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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 27/12/2025

Turning the Inkvent pigment inks into a colour wheel 🌈 Used Pineapple Spritz, Mittens, and Brrr! as my primaries, with Antler added to the outer ring to create desaturated tones.

A hand-painted color wheel in a grid notebook created using Diamine pigment inks. The center triangle shows the primary colors (yellow, pink, blue), surrounded by mixed secondary colors like green, orange, and violet. The outer ring shows these same colors desaturated/darkened using brown ink. A legend at the bottom lists the inks used: Pineapple Spritz, Brrr!, Mittens, and Antler.

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Dobbersville @dobbersville.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

#Inkvent Day 18: Laurel. A teal with extreme pink sheen. I keep thinking that one day I will grow tired of these, but not today.

Writing in Diamine Fountain pen ink : Laurel and a drawing of a Roman coin in the same shade.

A close up of the coin to show the sheen.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 08/12/2025

sketched at a medieval drawing workshop tonight, and coloured it with fountain pen inks

A hand-drawn medieval illumination of a creepy dolphin curled inside a shimmering golden-brown Uncial Gothic letter D. The background is a checkered pattern of red and dark blue.

Letter illumination, viewed from an angle to show off the shimmer.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 01/12/2025

Inkvent 2025 🎊 Day 1: Celestial Skies. Beautiful teal ink with golden shimmer and red sheen. It's so lovely, I wish this one was the final 30ml bottle. Yes, it reminds us of Jacques Herbin Émeraude de Chivor, and isn't that a nice one ✨ Unfiltered/uncorrected swatches; lighting varies.

Inkvent packaging on a table, surrounded by a wreath, a lit candle, and other Advent calendars.

Ten ink swatch cards lined up, comparing Diamine Celestial Skies to other teal/tealish inks.

Ink swatch card for Diamine Celestial Skies, a teal fountain pen ink with heavy red sheen and golden shimmer.

Close-up of Diamine Celestial Skies ink on paper, showing thick golden shimmer, teal base, and red sheen.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 18/11/2025

Latvijas dzimšanas dienas pārgājiens Ogrē sestdien ♥️🇱🇻

Close-up of crystalline frost on dried, spiky seed pods.

Two red berries hanging over a frosty and leafy forest floor.

Tall pine trees on a mossy slope overlooking a blue water source.

A narrow path winds through a sunlit forest with frosty moss.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 04/11/2025

With constant stress from work and the possible war, my brain is craving the comfort of shopping for cute things. That's a temporary fix at best, and at worst, it just adds financial and clutter anxiety. My antidote is to 'shop my stash' instead: 🧵 about all the 'hauls' I rediscover in my own home ~

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 01/11/2025

Halloween dinner last night, before guests arrived

A dining table set for four people, seen from a side angle. The table is lit by three tall candles, with plates, bowls, and small appetizers at each setting.

Flat-lay view of the dining table set for four, showing the arrangement of place settings, napkins, and a central cluster of lit candles.

A close-up of an appetizer on a plate, featuring a slice of dark bread with cream cheese and prosciutto.

A large wooden bowl of green salad and smaller bowls of soup toppings, including gorgonzola, shredded hard cheese, almonds, chili, parsley, and crispy onions.

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Turquoise Tuesday and #newpenday! My pre-order of the Pelikan M600 Art Collection Rudy Rother is in! And all those who said this pen is even more spectacular in person were not exaggerating. Swipe to see the pretty packaging, too (the vintage poster that inspired the pen) #fountainpen

teal fountain pen with a colorful pattern on the barrel, resting on a brass pen rest

Pen packaging, including the vintage advertising poster that inspired the pen

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 18/10/2025

Just a few glimpses of beautiful Edinburgh. Every corner tells a story.

The stone ruins of St Anthony's Chapel tower on a grassy hill overlooking the city of Edinburgh.

A view up a steep stone staircase, framing a tall gothic church.

A curved row of multi-story stone houses with a small patio in the foreground.

A historic stone school building with a playground in the foreground featuring tree trunks decorated as tiny, whimsical houses.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 18/10/2025

You'd never guess this is a Monet. Painted in the 1860s, this moody seascape is from his early career, long before the famous water lilies. 📍 National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Dark, dramatic seascape, showing ships under a cloudy sky.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 17/10/2025

This is London, 1906. Before the world was ready, André Derain painted with pure, wild colours. 📍Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow

André Derain's Fauvist painting of a London river scene, characterized by energetic brushstrokes and vibrant, unrealistic colours.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 17/10/2025

The Glen Ogle Viaduct is often overshadowed by its more famous counterpart, but it is a spectacular structure in its own right. No trains run on it today, and it's a walkable route.

A stone viaduct with multiple arches built into the side of a large hill covered in trees.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 15/10/2025

It seems there's a rule – if you come to Edinburgh, you have to post your photo of Dean Village, otherwise the trip doesn't count.

The Water of Leith river flowing through the Dean Village in Edinburgh.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 15/10/2025

Edinburgh eats today: blueberry muffin and the famous epic Oink hog roast roll with haggis & apple sauce.

A blueberry muffin, with a landscape view of the green hills of Holyrood Park and the city of Edinburgh in the background.

A landscape view of the green hills of Holyrood Park and the city of Edinburgh.

A whole roasted hog with crispy, golden crackling on display in a shop window.

A hog roast roll stuffed with meat and sauce.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 14/10/2025

Glasgow's secret: World-class Impressionism & Post-Impressionism paintings at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Such an unexpected treat!

A framed painting by Paul Signac titled "Sunset, Herblay, Opus 206," showing a tranquil river scene at dusk with silhouetted trees reflected in the water under an orange and blue sky, painted in small brushstrokes.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 14/10/2025

Edinburgh eats today: 🫐 Blueberry muffin at the zoo. 🐟 Haddock supper with all the sauce from Salvatore's – a perfect local chippy. Eaten in The Meadows.

A half-eaten blueberry muffin in its paper liner sits on a rustic wooden picnic table, with autumn trees and a distant city visible in the background.

A white takeaway box with "FISH & CHIPS" printed in blue, featuring a stylized red and blue fish design. A small wooden fork rests on top.

An open takeaway box filled with golden-battered fish and thick-cut chips, generously drizzled with a rich brown sauce.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 13/10/2025

Into the black waters of Loch Ness.

A view from a boat on the dark water of Loch Ness, with a steep bank forested with evergreen and autumn-colored trees.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 13/10/2025

A quiet lunch on the Caledonian Canal before setting sail on Loch Ness.

A crusty bread roll filled with smoked salmon and fresh green leaves.

A view of buildings on the bank of the Caledonian Canal.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 12/10/2025

Good luck in the Highlands, and may you never touch a kelpie.

Misty Scottish Highlands landscape with a winding trail and distant figures.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 10/10/2025

Expectations: all the walking in Scotland will be great for my waistline, haha Reality:

Haggis with neeps and tatties and a boat of peppercorn sauce.

Sticky toffee pudding with fresh strawberries and ice cream.

Fruit scone, broken open, with clotted cream and jam.

Plain scone served with clotted cream and jam.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 21/09/2025

Living in Riga means there can be just a two-hour bridge between enjoying the forest and the opera, and I lived it perfectly yesterday. Even though the 2nd half of that bridge was a breathless race 😄 A perfect kind of tired.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 21/09/2025

wild mushrooms thing 🍄🍄‍🟫💚 worth the hunt, the cleaning, and even getting a little lost in an insanely beautiful forest swamp

Bright red fly agaric mushroom pushing up through green moss and dry twigs on the forest floor.

Wild mushrooms, including fresh chanterelles in a blue and white bowl, and two ceramic plates with roasted and sautéed mushrooms, garnished with thyme.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 16/09/2025

so relieved it's not a fountain pen, otherwise I would have had to get it 🎃

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 06/09/2025

For those of you with vintage fountain pens, any tips for a modern fountain pen user looking to make the leap?

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 01/09/2025

#30inks30days Day 1 Ink: KWZ Smells Like Coffee Pen: Hongdian 8037 <F>

An open notebook on a gridded page with handwritten notes. The left page has notes about the Dollhouse of Petronella Oortman and a strip of washi tape with bunnies and flowers. The right page features an art calendar photo of the dollhouse itself, with a black and gold fountain pen lying vertically on the page.

An overhead shot of a table with a blue lamp with dragonfly designs hanging above it. The table is covered in a grey and blue patterned tablecloth. A notebook, a black and gold fountain pen, a roll of washi tape, and a small stack of ink swatch cards are visible.

A close-up of handwritten notes on the left page of an open notebook. The text describes the Dollhouse of Petronella Oortman, includes a creepy analogy about Vue.js computed properties and watchers, and provides details about ink and pen. A black and gold fountain pen is visible on the right, next to a strip of washi tape with a rabbit and floral design.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 28/08/2025

The #30inks30days challenge takes some effort to post so often, but I've got too many fountain pen inks to sit this one out in September. Who else is in?

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 24/08/2025

My world of art just got a whole lot more current and animated. I've fallen in love with a bunch of pop culture characters, and discovered amazing kawaii opera-themed blind boxes.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 11/08/2025

creamy blue cheese pen filled with butternut squash soup ink – I'm ready 🍂

A white and blue-greenish marbled fountain pen with its cap off, lying on a yellow polka dot notebook and a W. Morris design floral patterned paper. A small card shows a swatch of orange ink, labeled "Diamine Autumn Oak".

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 09/08/2025

Retro 51 Tornado & MET Blackthorn fountain pen

Close-up of a fountain pen featuring a detailed floral pattern from the Blackthorn design, created by John Henry Dearle for Morris & Co.

Fountain pen with the Blackthorn pattern, positioned in front of a framed print of a fragment with a fox from the Greenery tapestry, another well-known design by John Henry Dearle for Morris & Co.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 08/08/2025

My cat sits at the computer for hours and only wants to play with fountain pens. Can't imagine where he picked that up 🙄

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 06/08/2025

Guilty of having too many books, fountain pens, and inks. And don't even get me started on my medicine cabinet, which is full of things that *aren't used* 😄 Anyhow, now I plan to be guilty of having too many advent calendars as well.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 05/08/2025

I've always wanted to post 'what I ate in a day' 😄 It was a zero-waste day/found-ingredients feast – I used up my frozen vegetable package, all the Turkish yogurt, my last three eggs, the leftover rice, and even the sad dill. I still have frozen dumplings, chili, and capelin roe.

Soft-boiled eggs with capelin roe on a wooden cutting board, next to a carton of eggs with a mortar and pestle in the background.

Close-up of soft-boiled eggs in their shells with black dyed capelin roe and dill.

A plate of fried rice with vegetables and egg.

A bowl of dumplings with cooked vegetables, a side of yogurt sauce, and a garnish of dill and red chili.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 01/08/2025

My take on a green curry – very spicy, with plenty of chillies, ginger, lemongrass, and mint. This is my kind of comfort food 💚

A bowl of homemade green curry with chicken, vegetables, and rice, garnished with a sprig of mint.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 26/07/2025

I got this fountain pen, and it writes beautifully. It comes with a #8 nib, and mine is in <M> size.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 23/07/2025

No cheating, post the latest pic of your pet.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 23/07/2025

this 17th piece marks the end of the escapism thread, thank you ✨

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Jon Szanto @jonszanto.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I just framed and hung this the other night. I have had print for a while: California poppy field by LA artist (and fountain pen collector/user) Joey Feldman. I first met Joey at the 2016 SF Pen Show. Fabulous talent, boundless energy.

Painting of California poppy field by Joey Feldman.

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 22/07/2025

escapism level: *high* one like, one piece of art (not mine, sorry)

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Antra Marta 🐈‍⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 20/07/2025

'The Hostile Powers' and 'Paradise Choir'. My phone photos + Google Arts & Culture links: * artsandculture.google.com/asset/beetho... * artsandculture.google.com/asset/beetho...

Detail from Klimt's Beethoven Frieze 'The Hostile Powers' panel, featuring the monstrous figure of Typhoeus at the center, with three stylized female figures, the Gorgons Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, positioned to his left, and ghostly heads representing Sickness, Madness, and Death above them; to his right are figures symbolising Lust, Voluptuousness, and Intemperance.

Detail from Klimt's Beethoven Frieze 'Paradise Choir' panel, depicting stylized female figures representing a heavenly or idealized state of joy and bliss.

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