Graphite Fine Art
A purple ink, quite flat in tone but with some shading to lift it a little. Fast drying. This is an iron gall ink so don’t leave it sitting in a pen for more than a week or two. It does clean easily though. It’s archival quality so shouldn’t fade and stands up well to…
Kaweco Summer Purple is a kind of purple-black colour. It has some nice shading, good quick dry times and flows well. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Actually it’s more about me trying to work out what to do, it was a tough one. This ink was sent to me for free by Kaweco, for…
Kaweco Royal Blue is a fairly standard shade and one that reminds me of being at school as a child. This may explain why it’s a colour I’m not especially fond of. However, if you are after a royal blue ink, this is a solid contender. It doesn’t have a lot of character or shading…
This is a pinky peach slightly pale ink with all the usual good qualities of an ink from Diamine – good flow, good dry times, good value. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Thank you to The Writing Desk for sending me this sample. If you would like to buy this ink direct from The…
This might well be my new favourite mid-blue ink. It is so bright and lovely and cheerful. It also dries quickly, flows smoothly and has some beautifully subtle shading. (Shhh don’t tell anyone but I like this a lot more than Kon-Peki.) Here I am starting to doodle the Inkling but my camera ran out…