And a Happy New Year to everyone! 2020 was a difficult year on so many levels. But, if there is a plus side to all of this, it would appear that during the lay offs […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further it’s creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: modern calligraphy
Diamine German Exclusive – Penoblue
A new Diamine sheen exclusive for the German stationer chain, Penoblo. Named Penoblue, this teal blue sheening ink bleeds out a very bright turquoise when blended with water. Nice shading qualities in both the handwriting […]
Diamine Reddit Ink Project 2020. Vote for your favourite 3
Another Diamine Reddit ink creation project is happening and what’s not to like? Two previous projects saw the Reddit community vote for and name what have turned out to be 2 international best sellers – […]
Vinta Inks – Bodabil (Harlequin 1920)
Rifling through the post last week I came across a small package kindly sent to me by Scribble Monboddo – our very own Purple Prince of the United Inkdom. In it was a sample of […]
Diamine Inkvent inks available as the Blue Range from Thursday 26th March 2020
The Diamine Blue range will be available from Thursday 26th March 2020. Featuring all 25 colours from the Inkvent Calendar each ink comes in a fabulous and unique 50ml glass bottle. Due to the Covid […]
Fountain Pen Ink Art Workshop at INTRA
On Saturday 15th February 2020 I ran a fountain pen ink art for ten students at the INTRA Arts hub in Rochester. The first part of the workshop was spent looking at several different fountain […]
Create A Simple Landscape Using Fountain Pen Ink And Water
By employing water based techniques, one can achieve a convincing watercolour style painting by simply letting the inks do what they do. The demonstration below, has been created using one ink, Diamine Earl Grey. At first […]
Heaven Sent! Diamine Inkvent Calendar Swatch Test Cards
So here it is. My last post for 2019 and appropriately, it’s the swatch test card images of the 25 inks from the Diamine Inkvent Calendar. A perfect end to an incredible year of ink […]
My top 12 inks of 2019 – The Year Purple!
Although for some, 2019 has been a frustrating year – and Seitz Kreuznach picked up on that with their Diamine Bloody Brexit exclusive – for us Ink Geeks, it’s been absolutely ‘bloody’ fantastic! For those […]
The Robert Oster Map of Australia
A couple of months back, Robert Oster sent me some inks to sample. As he comes from Down Under it just seemed appropriate to create a map of Australia using his products. Turned out pretty […]
