I have been a fan of Michael Leunig for many years. Just love his style. I was looking at one of his books the other evening and just started doodling. I didn’t want to just […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Bockingford
Diamine Shimmer Inks 2016 – Get it on!
Following on from last years runaway success and Christmas 2016 approaching fast, Diamine are currently releasing a new range of Shimmer Inks which Christine Joynson very kindly sent me a batch to test. Now whether […]
Rain over Ramsgate – fountain pen ink art
This is based on an image I took over the weekend. I was sailing from Upnor to Ramsgate when 2 miles from Ramsgate the sky turned Diamine Eclipse and sea a Diamine Twilight. What was visually […]
Stipula Inks Test
I don’t know a lot about this brand apart from that it’s an Italian fountain pen manufacturer and established sometime in the 1970’s. From what I can gather the range of fountain pen inks is […]
How do you organise your inks and swatch cards?
A great question. All of my sample vials are colour coded, labelled and organised by brand in foam vial mats. These are then stored in a box to prevent light deterioration. All of my swatch […]
Robert Oster Signature Inks Test 02
Firstly, many thanks to Robert Oster for sending me these to test. All the hype about this new range of inks is certainly justified! As you can see, the colours are vibrant and all react with […]
Fountain Pen Ink and Bleach! What’s the point?
I frequently receive messages like this: “I’ve seen a bunch of your ink tests over the months and one thing I’m unclear on is – how do we use these for our ink selection? Does […]
The Seven Angels – Quink and bleach
Quink black freeform blend onto 300gsm Saunders watercolour paper with bleach and ink illustration and lettering. Using lyrics by Depeche Mode this is a wonderfully self indulgent journey into the dark side. Seven pieces in total for the […]
De Atramentis – Preacher
For all you Preacher fans, here he is created with De Atramentis Ebony, Coral Red, Yellow Orange and a flick of bleach. Great colours eh? Just look at the depth and tone of that Ebony and […]
De Atramentis ‘Scented’ Inks Test
These ‘Scented’ inks are some of the De Atramentis gift range and feature a whole range of different smells. It could well be that as I only have small vial samples, some of the smells have diminished. […]
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