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Birmingham Pen Co, Colorverse, Diamine, Dominant Industry, Ferris Wheel Press, Fountain Pen Inks, Jacques Herbin, Kaweco, Monteverde, Platinum Pen, Private Reserve Inks, Robert Oster, Rohrer & Klingner, Sailor, Swatches – Ink, Taccia, Van Dieman’s, Vinta Inks
Pausing for Station Identification: Most of My Swatch Cards
Continue reading →: Pausing for Station Identification: Most of My Swatch CardsToday is day 3 of the Diamine inky calendar. I’m pausing my blog as I need to spend some time tackling today’s unique chameleon inky color and find some decent matches from my collection. Speaking of my swatch collection, I wanted to share with my readers what I look at…
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Continue reading →: Day 2: My Inky Brown Swatches
Today’s Diamine inky color is called Yule Log. This is a medium brown ink color with gold shimmers. My compare swatches are based on T’s swatch and a few others I’ve seen on social media. I look for and compare any underlying colors that appear as well as sheen. A…
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Continue reading →: Day 1: My Turqoise Inky Swatches
Update 12/02/22: After I saw several people posts their Bliss swatches online, I started to see a teal green color appear on their swatches. I went back through my swatch collection and pulled out two additional colors to compare with Bliss. I know colors can vary when pictures are taken…
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Continue reading →: Another Two Sketches: Two Different Mediums
This morning I was in the mood to sketch a scene. When I get into these moods I “just do it” and see what happens. I’m still learning to paint loosely so I can create something in less than 30 minutes. That way I can feel like I’ve accomplished something…
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Continue reading →: Circles: Two Mediums, a Prompt, and Some Tips
I had a “circles” template I found in my art supply stash. I came up with a brilliant idea to create a two page spread of circles in various sizes. Before going crazy and adding my colors, I decided to split my two page spread into the left side for…
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Continue reading →: Creating My Own Watercolor Swatch Cards
A few weeks ago I had re-swatched all of my bottles of Robert Oster Signature fountain pen inks. An idea came to me that I should do something similar with all of my tubes of Daniel Smith watercolor paints. I looked around on the Internet and could not find a…
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Continue reading →: Leaves: Pen & Ink Wash with Robert Oster Signature Fountain Pen Inks
I had a few minutes last night to create a quick pen & ink wash sketch of some leaves. Mostly from memory and using the available fountain pen inks in my TWSBI GOs. I had cleaned out a few GOs that were almost empty including an orange ink that I…
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