December's inxperiment

I'm expecting January's inxperiment soon so I thought I would swatch last months. I've been putting it off for too long.

When I swatched the Platinum Citrus black the swatch on the Rhodia paper began to darken almost as soon as I swatched. On the watercolour paper it stayed yellow for quite a while.

I plan to photograph it in a short while to chart the progress.

below is after about 5 minutes

To the right was the following morning.

November Inxperiment

I got my November Inxperiment early this month and when I opened the envelope this is what I saw...  The green Chiku-Rin had leaked everywhere.  I mopped it up and checked the lids, the Chiky-Rin had an o-ring in the lid was not seated right.  I reseated it, wrapped everything in tissues and gave it a few days to dry up properly.

This month's set were:

Mont Blanc - Legend of Zodiac Lucky Yellow - a quite bright yellow
Lamy Christal Ink Ruby - a dark pink red
Lamy Christal Ink Azurite - quite a nice blue purple.
Iroshiziku by Pilot - Chiku Rin - a bight green that got everywhere...
S. T. Dupont - Intense Black - quite a dark black

Tested on Rhodia Pad swabbed with a cotton bud

All items purchased by me

July Appelboom Inxperiment

 The July inxperiment all swatched up, I've been staring at the
postcard and the colours aren't really inspiring me to work with them and it.

Ah well.  I do like the brown., the Petit Prince is interesting, the Iroshizuku is incredibly vibrant.  The Lamy green is very green and the yellow is indeed very yellow.

I'm not sure I'd buy a full bottle of any of it but they're interesting colours.

The swatches are on a light cream notebook I got from Tesco that's perfect for swatches so the colours may be a little off.
I'm getting a bit better with the writing with the glass pen.

All items purchased by me and no inducement was offered by anyone to write this post.

June inxperiment

I've been staring at these colours for a while wondering what to do with the postcard... I'm thinking of picking up some masking fluid and going a bit crazy with washes.  If I do I'll update this post.

I found one of my glass pens recently and made use of it.

May Appelboom inxperiment

I subscribe to the Inxperiment project by Appelboom, I pay out of my own pocket for it and receive nothing for this post only the joy of playing with ink and inky fingers. None of the linked sites offer me any reimbursement for linkage.  I've tried to link to the manufacturer website for the inks but if not I'm linking to companies I've shopped with.

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.