Diamine Inkvent Calendar 2022: Opening, Swatching and Painting with 25 Bottles of Ink! 

That's a great idea, thank you! Hopefully merch coming next year. 😊

Such a cute donkey! Happy Holidays!

I bought a small blow up pool for Christmas for our daughter so she can entertain with her friends in summer - looking outside in the gloom in England I cannot imagine ever needing it! Happy Xmas Becky and hubby! X

We had a 80 F Christmas so you and I were in the same boat! However it’s technically supposed to be winter in California so I’m not sure where that came from

@@AlexisCassandraArt Wow, that’s pretty warm! Better than that awful freezing storm that happened in other parts of the US. That looked brutal, 🥶

Thank you! I like to open the whole thing at once in a single video, so as to not make 25 of them, lol. I had a lot of fun with the painting, even if it went a bit crazy on that background!

Fun video. Fun calendar. I like the colours.

Thank you, and Merry Christmas! 🎄

Thank you! When in doubt, add some gold...or a lot, lol!

Haha thank you! 😂

Yeah that's what I was thinking but I decided to leave well enough alone, and just keep the gold outline, heheh. Actually it looks less overpowering now that the whole painting is fully dry. The squirrel definitely stands out the most.

Thank you - it got a bit loud but the colours are so pretty I can live with it, haha!

Thank you, Memory Lane is so pretty and sparkly! Merry Christmas 🎄

Thank you, and Merry Christmas! 🎄

Thank you, it has been, though it has been really hot today and won’t be dropping much tonight. 🥵

Thank you, I love their shimmer and chameleon inks so much! It's going to be very hot here tomorrow, eek! Shorts and tshirt it is, lol. 😂

They could make one for Inktober too, couldn't they! I love opening these every year, haha. Arctic Blast is such a stunner; I might need to get a big bottle of this when they release them as individuals hopefully next year! Happy Holidays!

Thank you! I do like how it turned out in the end, it just got a bit insane there for a while haha! When everything dried properly it looks really great. Fountain pen inks are a lot of fun to paint with, pretty much the same as liquid watercolours. I paint with them more than using them in fountain pens, lol!

Solar Storm, Alpine, and Upon a Star we’re stunning once dried!

Thank you - I like to save it all up and make just one video on the whole calendar, haha. There are some gorgeous colours in it this year! ❤

Thank you, and Merry Christmas 😊

Thank you so much 😀

They are really gorgeous this year! Diamine usually releases them all as full sized bottles in the following year. I think Arctic Blast and Memory Lane will be going on my wishlist!

Thank you! Haha yes I may have gotten a little carried away with the gold, though it actually looks better now that the whole thing has dried properly, and it isn't quite as intense. Merry Christmas! 😊

There's never too much gold, am I right? Haha thank you, and Happy Holidays! 😊

@@BeckyTregear Yes! Never too much!

Thank you! I loved the inks this year. ❤️

Thank you! The chameleons were my favourites, and I am glad they introduced those this year. I’m pretty sure it’s the same donkey reference, haha. I was thinking of the pencil drawing you did! 🐴

Haha yes I got quite a lot of ink on my desk as well! Merry Christmas Miranda, I hope you have a lovely day with your family!

Thank you, I guess it is impossible to have too much colour, haha. Northern lights…. I didn’t think of that! Mind you, it is summertime here, so it’s more like scorching sunshine.🌞 Things are pretty quiet here; Christmas Day is usually a bit stressful with Nick’s extended family, so I much prefer Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. Sending hugs your way! ❤️

Thank you! I am glad they introduced some chameleon colours this year - I just love all of the shimmery ones! 💜

Thank you, and I just love this year's inky selection in the calendar! Conversely making RU-vid videos has taken over my life somewhat, and so I will take a little break in the new year, lol! Happy Holidays. 😊

@@BeckyTregear you so deserve a break, just please come back :D

Thank you, and yes it is a great way to try out different ink colours, plus there is still a lot in the bottles to fill fountain pens etc.

Thank you! Painting around the circles was traumatic, haha! I love the selection of inks that were in the calendar this year - so many pretty shimmers and interesting colours. Christmas has been relaxing so far, but it has gotten really hot; today will be 37C, lol. I don't go to NYE parties - sleeping through it is a much better option! 🤣

@@BeckyTregear I'm in complete agreement about seeing in the new year, though I am usually still awake - fireworks are very noisy here and I'd rather be warm in bed, reading, than wakened with the shock of the noise. By contrast, the sound of the church bells ringing in the New Year is something I miss here in France, where churches usually only have one bell. 37 degrees? Eek! Brings back memories of our mega-hot, months-long drought of a summer this year. I'm much happier in the winter, and this year, I'm managing without the heating, even in December, by bringing into play childhood memories and of strategies for living in a good-sized 3 bedroomed house heated only by a coal fire in the large main room. It was the norm, and it was rare for any of us to be ill. I do miss that coal fire, though! It was lovely to sit and watch it. I've never enjoyed central heating, and am happily surprised at how much fitter I feel without it, even with the outside temperature around the freezing point at night. I'll put it on for an hour if the house temperature falls below 14c and I'm just sitting, but otherwise, two baby hot water bottles and sensible clothes keep me perfectly warm. It's scarily mild last week and this, even up to 17, when the norm is 8c, and we still haven't had any significant rain (sine May!). Oops! I'd better stop here or I'll have gone over the limit per comment! 😊

Thank you - they do get out of control pretty fast, haha! Merry Christmas.😊

Thank you, Arctic Blast is a stunner - I hope they release it as a full sized bottle next year! Merry Christmas. 🎄😊

I really love the colours in this year's calendar! Especially Arctic Blast and Memory Lane - I might look to get those as large bottles when they hopefully release them next year.

Thank you so much 😀

Thank you! I completely forgot to mention it in the actual video; I was too excited over the inks I guess, lol.

@@BeckyTregear Lol! They are gorgeous!

Thank you! I love the colour selection they included this year. 😊

I had a of fun painting this, even though it got a bit messy, haha. I don't think fountain pen inks are very lightfast in general, but I haven't tested them to know - really they're meant to go in journals, but I do enjoy painting with them nonetheless! 😂 And Merry Christmas. 🎄

Unfortunately the cost of this year's calendar is significantly more than last year and I've decided to give it a miss because the price is now outrageously expensive. 😭

Thank you, and Merry Christmas!

Thank you! Welcome to my channel, and I hope you've had a Merry Christmas!

Awww that's so sweet of her! Haha yes we do love to overly critique ourselves. Actually now that the whole thing is fully dried it looks a lot better. 😁

Thank you! Yes, they act in much the same way as liquid watercolours, and will reactivate in water immediately when dried - a little too well sometimes, haha.

@@BeckyTregear thank you for responding me Becky! I admire your work so much but most of all is how genuine soul you are! Much love from Florida, 🇺🇸

Thank you, I really like the colours they included this year; so much shimmer! Happy Holidays 😊🎄

Thank you, it was a good day! I hope your holidays are going well too. 😊

That one's gorgeous!

I can't even remember why I said that, lol! 😂

Haha I hear you!

They're pretty much the same as liquid watercolours, so I tend to dip a dry brush into the ink bottle, then drop some of the ink onto a palette which can then be mixed with water (I do that so as to avoid contaminating the ink in the bottle as much as possible).

I might have to give it a miss this year, purely because of how expensive it is when I looked, around $30 more than last year and I was whinging at the price then, lol!

LOL I wondered if anyone would pick up on that! It’s literally the only version I could find that was easy to download with no copyright issues! It drives me nuts that it’s the wrong tune! 🤣

@@BeckyTregear No Kidding! I believe it! I might have that song in my head now…

@@JessicaCEP My work here is done! 😁

Merry Christmas to you!

Haha yes there were some glorious colours this year! Diamine usually releases them all in large individual bottles the following year. I might get the Arctic Blast....

Well I just completely forgot to link that, didn't I! I've fixed that up - link is now in the description. I bought it from cult pens, and of course now it is actually on sale, and way less than what I paid for it, so you might be able to snag a deal on it! In previous years they sold out before Christmas, so I guess they made more this year (or less people bought them, lol).

Oh I totally cheated! 😂 I opened the whole thing at the start of December, and swatched out all the colours. This gave me time to plan a painting so I wouldn't be in a big old panic at Christmas. I then made a separate chart just for myself, and swatched a bottle a day, all the way up to Christmas Day. I got my money's worth out of that calendar! 😂