Saturday 23rd September was my first first proper ink and bleach workshop and an international one at that! Very kindly hosted by Catherine Van Hove at her gorgeous Sakura Fountain Pen Gallery in Diest, Belgium, […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
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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 […]
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 […]
Diamine Fountain Pen Ink Colour Wheel
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 […]
Robert Oster Ink.Art
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 […]
Painting with Robert Oster Inks
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 […]
Robert Oster Signature Inks – Visually Stunning!
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 […]
KWZ Inks – Rare and Exclusive – Swatch Tests
Claudia Astorquiza of Bauer Inks has very kindly sent me a rather large haul of ink samples to test. The tests are now complete and ready for viewing: For those of you who follow my project, I have already […]
Robert Oster Reds – Swatch Test
Claudia Astorquiza of Bauer Inks has very kindly sent me a rather large haul of ink samples to test. The tests are now complete and ready for viewing: For those of you who follow my project, Robert […]
Private Reserve Brown-Yellow Inks Test
Here is my last batch of 9 bleach swatch tested Private Reserve inks in the blacks and greens range. Ebony Black – A rich black brown with hints of purple grey revealed when blended with water. A limited reaction with bleach in […]
FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART 