This is a well-named ink, being very reminiscent of an actual mandarin. It’s quite a dry flowing ink that is also quick to dry. I found it a little flat in anything but the wettest nibs but with the right pen it’s gorgeous. Here I am doodling the Inkling.
The Uni-Ball Eye Needlepoint is a rollerball (liquid ink) pen with a fine (if indeed a 0.5mm line can be considered fine) tip. It’s available with six different ink colours and costs about £2.50 in the UK. I picked this up as a freebie as part of an order I placed (and paid for) with […]
Tombow Mono 100 pencils, Mitsubishi Hi-Uni 10B pencil
Tom Barrington makes a whole lot of leather pen sleeves and holders. All are handmade. The one I’m reviewing, a single-pen tan crocodile-grain holder, costs $24.95 but was sent to me for review purposes by Tom Barrington. At the time of writing only crocodile-grain is available, which isn’t quite my cup of tea, but it’s […]
Diamine Umber is a fairly flat dark green with minimal shading. It’s an example of how my tastes in ink have changed over the last couple of years. It used to be one of my favourite inks but now it just seems a little boring. Here I am doodling the Inkling.