Alcohol Ink Art Blog
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How to Paint Poppies with an Aqua Brush
Recently, I posted a painting on Facebook of these beautiful poppies painted with alcohol ink and an aqua brush on yupo. Yupo is a tree free, polypropylene paper. I prefer the translucent paper for this type of painting as the surface is slightly different from...
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String Painting Technique with Alcohol Ink
Hello! You many have seen the really neat string video technique. Kellie shares it with alcohol ink and several other mediums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB4JxvyviAc
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Coolors.co for Art Color Studies
Alcohol Ink Artist, Laurie Williams demonstrates how to create a quick and easy color study and plan for painting sections of representational art. Coolors.co is a free color scheme website that allows you to create unique color schemes, both dynamically/randomly...
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What Are the Best Alcohol Ink Markers?
From the bottle or a marker?: While people sometimes use only markers in alcohol ink work, most people tend to use markers in conjunction with the ink from bottles. Uses for markers include outlining, blending and using it for “dams” to keep gently applied ink from...
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What Are Alcohol Inks?
Overview: Alcohol ink is an acid-free, vividly-colored, alcohol-based dye that is liquid, translucent and fast drying. It is best used on non-porous surfaces (e.g. ceramics). Mixing colors can create a vibrant, marbled, and fluid effect. Alcohol inks come in bottles....
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What are people’s favorite colors of alcohol inks?
Favorite colors: (gleaned from answers to the question "What are your favorite colors?" asked periodicallly in the group's discussion. Pinata®: Baja Blue, Mantilla Black (for backgrounds), Passion Purple, Rich Gold (pretty universally reviewed as the best gold...
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How Do I Get Started with Alcohol Ink?
Join the AI Community and/or Society: It’s a huge value! You'll get more videos and discounts on the amazing conferences. Join the Communities Facebook Group! Watch videos: When getting started with material and techniques, showing is always better than telling....
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What Are the Best Substrates for Alcohol Ink Painting?
Overview: Anything non-porous is fair game. Seriously. Some of us just go to the thrift store and paint on anything non-porous we find. Main Substrates: Please see our comprehensive list of Alcohol Ink Art Substrates here. Yupo® paper (along with ceramic tile) is...
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How Do You Seal Alcohol Ink Art?
Overview: There are a lot of variables to the necessity of sealing your alcohol ink. Three things don’t vary. If you care about keeping your work as you created it, YOU NEED TO SEAL YOUR WORK. Sealing is a complex subject and takes time to understand and to...
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Where Can I Buy Alcohol Ink Supplies?
Frequent recommendations from the AI community discussion: Click here to see our Ultimate List of Alcohol Ink Art Supplies Online: Amazon Cheap Joe's Dharmatrading.com Dick Blick Jerry’s Artarama Brick & Mortar: Keep your eye out for coupons for significant...
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How To Make Your Own Alcohol Inks
Homemade Alcohol Ink One short but sweet version from someone in the community: “Take a permanent ink Sharpie and, using gloves, cut it open to remove the felt tube that contains the ink. Soak in 1/4 - 1/2 cup of 91% iso. alcohol. (use a small jar with a lid to avoid...
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How Do You Make Your Own Blending Solution?
Blending Solution Recipe for blending solution: variations from our community 6 drops glycerin in 3 oz. 91% alcohol. 2 drops glycerin in 50ml alcohol Glycerin is an organic compound known more formally as glycerol. Its common sources are animal fat and vegetable oil....
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