Another good year with plenty of inks swatch tested, art created and workshop delivered. The highlights being my trip to the Sakura Fountain Pen Gallery in Diest, Belgium, where I hooked up with Janine Tholen-Florijn […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Diamine Inks
Inktober 2017. Are fountain pen inks an art medium? Days 9-31.
I do keep asking this question, but no one can give me a definitive answer. So, continuing with the ‘Countdown’ idea for my Inktober 2017, here 23 more examples of fountain pen ink illustration. If you haven’t […]
Diamine Shimmer Inks 2017
Following on from last year’s runaway success and Christmas 2017 approaching fast, Diamine are currently releasing a new range of Shimmer Inks which Phil Davies has very kindly sent me a batch to test. There […]
Fountain Pen Inktober 2017 – Days 1-8
This is my first and probably last Inktober. A thirty one one day challenge to produce a piece of ink art for every day of October. And if you search social media for #inktober #inktober2017 thousands and thousands […]
Diamine Inks as an alternative watercolour medium?
It’s slowly starting to get there. I used 7 Diamine colours: Classic Red, Midnight Blue, Blue Black, Sunshine Yellow, Onyx Black, Peach and Ochre. To be honest I could have done it with five but […]
Fountain pen ink workshop – SAVE THE DATE
SAVE THE DATE: It’s official. I’m teaming up with Janine Scribbles on Saturday 23rd September 2017 and were going to be running a fountain pen ink workshop at the Sakura Fountain Pen Gallery in Diest, […]
Diamine Fountain Pen Ink Colour Wheel
I have been trying to get a colour wheel completed for a while – just to demonstrate that for the ultimate art journal palette you don’t need every colour of ink available – you can […]
PW Akkerman Dutch Masters Series – Swatch Test
Claudia Astorquiza of Bauer Inks has very kindly sent me a rather large haul of ink samples to test. The tests are now complete and ready for viewing: For those of you who follow my project, I have […]
Wishing you all a colourful CMYK Easter!
Guess what I’m up to this holiday? Blue and Yellow don’t make Green (my bible for colour theory) plus 8 base fountain pen ink dyes equals a CMYK Easter! Mixtastic!
Diamine Amazing Amethyst – The Kraken Wakes
Just before I crack on with the Private Reserve tests I thought I’d post this – a little fun test art featuring the Kraken using my new pet favourite fountain pen ink Diamine Amazing Amethyst – […]
FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART 