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Van Dieman’s Natura Dualis – Overcast

The Natura Dualis collection by Van Dieman’s Ink explores the beauty of natural contrasts — moments in the landscape where one thing transitions into another. These inks are designed to echo that duality, with rich multishading, riverlets, halos, colour splits and transformations that evoke nature’s layered complexity. Each ink in the series captures a fleeting threshold — dawn into day, dusk into night, sun into storm, land into water. The collection is not just about colour, but about moments suspended between two states.

Overcast represents the subdued majesty of a sky blanketed in cloud. It captures that moment when the light dulls and colours flatten, yet somehow, from that soft desaturation, a subtle beauty emerges. There is still vibrancy under the grey — hints of blue, lilac, and green flicker through like light trying to break through.

This ink perfectly reflects the collection’s dual nature. On most papers, it settles into a misty lavender-grey base, with shifting overlays of teal and rose, sometimes separating into dusty halos or marbled pools of colour. In broad nibs or wet applications, blue/green rivers emerge, like clear sky appearing hopefully through the cloud cover. It’s a colour that feels gentle, quiet, but not without life — a tranquil ink for calm pages and thoughtful writing.

Let Overcast transform your writing with the quiet power of a brooding sky.