I get asked constantly what ink to use if you want to work in ink and wash with a fountain pen. This information was previously included in my comprehensive 7 part guide to sketching with fountain pens, but I thought it would be useful to repeat the information on its own. I am also gearing...
CONTINUE READINGIf you want to use a fountain pen and paint watercolour washes over the top you have to purchase special ink for your pen as standard fountain pen is water-soluble. The good news is there are a number of water based permanent inks that are suitable for use in fountain pens and that become permanent...
CONTINUE READINGPart 3 of my current series on Fountain Pen Sketching contains a summary of what I believe are the basics you need to know to use your fountain pen for sketching. There is a lot that I am not going to be able to cover, so I have provided plenty of links to Goulet videos...
CONTINUE READINGMost of my work comes under the category of ‘ink and wash’ and it is the relationship between the ink lines and the watercolour washes that I find the most exciting part of this way of working. However, most of the information posts on my blog to date have been about the ‘wash’ side of...
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