Diamine Inkvent 2022 – Day 17

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Now I’m super curious where they’re going to go next.

Opening today’s door….

The seventeenth paper door on a green and silver Advent calendar. The number 17 is more assembled than drawn, in a collection of tiny gold stars. Above the 17 is a pen-nib and ink drop snowflake.
Door #17, made of gold stars. Above is a silver pen-nib snowflake.
A paper Advent calendar door has been opened to reveal a small plastic-wrapped bottle inside. It has a metallic pale orange label that reads "Flame" in silver script under the diamond Diamine logo.
Behind the door is an orange ink called Flame

Day 17’s ink is called “Flame.”

I tested, as per usual, using a borosilicate glass dip pen in a Maruman Mnemosyne notebook.

Handwriting in a bright orange ink on white paper that reads "Day 17: Flame." To the right of the writing lays a small square bottle with a metallic pale orange label that reads "Flame" in hard-to-read silver script under the diamond Diamine logo.
ORRRANGE. Text reads “Day 17: Flame” in my blocky handwriting.

This is totally a watercolor ink. Sheer and see-through in the bottle.

Handwriting in a bright orange ink on white paper that reads "Day 17: Flame." To the right of the writing lays a small square bottle with a metallic pale orange label that reads "Flame" in hard-to-read silver script under the diamond Diamine logo. The photo is taken in such a way that, unlike the prior photo, one can see light shining through the ink bottle.
Text reads “Day 17: Flame” in my blocky handwriting. This photo shows daylight shining through the bottle. Also, the splotch is still a little wet.

Flame is a bright watercolor orange. It’s both dry and scratchy, making for thin lines, but it’s also watery so there’s a lot of flexibility in terms of how one can use it. Also, while it writes dry, it takes forever to actually dry on the paper. I was able to tilt and tap just once to get that “leg” in the photos.

A closeup of the splotch and some handwriting of the letters A, M and E in shades of bright and watercolor orange with some outlining in darker orange.
A closeup of some of the writing and the ink splotch, demonstrating the pretty shades of orange.

In the handwriting, I can’t see much variance, but in the splotch I can see where it’s going to be FUN to paint with.

I had to scribble to get the splotch, but I can’t see the lines that well. I’m not sure how much of that is due to how watery it is and how much is due to how sheer the colors are.

A closeup of a splotch of ink demonstrates how the ink allows for layering of the orange colors into darker and darker shades.
A closer closeup of the ink splotch, showing a few scribble lines and some fun layering aspects.

And the way the colors layer and outline as they dry? That’s special! Normally inks that create outlines aren’t so easily layerable like this.

This is going to be my “love letter to my spouse” color. (Don’t tell him.)

Next up: Day 18!

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One thought on “Diamine Inkvent 2022 – Day 17”

  1. I was THINKING “love letter to your orange-loving spouse?!??!!?” the instant I saw the photo and I’m so glad that’s what you’re really going to do

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