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, […]
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, […]
This week, when the day job has allowed, I’ve been busy switch testing a batch of Krishna fountain pen inks. This is only the second brand of inks I have tested from India and I […]
As some of you may be be aware, I have just finished testing 24 Krishna fountain pen inks and I’ll be posting the swatches over the weekend – I promise. So, just to get you […]
Ever wondered what 896 Fountain Pen Ink Samples look like en masse? Here you go and there are no duplicates! Just to say – the Krishna Inks test swatches are now done and will be posted […]
Fun and quick illustrations to show how versatile the Robert Oster Signature ink collection can be. Inks used: Peach, Ruby, Barossa Grape, School Blue, Yellow Sunrise, Purple Rock and Pinky with bleach detailing. Test art onto […]
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 […]
In the last 12 months, one name just keeps popping up again and again and again – Robert Oster. His Signature range of 80 fountain pen inks of rich vivid Aussie character have quickly become […]
Having tested many of the world’s fountain pen ink brands, now is the time for me to put my findings into context and over the next few posts I’ll be looking at Robert Oster Signature […]
Here are 12 fairly recent Robert Oster Signature Inks. Very kindly sent to me by Claudia Astorquiza, these are breathtaking. Visually stunning! The richness and diversity of colour is astounding, the chromatography, across TWELVE inks […]
There are 30 colours in the J.Herbin fountain pen inks range of which I swatch tested 11 of them back in January 2016 – and you can refresh your memories, if you wish, by clicking here>>. So […]