Which Inks Are You Using Today?

[gmax]

... If you don't mind the stanza written in Italian, my Pelikan 4001 Brilliant-Brown + R&K Cassia looked like this ...

 

 

Google translate is my friend :-)

This is a lovely shade of maroon - you seem to have a talent for ink mixing, and drawing happy creatures

 

 

Today I am using R&K Sepia, R Oster Maroon 1789, R Oster Melon Tea, and Hieronymus Green 01.

[Tas]

Sailor Sei Boku (especially in the Namisu Nova Ti EF nib)
New(ish) to me. Having had a pen clog up with it ages ago, I was nervous of buing a bottle. So silly. This is a stunning ink. Whilst not quite as changling as Quink Blue Black, this too is very pen and paper dependant.

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_sei_boku.jpeg

Greek stamp No 3.
Still learning . . .
1. Using a pen you adore can often make for a better sketch.
2. Create the perforation effect PRIOR to spending 4 hours on a drawing.

[gmax]

Another great piece, Tas, and the Sei Boku suits it perfectly

 

Now we're all wondering about the fourth ink

[Tas]

The fourth ink really taxed me. I needed a purple and Waterman purple (my only) wasnt right. I set about mixing and remembered the Pilot Parallel pen set I bought years ago had a pack of multi coloured cartridges. Perfect. Watch this space. Ill post tomorrow.

[Flaxmoore]

Sailor Sei Boku (especially in the Namisu Nova Ti EF nib)

New(ish) to me. Having had a pen clog up with it ages ago, I was nervous of buing a bottle. So silly. This is a stunning ink. Whilst not quite as changling as Quink Blue Black, this too is very pen and paper dependant.

 

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_sei_boku.jpeg

 

Greek stamp No 3.

Still learning . . .

1. Using a pen you adore can often make for a better sketch.

2. Create the perforation effect PRIOR to spending 4 hours on a drawing.

My god... if you told me that was a blown up pic of a stamp I would believe. That’s incredible.

[m53al]

I can't get off the Noodlers Baystate Blue as most regular ink. But I also use an ink that I made up from a suggestion off the FPN which was SLB super lux blue. I changed it a bit to use Upper Ganges Blue 50% with the DC Super Show 25% and Private Reserve Tanzanite 25%. Makes a nice, reasonably deep blue while being 50% bullet proof, which is "good enough" for what little official signing I have to do.

[crahptacular]

Stamp #3 is my favorite so far! Can't wait for #4.

[Tas]

My god... if you told me that was a blown up pic of a stamp I would believe. That’s incredible.

 

thank you

 

Stamp #3 is my favorite so far! Can't wait for #4.

 

(It's mine too, colour, scene, the joy of using the Nova & Ti EF nib - I loved making this one)

 

Here's No 4 - Made with Pilot Parallel's Purple cartridge and my Pilot 912 PO nib.

 

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_pilot_parallel_purple.jpeg

If anyone has any ideas, suggestions on how to auction these to raise money for the victims of the recent fires in Greece then please message me. I'm not sure I can do it on this forum.

[gmax]

This one seems smaller, to judge by the number of edge perforations, and I suppose this also accounts for the use of such a fine nib.

 

Lovely work again, and an ink I've not seen before

[Tas]

This one seems smaller, to judge by the number of edge perforations, and I suppose this also accounts for the use of such a fine nib.

 

Lovely work again, and an ink I've not seen before

 

It is smaller, almost identical in size to the first "stamp". As for the ink, I like it, a lot. I'd normally flush it into a mixing pot. This has been kept. I think it's a very pretty purple.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

This Pilot Purple is new to me too, and I'm absolutely in awe with the details you can get out of the PO nib. Love the choice of scenery too, though my absolute favourite was the stormy stamp.

 

Btw, yesterday I used

Diamine Asa Blue

Cult Pens Deep Dark Purple

Diamine Macassar

and my new mix: Diamine Peach Haze + RK Verdura. I think this one looks something like Stone Road of Gion, but it may be wishful thinking. (Scan incoming).

Edited August 13, 2018 by RoyalBlueNotebooks

[putteringpenman]

[Bexinthecity247]

Sailor Sei Boku (especially in the Namisu Nova Ti EF nib)

New(ish) to me. Having had a pen clog up with it ages ago, I was nervous of buing a bottle. So silly. This is a stunning ink. Whilst not quite as changling as Quink Blue Black, this too is very pen and paper dependant.

 

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_sei_boku.jpeg

 

Greek stamp No 3.

Still learning . . .

1. Using a pen you adore can often make for a better sketch.

2. Create the perforation effect PRIOR to spending 4 hours on a drawing.

 

Stunning picture!

As for my own ink - currently using Cross Purple (which is a beautiful purple - much nicer than MB's Lavender)

[ENewton]

Pelikan 4001 Violet

 

J Herbin Poussiere de Lune

[jmccarty3]

Sailor Sei Boku (especially in the Namisu Nova Ti EF nib)

New(ish) to me. Having had a pen clog up with it ages ago, I was nervous of buing a bottle. So silly. This is a stunning ink. Whilst not quite as changling as Quink Blue Black, this too is very pen and paper dependant.

 

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_sei_boku.jpeg

 

Greek stamp No 3.

Still learning . . .

1. Using a pen you adore can often make for a better sketch.

2. Create the perforation effect PRIOR to spending 4 hours on a drawing.

 

What a wonderful drawing of the port of Hydra! My wife, who is a native Athenian, has many friends there and spends as much time there as she can when she goes to Greece every other year. We have paintings and photographs of Hydra all over the house. I like this unusual viewpoint.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Yesterday I used

Diamine Macassar

J. Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite

RK Scabiosa,

and my mix of Diamine Peach Haze and RK Verdura.

[lgsoltek]

Actually I have a review of that Pilot Mixable Violet/Purple:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/334841-pilot-mixable-cartridge-violet/?hl=%2Bpilot+%2Bmixable+%2Bpurple

[lgsoltek]

 

thank you

 

 

(It's mine too, colour, scene, the joy of using the Nova & Ti EF nib - I loved making this one)

 

Here's No 4 - Made with Pilot Parallel's Purple cartridge and my Pilot 912 PO nib.

 

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_pilot_parallel_purple.jpeg

If anyone has any ideas, suggestions on how to auction these to raise money for the victims of the recent fires in Greece then please message me. I'm not sure I can do it on this forum.

 

 

It's a gorgeous piece, Tas!

[gmax]

... my mix of Diamine Peach Haze and RK Verdura.

 

Oh, it's like a more delicate version of R&K Sepia, just a bit more pink and a lot more cuddly - love the pug Nice shading too!

 

Today I am using Sailor BB and Diamine Midnight - so smooth

[HalloweenHJB]

Inks loaded in my portfolio of pens (holds 50):

 

 

Really loving the Jalur Gemilang (Diamine) these days, and the Halloween Orange (Krishna).