Firstly, many thanks to Anja at Papier und Stift who very kindly sent me The Box of Fascinations (Vol 2) by Ferris Wheel Press to swatch test. This is my first physical experience with this […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
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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 […]
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 […]
L’Artisan Pastellier Callifolio Swatch Tests – the Pinks, Purples and Greens
This is final part of my swatch test investigation into the rustic world of L’Artisan Pastellier Callifolio. Many thanks to Jon Rabbet, who runs Pen Sharing, for organising a group buy of these. GROUP FAN […]
L’Artisan Pastellier Callifolio Swatch Tests – the Ochres
This is part three of my swatch test investigation into the rustic world of L’Artisan Pastellier Callifolio. Many thanks to Jon Rabbet, who runs Pen Sharing, for organising a group buy of these. GROUP FAN […]
L’Artisan Pastellier Callifolio Swatch Tests – the Blues
This is part two of my swatch test investigation into the rustic world of L’Artisan Pastellier Callifolio. Many thanks to Jon Rabbet, who runs Pen Sharing, for organising a group buy of these. GROUP FAN […]
L’Artisan Pastellier Callifolio Swatch Tests – the greys and blue greys
I have been wanting to investigate this range of fountain inks for a long while. So many thanks to Jon Rabbet, who runs Pen Sharing, for organising a group buy of these interesting rustic French […]
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 […]
Pennonia – Range Swatch Test
Máté Bikfalvi is the owner of the Romanian registered online fountain pen store Pennonia. He recently sent me 6ml vial samples of his new revitalised range of fountain pen inks to swatch test. Read on […]
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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