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Continue reading →: My Pen & Ink Wreath (prompt)
I mentioned in my previous watercolor blog post that I wanted to create a pen & ink wash wreath, but did not have the right colors in my five (5) artsy fountain pens. I decided this morning to “just do it” and see what happens. Instead of using my normal…
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Continue reading →: Day 11: An Apple a Day…My Bright Greens
Today’s Diamine Inkvent color is Appletini. This is a standard ink color with some lovely bright yellow undertones. T did a lovely job capturing this bold and bright green color with some dark sheen along the edges. I was flipping through my Robert Oster swatch cards and immediately came across…
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Continue reading →: Day 10: A Truffle?
Today’s Diamine Inkvent color is Dusted Truffle. It’s an unusual shimmering ink. Here’s a few pictures from T. This color reminds me of last year’s Seize the Night, but without the purplish underlying color. I narrowed down my choice to these three. I wanted to mention that Khaki Black is…
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Continue reading →: Day 9: My Vermilion Reds
Today’s Diamine Inkvent color is Cardinal. This is a lovely standard medium bright red ink. Here is T’s inky swatch. This appears to be a bold vermilion red color and not much else. Thank you T for taking the time to create and share your swatches with me. It was…
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Continue reading →: A Quick Watercolor Wreath & Inky Prompt
As a result of cleaning out the majority of my TWSBI GOs, I now have four (4) pens inked and they are not the colors I need for a wreath sketch. I may end up doing a monochromatic wreath with the remaining ink colors I have. We’ll see. In the…
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Continue reading →: Day 8: My Bright Rosy Magenta Pinks
Okay, I’m back on track. Today’s lovely medium pink is called Jingle Berry. This is lovely bright standard ink. Here is T’s writing sample and swatch. I’m enjoying her interpretation and her creativity. I have a decent collection of this rosy pink magenta color. Here’s what I came up with.…
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Continue reading →: Day 7: My Lovely Green Swatches
Note: Yesterday, was a busy day for me and I forgot to publish my post. Today, I’m catching up. Today’s Diamine color is Alpine. Alpine is beautiful green color with lovely silver shimmers. I enjoy using a good green color and this one I would not hesitate to add to…

























