Get Ready for Holidays in Ink (plus other media) 2022-23!

 

It's almost that time! You're invited to join me and a bunch of my friends for this fun, educational, and motivational, annual adventure. We'll combine inks with other media to complete a sketchbook during the holiday season. This post outlines what you need to know in order to play along.

DATES:

Monday, November 21, 2022 - Friday, January 6, 2023

GOAL:

Based on how quiet or hectic your personal holiday season is, select or make a sketchbook that you will easily be able to fill during those dates. When November 21 arrives, start your book. Use some ink. Incorporate other media if you wish. That's it!

SUGGESTIONS:

THE SKETCHBOOK

You do not have to complete a page a day, nor even a sketch every day. Well, of course you could. But I will not be doing that. Personally, I've opted to complete 36, two-page spreads during the 47 days of Holidays in Ink. I found a fabric with ravens in moonlight that I loved, turned it into bookcloth, and made my sketchbook a couple of weeks ago. 

De Atramentis Document Inks -- Lightfastness, Waterproofing, and Other Attributes

Results are in on the lightfastness tests I did of the full line of De Atramentis Document Inks!

You can see the results of the testing of the De Atramentis Document Inks in this post, as well as my comments regarding other attributes of those inks, which I've been exploring during and after the six months of testing. Below is a photo of all the ink swatches before half of each went into the window. It's a combination of the Document inks, some others that Brian Goulet sent me (from Goulet Pen Company), and some fountain pen, drawing, and calligraphy inks that I had here in the studio and wanted to test. This post will focus only on the De Atramentis Document Inks.