Diamine Inkvent 2022 Day 18: Olive Swirl

It’s day 18 in Diamine Inkvent. Exciting, I know 🙂

Door 18

Day 18’s ink is Diamine Olive Swirl, an olive green chameleon ink with a good amount of shading and a whole lot of class.

Diamine Olive Swirl bottle

Diamine Olive Swirl is a very cool colour – a pretty vibrant olive green with the coolest chameleon effect. The shimmers here change from pinkish copper to green, and it is a very attractive combination with the base colour.

Diamine Olive Swirl swab on Col-o-Ring

I like sketching with unusual colours every once in a while, and even though I don’t sketch with shimmer inks, I can see myself sketching with Olive Swirl. The base colour is so good and the chameleon shimmer is subtle and yet adds so much interest to it, that I really enjoyed sketching this sea turtle with it.

Sketch on 52gsm Tomoe River paper

Of the chameleon inks so far, Olive Swirl is by far my favourite. Green and pink are a classic combination, and the fact that you see the pink only in certain angles and so very subtly adds a lot to this ink’s charm. Definitely an ink I see myself purchasing in the future.

Writing sample on 68gsm Tomoe River paper

One thought on “Diamine Inkvent 2022 Day 18: Olive Swirl

  1. graysummers

    Green is my favourite colour. Olive is especially liked. Like the look of this one and will probably order a bottle. Sherwood Green by Diamine is one I use often. I can’t draw with ink like you can and so it is only used for lettering. But it has fantastic ambience and synergy with Oxblood Red by Diamine alongside it. Very seasonal and Christmassy. All the best.

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