Robert Oster Signature Inks Test 02

September 23, 2016

Firstly, many thanks to Robert Oster for sending me these to test. All the hype about this new range of inks is certainly justified! Claudia - these are just great! The test piece was painted using Dark Chocolate, Pinky, Peach, Read Orange, Blue Sea and bleach on 200lb Bockingford watercolour paper.

As you can see, the colours are vibrant and all react with bleach. They don’t readily mix with water but creep slowly revealing all their hidden hues at the outer edges of the swatch. One other bonus delight is that they all sheen beautifully in the more concentrated areas! I wasn’t really into sheening – but I am now. Check out that sheen colour on the Dark Chocolate!

I can’t not like these – hidden hues, a positive bleach reaction and sheening! From a creative angle these are a wonderful range of colours. As handwriting inks, I can’t fault them either – even the Torquay writes and reads well. If there is one tiny drawback, it’s when blending the inks with water. Because they creep slowly you will need to agitate the paper to ensure movement down the swatch card!

One thing I can confirm – these inks are consistent across the range. They are not watery like a Diamine but they are not too thick either. Interestingly, as writing inks they are all quite dark, so to see the range and intensity of colour they produce is a real joy. The Dark Chocolate is absolutely fabulous! Treat yourself!

Check out the 26 Robert Oster swatch tests here: https://quinkandbleach.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/robert-oster-signature-inks-test-02/

Edited September 23, 2016 by NickiStew