Just had to share this with you before the day job kicks in again tomorrow. This is de Atramentis Ebony! It bleeds blood red! No photoshop – this is absolutely what happens when washed with water! It literally bleeds! […]
Just had to share this with you before the day job kicks in again tomorrow. This is de Atramentis Ebony! It bleeds blood red! No photoshop – this is absolutely what happens when washed with water! It literally bleeds! […]
These wonderful KWZI inks were sent to me by Claudia who I met through the Fountain Pen Network. Claudia, thank you, they’re superb! I have banded them into 3 groups: Reds, Blue/Browns and Galls. As a general comment, these […]
In order to raise finances to cover some of my costs I’m selling the test pieces that I create. The test pieces measure 140mm x 140mm which is as big as I can realistically go using […]
I sourced these Conway Stewart samples from Vijay at Stationery Shop stationeryshop.scotland@gmail.com. From a creative point of view, there’s nothing to get too excited about – there are sadly no hidden hues to have fun with. They all write […]
I sourced these Caran d’Ache samples from Rachel and Brian at Goulet Pens and Vijay at Stationery Shop stationeryshop.scotland@gmail.com. These are a great range of inks, 18 in total, with plenty of artistic possibilities. I’ll post a couple […]
These Kaweco samples were sourced from Rachel and Brian at Goulet Pens. This is the full range of 8 inks and a nice set of colours too. Midnight Blue – A deep dark blue handwriting ink that mixes […]
I sourced these Cult Pen Diamines from Vijay at Stationery Shop. He has an amazing collection of inks (circa 700 and counting). He’s based up in Edinburgh and supplies sample vials of ALL his stock at very […]
Like watercolour paints, fountain pen inks fade too. But don’t let this put you off. This is what I do to enhance and preserve my fountain pen ink artworks: Paper: Use heavy paper stocks of good quality (Bockingford, […]
These Platinum samples were sourced from Rachel and Brian at Goulet Pens. 15 have been put to the test in total. The 9 you can see as a block are mostly from the Mix Free […]
I sourced these Faber-Castell samples from Rachel and Brian at Goulet Pens and they’re quite lovely. Carbon Black – a proper rich black ink. Mixes with water readily with a hint of purple at the swatch edge. A […]