Tag: calligraphy ink
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New inks fresh from Japan
Here’s the inks in the order purchased. I managed to do the whole 8 floors of Itoya (Ginza, Tokyo, Japan) stationary, craft and art supplies in one hour. The inks I already know are mostly the same price from store to store but stock is usually limited or different. So I went with the rule…
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Invisible ink experiments!
Saw some invisible ink on Temu and thought it was glow in the dark ink. But when it arrived it didn’t glow in the dark but turns out is only visible under UV light. I thought would be cool to play with the idea of hidden messages in particular hiding the word of God, which…
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Japan stationary haul!
Last year we did a trip to Japan Osaka and I managed to get most of the stationary I wanted to buy – mostly the travellers notebooks and sheening ink. I was surprised that most of the stores were hard to find and whilst there was a lot of pens and highlighters not all stores…
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Trying out new sketchbooks from target anko
We picked up from target a new anko marker pad ($3) and some sketchbooks ($6-8) that came with a free elastic band pen holder. I really bought them for the pen holder as this will come in handy with other sketchbooks or to hold my watercolour brushes. I made one once so I’m happy to…
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Line and wash painting book reviews
It’s been a while since I’ve done a book review. I’ve just got a haul of watercolour and ink painting books from the library as I’ve been delving into the world of calligraphy and sketch and wash. Modern Watercolour by Kristin Van Leuven This is an old goody that have popped up. Flipping through this…
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Ink bottle holders
I was tired of my ink bottles knocking over and spilling ink everywhere so I made up some beautiful bottle holders with my daughter’s air drying clay. There are three different sizes for my different sized bottles. Hoping it will keep its shape and hold up after it’s dried as the air dry clay tends…
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A little bit of shimmer makes everything magic
I had fun playing with some mica powder today. I had picked up some from temu last year and I’ve been meaning to experiment with adding it to ink to see if I could make my own shimmer ink. On my last trip to Japan I had picked up a few shimmer inks so I…
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Japan travel notebook flip through and best bullet journal layouts for busy tourists
Before we went to Japan I had planned to paint my way through Japan and so brought a Hahnemühle travellers notebook to sketch and wash in and a Claire Fontaine notebook to test out for journaling. When we arrived we found out that it was rude to stand and eat and there wasn’t any places…
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First travellers factory watercolour sketchbook done
This sketchbook took approx 2 weeks to complete. I had the opportunity to see my daughter’s concert We hosted and watched the first game of state of origin I still find it hard to capture live action. I tend to spend more time on the frame around it because it’s not moving. I also trialled…
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Travellers notebooks and calligraphy paper comparison
I just finished yet another Hanehmule travellers notebook and am averaging one every couple of months and have been using other notebooks for daily journaling. I would like to get back into bullet journaling but don’t want to waste my good paper so have been looking at cheaper alternatives and also experimenting with making my…
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