This is the fourth part of my Sailor Ink Studio swatch tests. The swatch cards shown are the second part of an extensive range of blues. These ones are what I’d call the pretty blues. […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further it’s creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Category: swatch test
Bearded Tit (Not the Hoxton variety!)
Mixed fountain pen inks onto Saunders watercolour paper. I used KUM Memory Point brushes for the first time. I always use synthetic brushes and for the money thought these worked well.
Sailor Ink Studio Swatch Tests – Part 03 – The Blues Part 01
This is the third part of my Sailor Ink Studio swatch tests. The swatch cards shown are the first part of an extensive range of blues. These ones are what I’d call the dusty marine […]
Sailor Ink Studio Swatch Tests – Part 02
This is the second part of my Sailor Ink Studio swatch tests. The colours shown range from deep maroon to blue purples and red purples. Once again, what is instantly striking is the dramatic chromatography […]
Sailor Swatch Tests – Part 01
This is the first part of my Sailor Ink Studio swatch tests. The colours shown range from deep maroon through to deep maroon/purple and blue. What is instantly striking is the dramatic chromatography and heavy […]
Sailor Ink Studio Swatch Tests coming soon!
I am delighted and excited to finally start posting my swatch tests of the Sailor Ink Studio range. This is a unique range of 100 inks custom mixed by Sailor’s very own in-house ink genius […]
Creative Swatch Carding for Ink Geeks and Inkophiles
I thought I’d post this as I have just swatch tested 98 Sailor fountain pen inks from the new Ink Studio range. Using the standard swab technique, the colours look okay, sheening in evidence etc […]
