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 […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Category: INK ART
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 […]
A story with no words
Just now and again it’s fun to do something just a little bit ‘off the wall’. I recently got hold of some concertina sketch books and decided to create a story using Quink and bleach… only […]
Diamine Inks Review
These are some of the Diamine inks I’m using for the Illuminating Beasts workshops. I haven’t tested these before, but if you’ve seen my earlier post, they are great for art based projects as well as […]
Nick Stewart’s Randall – A Blue Black Chameleon
How to get hold of a bottle Each bottle comes with a unique and signed piece of art (not framed). The cost per package is £15.00 (GBP) – shipping to be added at cost. If […]
Serendipity and chromatography are at the heart of fountain pen ink art
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Herbin 1798 – Cornaline d’Egypte
Adam Whittaker from Exaclair has very kindly sent me a sample of the new metallic ink from Herbin to test – Cornaline d’Egypt – part of a new range I assume, of 1798. Now whether […]
Oast Houses in the Weald – Robert Oster Signature Inks
Pen World Magazine are running a pen and ink art contest. See below: The image I submitted is a typical summer scene in the Weald of Kent which is where I cycle a lot of […]
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