Many congratulations to Cult Pens on their 16th anniversary and for celebrating, in part, by not only releasing a beautiful 16 x 12ml bottle fountain pen gift set but five new ink exclusives too! Three […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further it’s creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Category: ROBERT OSTER
The Robert Oster Map of Australia
A couple of months back, Robert Oster sent me some inks to sample. As he comes from Down Under it just seemed appropriate to create a map of Australia using his products. Turned out pretty […]
Robert Oster – Get.set.GO Review
Many many thanks to Anja Gebler of Papier & Stift who took part in one of my workshops a couple of WEEKS ago. She very kindly gave me some samples of this new Robert Oster […]
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 […]
Robert Oster Graphite
I did mention that the Graphite was a different kind of black fountain pen ink – one I had never encountered before. Well here it is – bleeding out red and turquoise with a hard […]
Robert Oster Ink.Art
A quick test piece using Robert Oster ink.Art: Evening Sapphire, Marine Blue, Graphite, Peach and Lipstick Red with bleach detailing. You really can utilise the chromatography to enhance the overall relationship between the coloured inks. […]
Robert Oster Signature Ink Swatch Tests – Final Batch
Well it had to happen eventually. Here is the final batch in the Robert Oster Signature range and as to be expected, Rob never disappoints. With his classic sheens, chromatic behaviours and reaction to bleach, […]
Robert Oster Signature Bugs
Fun and quick illustrations to show how versatile the Robert Oster Signature ink collection can be. Inks used: Peach, Ruby, Barossa Grape, School Blue, Yellow Sunrise, Purple Rock and Pinky with bleach detailing. Test art onto […]
Robert Oster Ink.Art
In the last 12 months, one name just keeps popping up again and again and again – Robert Oster. His Signature range of 80 fountain pen inks of rich vivid Aussie character have quickly become […]
Painting with Robert Oster Inks
Having tested many of the world’s fountain pen ink brands, now is the time for me to put my findings into context and over the next few posts I’ll be looking at Robert Oster Signature […]
