I got distracted last month by life and Woollinn where I spent a breathtaking amount of money on Yarn. Then I went to Galway to visit my parents, the end of May has my birthday and I always take a few days around it to the Irish June Bank holiday. It's also the weekend of Bloom and I went there on the first day before going to Galway on the Friday. I was off on the Wednesday and my husband wan't and the weather was lovely so I set up one of the outdoors tables and got playing with the ink from Appelboom's Inxperiment. The usual postcard came in with the rest, not a lot of space for painting this time. This shot has what I used for the play. The ink comes in a plastic bag each time, well sealed.
So the colours are (in the same order as tested) Mont Blanc Swan Illusion - an interesting grey/brown); KWZ Honey - a colour that's somewhere between brown. orange and yellow, intense; Kyo-Iro Cherry Blossom of Keage - a pink that dries with an interesting texture; Diamine Beau Blue - a bright summer sky colour; and last, but not least, Aurora Black - a deep, intense black.
So I played with the colours and decided not to paint the background; the only colours I used were what was in the pack so the green is a mix of the blue and the honey, painting the honey over the blue made a slightly different green than vice versa. The black stayed very black even when I pushed water through the paintbrush. I would recommend that shade if you wanted a solid black ink.
I also sampled up my ink journal.
I've been using last months KWZ Cappuccino in a pen all month, I may have to buy a full bottle for use another time. I'm currently trying to use up the ink in pens because I want to use and test all the pens.
