A quick test piece using Robert Oster ink.Art: Evening Sapphire, Marine Blue, Graphite, Peach and Lipstick Red with bleach detailing. You really can utilise the chromatography to enhance the overall relationship between the coloured inks. […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: ink swatches
Diamine Inks as an alternative watercolour medium?
It’s slowly starting to get there. I used 7 Diamine colours: Classic Red, Midnight Blue, Blue Black, Sunshine Yellow, Onyx Black, Peach and Ochre. To be honest I could have done it with five but […]
Blackstone Ink CMYK Kit
Blackstone Inks of Australia are in the process of launching their fountain pen ink CMYK kit – consisting of 1 x 30ml dropper bottle of each Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. And before we do anything […]
Blackstone Scented Inks and Ink Concentrate
Even though this project has been going nearly 2 years and attracting a substantial audience I very very rarely get asked to review ink product ahead of launch. So when Kevin Watson of Blackstone Inks […]
Robert Oster Signature Ink Swatch Tests – Final Batch
Well it had to happen eventually. Here is the final batch in the Robert Oster Signature range and as to be expected, Rob never disappoints. With his classic sheens, chromatic behaviours and reaction to bleach, […]
Platinum Blacks
I was very kindly sent these 6 Platinum Classic Black fountain pen ink samples by Scribble at unitedinkdom. I tested a batch of Platinum inks back in April, you can link to the review here, […]
Fountain pen ink workshop – SAVE THE DATE
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, […]
Krishna swatch tests
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 […]
Krishna Fountain Pen Ink – Pencil
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 […]
Robert Oster Signature Bugs
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 […]
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