Quink black freeform blend onto 300gsm Saunders watercolour paper with bleach and ink illustration and lettering. Using lyrics by Depeche Mode this is a wonderfully self indulgent journey into the dark side. Seven pieces in total for the […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Handwriting
De Atramentis Document Inks Test
Here are nine De Atramentis document inks. I have tested the black but on the photograph have included the archive ink as they behave in the same way. The good news is that they are all […]
De Atramentis – Preacher
For all you Preacher fans, here he is created with De Atramentis Ebony, Coral Red, Yellow Orange and a flick of bleach. Great colours eh? Just look at the depth and tone of that Ebony and […]
De Atramentis ‘Scented’ Inks Test
These ‘Scented’ inks are some of the De Atramentis gift range and feature a whole range of different smells. It could well be that as I only have small vial samples, some of the smells have diminished. […]
De Atramentis ‘Topic’ Inks Test
These ‘Topics’ inks are part of the De Atramentis gift range and are dedicated to a host of famous people from a diverse range of backgrounds. Call me a cynic if you wish, but as far as I can tell, […]
De Atramentis Blacked Inks Test
These five De Atramentis blacked inks are lovely and in many ways share similarities with the Cult Pens Diamines. They all blend with water easily revealing a great range of tone. All of them reveal a feint hint […]
De Atramentis Wine Inks Test
This group of test swatches feature the De Atramentis Wine Inks of which I have managed to source twelve. Six are currently available and the other six more difficult to source. Wine inks are particularly interesting, as back in the […]
de Atramentis tests coming soon
Currently testing more than 70 de Atramentis inks. The featured calligraphy is written with de Atramentis Coral Red and then washed with de Atramentis Lemon Yellow. You couldn’t make this up! The colours are so clean and blend […]
Aurora, Cross and Omas ink tests
Both Aurora and Cross offer Black and Blue fountain pen inks. These are both excellent handwriting inks and work well most fountain pens. But they are not creative. They don’t blend easily with water and only seem […]
Diamine Gold and Silver with Frankenflex
For the cost of the pen customisation money isn’t really an issue. Okay, it needs instant cleaning afterwards! But for the freeform calligraphic effect of the Diamine Silver and Gold on black paper… it’s worth every penny! […]
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