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!
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Fountain pen ink artist
Private Reserve Green/Black Inks Test
Here is my third batch of 10 bleach swatch tested Private Reserve inks in the blacks and greens range. Velvet Black – A rich black with deep purple greys revealed when blended with water. A muted reaction with bleach […]
Private Reserve Blue/Purple Inks Test
Here are the next batch of 20 bleach swatch tested Private Reserve inks in the blues and purples range. Of note, there are 2 Mindnight Blues with the second one being the fast dry option. […]
Private Reserve Red Inks Test
I’ve been putting off testing these Private Reserve inks for some time and I can’t figure out why? I tested a handful a while ago and was somewhat scathing about them. Well, I’ve just tested another 42 of them and in […]
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 – […]
Celestial Calligraffiti with Diamine inks, bleach and metals
Calligraffiti is about abstracting calligraphy, type and graffiti with traditional precision and modern unbridled self-expression. Working with adults and sixth form students from Medway (non of whom have had any type or calligraphy experience) we have tried to […]
Diamine Chopin with Peach Haze
It is said that grey and orange are complimentary colours. This is a little test to prove that this is the case with Diamine. Quite like the way the gold seal bleeds into the orange stripe too. […]
Diamine Dark Inks Test
The UK based Diamine company, has been manufacturing fountain pen inks since 1864 using traditional methods and formulas for their production. I have recently tested 78 samples, which I’ll be posting over the coming days. Here is my […]
Diamine Brown and Orange Inks Test
The UK based Diamine company, has been manufacturing fountain pen inks since 1864 using traditional methods and formulas for their production. I have recently tested 78 samples, which I’ll be posting over the coming days. Here is my […]
The Quink Mermaid and Copper Rome Burning!
Just as a quick breather from the ink testing I have been looking at medieval wood block prints and cobbled together a mermaid. The Quink and bleach technique really does give that hand carved feel to the illustration. […]
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