Make incredible art with ink! Discover the vibrant world of alcohol ink, the creative craze that's the hottest new art trend since paint pouring. Learn everything you need to know about working with this expressive medium and how to create striking ink art. Follow over 20 step-by-step tutorials and benefit from expert tips plus a wealth of colourful DIY inspiration. Alcohol inks have exploded onto the art scene with the rise of fluid art techniques such as paint pouring. These accessible inks can be used to create stunning abstract art, even if you're a total beginner. Through step-by-step tutorials and exercises, you'll learn everything you need to know to get started with alcohol ink and how to combine techniques into incredible, bold and colourful, abstract art. As well as paintings on paper, you'll discover inspiration and advice on using the techniques to decorate a wide range of surfaces, including ceramics, plastic, glass, wood and more to make fashion and home accessories and striking handmade gifts.
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Learn everything you need to know to get started with alcohol inks, with step-by-step techniques on creating incredible, bold and colourful, abstract art. As well as paintings, you'll discover inspiration and advice on using the techniques to decorate fashion and home accessories for striking handmade gifts.
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Foreword        6

 

BASICS 8

WHAT IS ALCOHOL INK?         10

KEY INFORMATION     14

MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT     20

COLOURS        28

COLOUR COMBINATIONS       32

BASIC TECHNIQUES    36

Paint surface preparation       38

Paint application and painting processes       40

Cloudy: cluster technique       42

Wispy: veil technique 44

Soak: dissolving technique     46

Drift: flow technique  48

Swivel: flourish technique      50

Drops: accent technique        52

SPECIAL MATERIALS   54

Metallic paints 56

White alcohol ink        58

Dark backgrounds       60

Forming circles           62

Stencils            64

PROJECTS        66

PAINTING IDEAS         68

Flowers           70

Goldfish           76

Masking fluid  78

MIXED MEDIA CREATIONS     80

Hand lettering 82

Line art            84

Pencil  86

Acrylic 88

Watercolour   90

Embossing       92

DIY MAKES      94

Resin   96

Ceramic           98

Wood  100

Glass    102

Plastic  104

Seasonal          106

ABOUT THE AUTHOR  108

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS          110

INDEX  111

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781446308349
Publisert
2020-10-13
Utgiver
David & Charles
Vekt
460 gr
Høyde
273 mm
Bredde
210 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
112

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Biografisk notat

Desiree Delâge lives and works as a creative artist in Cologne. She gave up her job as a visual designer 4 years ago and has been working in her studio on modern painting ever since. On her creative blog 'Krigelkragel' she writes about painting techniques and DIYs, gives tutorials and offers painting courses.