BlueBlack x Diamine - Light Under Waterloo 1

BlueBlack x Diamine Waterloo Bridge Set Light Under Waterloo 1 fountain pen ink

BlueBlack - Light Under Waterloo 1 - Ink Drop

Light Under Waterloo 1 is probably my favorite of the three inks in the Waterloo Bridge set from the BlueBlack Pen Shop and Diamine. Part of the Art Collection series, the set honors artist Claude Monet.

BlueBlack x Diamine Waterloo Bridge Set Light Under Waterloo 1 fountain pen ink on Cosmo Air Light paper

BlueBlack - Light Under Waterloo 1 - on Cosmo Air Light

I like blues that have an intelligent, positive personality and offer variety in shading. Light Under Waterloo 1 checks those boxes. It’s a happy blue, and it makes you think of sunny skies and tropical vacations. It’s tempered and not as bright as some of the popular blues. I don’t always want a really bright blue, but I don’t always want to go as dark as some of my favorite darker blues, and I think this ink sits very nicely in the middle.

BlueBlack x Diamine Waterloo Bridge Set Light Under Waterloo 1 fountain pen ink color range

BlueBlack - Light Under Waterloo 1 - Color Range

A sharp stroke edging on coated papers makes it pop and emphasizes the strong shading from dark to light. On uncoated papers, it wears a more cottony veil, as if thin wisps of cloud drift slowly across the morning sky. It loses its darkened edging, but the nice shading remains. I like both personas. The decisive stroke profile really gives this ink an opinion, and the shading lets it sing.

BlueBlack x Diamine Waterloo Bridge Set Light Under Waterloo 1 fountain pen ink on Rhodia paper

BlueBlack - Light Under Waterloo 1 - on Rhodia

This is a fairly wet ink with low viscosity. Like all of the inks in the Art Collection sets that I’ve tried, there’s no worries about feather or spread. You may find a bit of ghosting on uncoated papers, but I didn’t have any problem with really dark show-through or bleed, other than the occasional, overly inked spot.

BlueBlack x Diamine Waterloo Bridge Set Light Under Waterloo 1 fountain pen ink writing samples

BlueBlack - Light Under Waterloo 1 - Writing Samples

As you can see below, the Art Collection sets are beautifully packaged. They’re available at BlueBlack’s beautiful shop in Seoul, through their website, or on international shopping site GMarket Global (for inexpensive US shipping cost choose “USPS” for your shipping method). You can also find them at PenGallery in Malaysia.

Keep scrolling down for the swatch card, swatch comparisons, the bottles, and the packaged set.

BlueBlack x Diamine Waterloo Bridge Set Light Under Waterloo 1 fountain pen ink swatch card

BlueBlack - Light Under Waterloo 1 - Ink Swatch Card

BlueBlack x Diamine Waterloo Bridge Set Light Under Waterloo 1 fountain pen ink swatch card comparisons

BlueBlack - Light Under Waterloo 1 - Swatch Comparisons

BlueBlack x Diamine Waterloo Bridge Set Light Under Waterloo 1 fountain pen ink bottle

BlueBlack x Diamine - Waterloo Bridge Set - Ink Bottles

BlueBlack x Diamine Waterloo Bridge Set fountain pen ink box

BlueBlack x Diamine - Art Collection - Waterloo Bridge Set

Special thanks to BlueBlack for sending me these inks as a surprise gift! As usual, my reviews reflect my honest opinions, and I always include both the good and bad based on my experience using the ink.

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