Although it’s been another challenging year with various strains of Covid 19 wreaking havoc here, there and everywhere, in the obscure world of Fountain Pen Ink Art the project continues apace. By way of introduction, […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: modern calligraphy
The Diamine Inkvent Calendar 2021
And once again, many congratulations to Diamine! Not only have they managed to release yet another Inkvent Calendar but, in my opinion, they have surpassed themselves and created another 25 brand new inks all with […]
Diamine Hong Kong Exclusives – Kong Girls and Kong Guys
Two Diamine exclusives with great names and both are gorgeous colours that work really well together. Kong Girls is a very pretty mid purple fountain pen ink with a silver blue shimmer. It’s a shading […]
My top 12 inks of 2020 and project review
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 […]
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 […]
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