This site is not just about investigating fountain pen inks in the wider context, it’s also about how best to demonstrate the found outcomes. There are a plethora of fountain pens on the market in all shapes, sizes […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Tag: Quink and Bleach
Monteverde Inks Review
Monteverde Rouge, Bleu, Purple and Turquoise – These coloured inks appear to be very pure colours and not made up of dye blends. Therefore there are no quirky behavioural characteristics to note. When added to water […]
Diamine Shimmer Inks – Metal Guru
Following up on the shimmer inks buzz, I got in contact with Phil Davies at Diamine Inks who very kindly sent me the 10 shimmer ink samples to play with. The first thing I noted is that none […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
This triptych was created using Scheaffer black, brown, red and turquoise inks with the calligraphy and marks made with bleach and bleed proof using a zebra G nib in a dip pen.
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 […]
Character Blend
Chinese character drawn with calligraphy brush blending Waterman Purple, Quink Red and Quink Black with flicks of concentrated Domestos for extra effect.
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 […]
