacques Herbin to test – Kyanite du Nepal – a continuation of the 1798 range (for the Cornaline […]
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, […]
A Quink and Bleach Portrait of Todd Terje
A demo video showing how I created a recent portrait of Todd Terje using Parker Quink and bleach. The chromatography within the ink gives a gorgeous celestial background on which to work. As the ink […]
