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Inky Thots: Robert Oster’s Vanness Exclusives
I love Robert Oster inks, and his newest exclusives to Vanness are gorgeous! *ps if they sell out they will restock but don’t wait too long; you can preorder!* My sketches below were drawn with a dip pen on cold … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #austrailianink, #blueink, #brownink, #desertinks, #fountainpenfriendly, #greenink, #inkpainting, #inkreview, #madeinaustrailia, #redink, #reviewink, #robertosterink
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Inky Thots: Robert Oster’s Pen Chalet Exclusives
I love Robert Oster inks, and his newest exclusives to North America’s Pen Chalet are gorgeous! This trio of inks celebrates the American Southwestern desert. Pen Chalet has their brick and mortar store in Mesa Arizona. *ps if they sell … Continue reading
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Tools: Rhodia Touch
I’ve been playing in the Rhodia Touch “Lavis Technique” journal made for pen and ink-wash and sketching, a journal that is new to me. I usually would do a lot more testing of a journal, but I am ready to … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #review, #rhodiatouch, #sketchbookreview, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lamy Joy, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub, watercolor
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Inky Thots: Birmingham New Versus Old Ink Colors…
A lot of people have asked how the old colors look versus the new colors… I say, some of the new I like better, some of the old I like better, and in some I love both equally!! Below are … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #birminghampens, #inkpainting, #inkreview, #madeinusa, #notinktober, #pittsburgh, #pittsburghpennsylvania, #reviewink, art journal
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Inky Thots: Birmingham’s NEW Electron
I am finally getting to my new bottles of the new improved ink colors from Birmingham Pen Company, beginning with the stunning bright blue Birmingham Electron ink, made to commemorate the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the first full-scale PWR nuclear … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghamelectronink, #birminghaminks, #birminghampens, #blueink, #electronblueink, #inkpainting, #inkreview, #madeinusa, #notinktober, #pittsburgh, #pittsburghpennsylvania, #reviewink, art journal
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Inky Thots: Robert Oster Heart of Gold
I am not a gold gurl (silver is my jam), not even a glitter gurl (well, sometimes…)… BUT I am loving Robert Oster’s line of shimmery golden inks. This review is for Robert Oster Shake N Shimmy Heart of Gold! … Continue reading
Inky Thots: Robert Oster Aussie Liquid Gold
I love Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Heart of Gold ink, (shown for comparison), but the wow factor in Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Aussie Liquid Gold ink, a clear bright yellow-gold is amazeballs (a technical term)! Above, you can … Continue reading
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Tagged #fountainpenfriendly, #glittergurl, #glitterink, #Hahnemühle, #inkpainting, #inkreview, #liquidgoldink, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #reviewink, #robertosterink, #shakenshimmy
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Tools: Robert Oster Glorious Inks
There is nothing like the gift of color! All that possibility wrapped in glorious juicy inks from Robert Oster Signature inks!! I will be playing with these soon, but had to at least share my newest bounty! A couple I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #austrailianopalblueink, #chartreuse, #clayredink, #dragonsnightink, #envygreenink, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #ngspecial16ink, #nostalgiejournal, #peachink, #purpleink, #robertosterink, #verdederioink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Inky Thots: Robert Oster Midnight Sapphire
Robert Oster Midnight Sapphire might need to be renamed Blueberry, though it is a moody deep blue-purple perfect for skies! My blueberries ere built of of layers of darker color and a little linework at the end while the paper … Continue reading
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Tagged #architecturalsketching, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #austrailianink, #blueink, #inkpainting, #inkreview, #lovethestub, #midnightsapphireink, #purpleink, #reviewink, #robertosterink, #twsbilove, #ultraflexnib
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Inky Thots: Diamine Festive Cheer
From their website: “Manufacturers since 1864, Diamine Inks relocated to this state of the art factory in Liverpool in 1925, where they successfully carried on using the traditional methods and formulas for ink production. Over the years the company has … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #blueink, #diamineink, #festivecheerink, #Lamy, #lamyalstar, #lamystubnib, #lovethestub, #sheeningink, art journal
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Tools: WaterPROOF Inks
I had someone get a bit heated with me for insisting that the right words be used for waterPROOF and water resistant. *I can take it* The reason the distinction is important is artists need to know waterPROOF in order … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleTonedWatercolourBook, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #waterproofinks, De Atramentis Document ink, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink
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Tools: Fineline Masking Fluid
A few years ago Tracey Fletcher King turned me onto Fineline Masking Fluid. I tried others and found them sticky and thick and messy; not what I wanted in the ways I wanted to use a masking fluid. Fineline’s masking … Continue reading
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Tagged #brightwatercolors, #cuppa, #danielsmithwatercolors, #finelinemaskingfluid, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleCezanne, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #HahnemühleTonedWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, Fineline masking fluid, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, review, watercolor
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Inky Thots: The Maker’s Palette
I have a lot of inks… way too many to use in my lifetime even with painting. But, really, why have a boring crayola 8-pack when you can have the 64-pack with every color imaginable? I’ve also found the makers … Continue reading →