If you do one thing this weekend – get hold of a bottle – or a sample – of Herbin 1798 – Amethyste de l’aural. It’s a silky smooth, rich purple with silver glitter and just […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Quink and Bleach
Robert Oster Ink.Art
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. […]
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 […]
De Atramentis Pearlescent Inks 02
I was very kindly sent these pen ink samples by Scribble at Unitedinkdom.This is my second visit to these inks. You can see my first review here. Shimmer inks are a strange and relatively new off […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
