I really enjoyed testing these! Black – is proper writing ink black and doesn’t react well with water nor bleach which indicates that there is a degree of waterproofing and forgery resistance. Yam-Dori, Souten, Blue, Blue Black, […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: calligraphy
Noodlers Inks are different!
Madigan Milford of Goulet Pens kindly sent me 8 inks to test and they are the inks that the alphabets have been supplied for (see below). The other 4 inks I had as samples so thought it […]
Little Rascal
Diamine Purple Pazzazz with Rohrer and Klingner Schreibtinte Scabiosa on Arches Aquarelle 300gsm watercolour paper. The inks work beautifully together. The paper was very hard work. I have used Arches Aquarelle before and should have […]
Rohrer and Klingner Ink Review
Massdrop kindly sent me 12 Rohrer & Klingner inks to test. 8 standard Schreibtinte writing inks, 2 containing iron gall and 4 Super5 waterproof inks. Cassia – A solid even/flat purple colour that bleeds easily when added to water and washes out evenly […]
Private Reserve Ink Review
Massdrop have very kindly sent me 5 of these Private Reserve Inks to have a play with. Chocolate – A thick dark brown ink that bleeds easily when added to water with reddish browns leaching into the wash areas and a cyan blue at […]
De Atramentis Inks Review
Massdrop sent me 12 of these De Atramentis Standard Inks to have a look at. I’d never heard of them before so had no preconceptions but I have to say I wasn’t expecting anything too […]
Monteverde Inks Review
Monteverde Rouge, Bleu, Purple and Turquoise – These coloured inks appear to be very pure colours and not made up of dye blends. Therefore there are no quirky behavioural characteristics to note. When added to water […]
Emeraude de Chivor bleach out
Type and illustration on an Emeraude de Chivor ink wash using Emeraude de Chivor ink and bleach on a heavyweight Bockingford watercolour stock. Line work was accomplished using a Noodlers Ahab fountain pen. You may notice that the gold […]
Diamine Reds and Browns
From the same batch of ink samples from Ross at Pure Pens that greeted me upon my return from holiday: Diamine Oxblood – A thick dark rich ink that bleeds easily when added to water and behaves like a watercolour […]
Emeraude de Chivor
This was just to see how this new J Herbin ink would work for type and illustration and as you can see, it’s wonderful. This was created using a Noodlers Ahab flex pen on a heavy […]
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