Another year into the project and another multitude of fountain pen inks swatch tested. As per usual, I have selected 12 inks that particularly grabbed my attention so if you haven’t tried some of them, […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further it’s creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Diamine Shimmer Inks
Merry Christmas
‘Merry Xmas’ created with Cult Pens Diamine Maureen and Robert using an Automatic pen on Seaview Cartridge paper.
Shimmertastic! New Diamine Shimmer Inks for 2018
It’s that time of year again and Diamine are releasing their latest additions to the Shimmer Inks range on 1st October 2018. Eight new colours featuring three silvers: Starlit Sea, Peacock Flare and Neon Lime […]
My top 12 Fountain Pen Inks of 2017 and Project Review
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 […]
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 […]
New Diamine Shimmer Inks
EXCLUSIVE! Straight from the factory! The 10 brand new Diamine Shimmer Inks! For us to test at this Saturday’s workshop! 5 places left! Come along. Details below:
De Atramentis Pearlescent Inks
Here is half of the De Atramentis Pearlescent range. The range consists of ten colours – each colour has four metal finishes – Bronze, Silver, Gold and Copper. Here we have Cyan Blue, Brilliant Violet, Carnelian Red, Whiskey […]
Top 12 Fountain Pen Inks 2016 and Project Review
But first, as I predicted at the end of last year, 2016 was always going to be a good one, and it certainly hasn’t disappointed. Through the Fountain Pen Network I met Claudia of the recently launched Bauer […]
They work on black too! – Diamine Shimmer Inks
I used all 22 shimmer inks on a black envelope. There’s a slight hint of their base colours but it’s mainly the golds and silvers that stand out. I have to add that they only […]
