watercolour experiments

Some time back in February of this year, pen-enthusiast, crossword-solver, compulsive sketchbook-keeper, cartoon-pedlar extraodinaire and general, all-round balding polymath Dave Shelton put me on to Carbon Platinum Ink in response to my request for a genuinely waterproof ink that could be used in a fountain pen without gumming up the works. With lightning-quick reaction time, I ordered some at the end of last week and it arrived the following day. I dutifully filled a pen with said ink and created some ART which I'm posting here.

I'm really pleased with the results. The ink itself is fantastic – providing it's left to dry completely, it doesn't bleed at all with the application of watercolour – and the drawings, though nothing out of this world, have a freshness and a charm to them that I don't think they would have if I'd coloured them with my digital crayons as per usual.

I'll try and do some more in the days ahead and will the post any results. Well, I say any results, but truth be told, the material that makes it on to the TPS blog goes through a rigorous selection process in order to maintain the illusion that there is some level of consistency to my work. You should see the crap that doesn't make it. Sheesh...

P.S. Credit must also be given to the very wonderful Elwood H. Smith who discusses the merits of Platinum Carbon Ink on his Drawger blog which you can read here.