For Christmas, I received the Diamine Flower Set from my lovely husband. So yesterday I set about using a dip pen to do a brief comparison of each of the inks. I was honestly fairly surprised. Obviously, since this is a dip pen, the colors are going to be slightly different than in a fountain pen, unless you have a very fine, wet flow! I was most surprised by Carnation and Marigold, which I didn't think I would like. As it turns out, I like them a great deal!
Here is the entire set on white Tomoe River Paper:
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Here is the entire set on Southworth Fine Parchment Paper (sort of a beigey-gray color):
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A close-up of Marigold and Carnation:
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A close-up of Pansy and Bougainvillea (you can see the green sheen of the Pansy):
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In this one, you can see the reddish sheen on the C in Cornflower, and the greenish sheen on the P in Pansy:
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A close-up of Cornflower and Aster (very similar, but Cornflower shades a little more toward purple, imho):
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A closeup of Burgundy Rose (a very brown Burgundy -- and yes, I spelled Burgundy wrong :P), and Tulip:
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A closeup of Gerbera and Iris:
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And finally, here is a bit of a letter I wrote using the Tomoe River paper and Diamine Gerbera. It has great shading!
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Love the whole set!
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