Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Nick Stewart
Alphabet Blends
Alphabet blends onto thick rough watercolour stock using a calligraphy brush Left: Diamine red dragon, ox blood, bilberry Right: Pilot Iroshizuku fuju-gaki, yama-budu, kon-peki – these inks are really lovely to work with! All with […]
Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki and Diamine Sunset
Just got hold of some ink samples – 18 in total. Tried one on watercolour paper (top half) and the other cartridge paper (bottom half). As you’ll see, the inks react differently on the two papers. On […]
Sea Salt
Domestos on a Quink black and Waterman Southsea blue blend. Beautiful colours and the bleach gives a great neon effect.
Coloured ink experimentation
A very quick ink test using Waterman Red, Waterman Green and Waterman Florida Blue, Skrip Black and Domestos. Testing for blending qualities with each other and reaction with bleach. Whether for painting, calligraphy or zentangle doodles… what’s not […]
Beautiful and Tragic
Having made contact with Tom Oddo (Goldspot) thought I’d do a quick ink review of Skrip Black – an ink I haven’t used in a long while. As you can see, it works beautifully when blended […]
Saxstead Green Mill
This is a painting of an image I captured during my 100 mile cycle around Suffolk. It was dark and wet!!! A bit of a change here, I’m using Sheaffer black fountain pen ink. I haven’t used […]
A Sheep Day Dreaming in a Field
One of the most wonderful things about long distance cycling through the countryside, is witnessing nature at first hand. This is a quick (Quink) sketch of a sheep. It didn’t move for ages. I think it was day dreaming. Or […]
Caravan – Quink and Bleach Title Treatment – in progress
Caravan – Quink and Bleach Title Treatment – in progress
FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART 