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 its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Category: Nick Stewart
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 […]
A NEW future for fountain pen inks
For the last 3 years I have been deconstructing fountain inks in the name of creative investigation to see if it’s possible to reimagine them as something other than just a handwriting agent for fountain […]
Multi-purpose Fountain Pen Inks
It’s taken a while, but at long last, the mission has been accomplished. Multi-purpose fountain pen inks. Inks that one can write with and inks that one can use for painting and illustration. The perfect […]
Randall Ink Review from The Clumsy Penman
Nick Stewart is a creative designer, artist, calligrapher and educator from historic Rochester in England. In the word of fountain pens, especially inks, he is well known for his serious ink tests, exceptional chromatography swatches […]
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