The new book “Watercolor with an Eye for Design” by Ratindra Das is a wonderful sequel to Mr. Das’ first…
Posts Published by Daniel Novotny
My name is Daniel Novotny. I'm an award-winning international artist based in Slovakia. I live by the words of Edgar Whitney: "No door is closed to a stubborn scholar."
KWZ Ink Iron Gall Red #3 Fountain Pen Ink
In the past few years fountain pen ink production skyrocketed. In that time not only many of the existing manufacturers…
The Great FP Ink Lightfastness Project! Month 6
Hi and welcome back! The remainder of tested inks have now been exposed for 6 months. Below are inks that…
The Great FP Ink Lightfastness Project! Months 4-5
Hi and welcome back! The remainder of tested inks have now been exposed for 5 months. Below are inks that…
Elements of Design – Color: 2. Color Wheel
Hi and welcome back. In the previous article we went through the basics of color theory. In today’s article we’re…
Elements of Design – Color: 1. Basics
Hi and welcome back. In this miniseries I’m going to try and cover as many aspects of color as I…
Double Vision: “Value Patterns” – Whitney Patterns Part 5
Welcome back to the final article on the Whitney patterns. Today we are going to close this series with the…
Update: Website Changes
Hi and welcome back. If you are a regular visitor to ateliernovotny.com then you certainly noticed a wave of design…
Double Vision: “Value Patterns” – Whitney Patterns Part 4
In the two previous articles we managed to tackle four out of our six Whitney patterns. Today’s topic then is…
Double Vision: “Value Patterns” – Whitney Patterns Part 3
Hi and welcome back. In today’s article we’re going to talk about the next two patterns from the Whitney pattern…
Double Vision: “Value Patterns” – Whitney Patterns Part 2
Welcome back to my discussion on the Whitney Patterns. In the previous introductory post I talked about the Whitney patterns…
Double Vision: “Value Patterns” – Whitney Patterns Part 1
Hi and welcome back. The “Double Vision” series has been a popular one with its initial launch back in July…
Elements of Design – Tonal Value: Part 4. Rhythm/Pattern
In my previous article about value keys I mentioned that design is all about manipulating values, including entire value keys,…
J. Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite FP Ink
J. Herbin makes good inks, in my subjective opinion. I like the brand overall. I mentioned this in my previous…
The Great FP Ink Lightfastness Project! Month 3
Following are the results after 3 month of sun exposure. If you’re interested to learn more about my lightfastness project…