Ink

Back to Traditional.

I have a huge amount of love for ink in all its forms. I started at an early age with Parker Quink but, years after (and not so long ago) I had a Diamine epiphany (Green Umber) which was soon joined by a range of colours from Diamine, Ferris Wheel Press, Troublemaker and a host of other beautiful tones, sheens and hues.

For the past few years I've loved taking part in a range of themed ink challenges - from Inktober to Inkvent - especially challenges which themselves come with a new daily ink to play with... Each day throughout May, October or December I'd try and draw for 30 mins a day to create something, at the end of the month, which was a thing of collated beauty.

Work has taken over my life a little, but this year I'm intending to rearrange the ink/work/life balance.

Diamine Inkvent 2019.

Diamine Inkvent 2021. Check out the blog on the images here...

Inktober 2018.

Aaaaand then there is Moleskine.

I could say sketchbooks and, certainly for the first couple of decades it was any sketchbook that came my way (often a cheapish WHSmith's special).

But then I discovered Moleskine pads, or at least I discovered the joy of their uniformity (in size) and uniqueness (in cover) and for the past couple of decades it's pretty much those and none other. Love them.. definitely a blog post to come on just my Moleys.