Review by Tina Koyama Although I use water-soluble inks for sketching when I want to wash some lines for effect, I depend on waterproof inks when I know I’m going to be using water-soluble colored pencils or watercolor, too. And when addressing envelopes, I always use waterproof ink. Platinum Carbon Black has been my…
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Inkmas Day 4: 3 Oysters Marine Green
Review by Laura Cameron When I placed my order for 3 Oysters inks, I knew I had to include a bottle of Marine Green ($18.00). That tealy-green is right up my alley, but also reminds me of blue spruce, which we had one year as our Christmas Tree. As I said, Marine Green is a…
Inkmas Day 3: DeAtramentis Document White
Review by Tina Koyama I had two main reasons for wanting to try White in the DeAtramentis Document waterproof ink series (available in 19 colors). Holiday cards often come with red or green envelopes, so I thought it would be fun to try addressing some of mine with white ink. That was my holiday…
Inkmas: Day 2, Kyo-no-oto Urahairo 08 and Keshimurasaki 09
By Jessica Coles Day 2 of the 12 Days of Inkmas! Today I am showing not one, but two new inks on the market. Urahairo 08 and Keshimurasaki 09 (each sell for $28.00 for 40mL) are new colors made for the TAG stationery store in Kyoto, Japan. This line of inks is a series produced…
Inkmas Day 1: 3 Oysters, Dancheong
Welcome to Day 1 of our annual “12 Days of Inkmas”! Laura is going to start the season with an appropriately celebratory red ink from Korean ink maker 3 Oysters. Stay tuned for more inks as Inkmas progresses. Happy Inkmas! — Ana Review by Laura Cameron It wouldn’t be Inkmas if we didn’t kick off…
Ink Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-ho
Review by Laura Cameron Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-ho is the final bottle of ink that I purchased from Jesi at the St. Louis Pen Show (backed up much?). I was very intrigued by this one since Ina-ho translate to “rice ear.” Ina-ho is a brown gold color, named as such after the fields of rice ears…
Eye Candy: Penlux Inks
Penlux ink is available from The Pen Show. Each bottle is 50ml and is made by Sailor for Penlux. The colors are based on antique Japanese colors. Originally, I purchased three colors (Amber, Pine and Rouge) from the Dolives at the DC Show ($30 each) but there are six colors currently available. I broke down…