Alcohol Inks - Dawn Heald

Hellooo,

Happy weekend everyone, what 

have you all got planned? 

Something nice I hope!

It's time for another post using 

Alcohol Inks and Dawn is here

with us today.  And she has been
very busy!
Dawn says....

This week using alcohol inks and PaperArtsy

 Emma Godfrey's latest stamps I've gone

 with a love theme as it's my other 

half and my anniversary. 

I've used a couple different techniques

 to create a background on a canvas board and

 the design details. I had a lot of fun and

 did a lot of experimenting along the way.

 Using alcohol inks and water is very addictive

 and then I started playing with Yupo Paper

 and wow you really need this paper, it is 

 awesome. I've added some notes I thought

 you may find useful along the way. There

 are lots of steps but it shows you really

 can mix it up, use different techniques

 with two main ingredients. Hope you like

 this post, it's rather a long tutorial this week.

So to create the background

 on the canvas board.

Add white gesso in a thick layer over the

 whole board leaving some uneven

 ridges visible. Dry.

Then using an old plastic container fill with

 water, couple of inches plenty. Drop in your

 chosen colours of alcohol inks. A few drops

 of each will do.

Experiment, have spare pieces of paper

or card to try out colours and different

combinations of ink colours before going

on to the canvas panel. You'll get

a feel for how they react.

Then slide your canvas panel into the 

water and straight out. If you want a deeper

colour like I did, dry with heat tool and

repeat the steps. I did it three times.

And there's no need to change to

 clean water each time.

Just a note - This method produces lighter
colours than just using alcohol inks on
 their own.

Dry then spritz blending solution over the

 board for a tiny speckled look. Again do

 it once, dry and you can always do another

 spritz. If you load the blender on it the

 colours will just end up all blending together

 defeating the water colour marble look.

When all dry and I used my heat tool gently,

 use Decoart Media Satin Varnish to seal

 the background. I did this in three thin 

layers. Using the brush to paint it on one

 way across, then the opposite way, then

 back to first way. This builds up an even

 layer and gets eliminates the brush marks

 usually left behind. Unless you want that

 look. It dries quickly and is a favourite

 product of mine.

Next, get your stamps at the ready. 

Use the smaller images to create a border and

 stamp LOVE bottom corner with Jet Black

 Stazon ink, stamp with Midnight Blue 

Stazon, the trio of hearts all over the board

 and then fill in with the x x x stamp using

 Royal Purple Stazon ink.

 Using some

 gesso coloured very pale lilac with ink,

paint around parts of the hearts to make

 them stand out. Use a white gel pen to

 highlight LOVE and dots around the border.

To finish the canvas board itself, mix

 Decoart Media Texture Sandpaste with

 Indigo Alcohol Ink and spread through

 Spinning Tops Stencil. When dry rub 

over this with silver gilding wax.

To make the features.

Create three alcohol ink backgrounds in

 contrasting colours so they really pop.

First background piece is made using

 the alcohol ink in water technique on watercolour

 card. The second piece is made on Yupo

 Paper simply dropping the inks on to the

 paper, letting them spread, take your

 time then flick blending solution onto

 it using an old toothbrush.

The third piece and my favourite is again

 on Yupo Paper.

Place Tando Crocodile Mask

 on top, tape edges to secure if liked. Then

 add droplets of alcohol inks into the spaces.

It does seep underneath but still

 comes out just great. 

I did use cling film scrunched on top of yet

 inks, it worked but was taking

 too long for me to dry.

TIPS. HANDLE THE YUPO PAPER AS LITTLE

 AT POSSIBLE FINGER MARKS ETC MAY SHOW.

 IF YOU'RE NOT LIKING YOUR RESULTS YOU

 CAN RUB IT BACK WITH BLENDING SOLUTION

 OR RUBBING ALCOHOL ETC. IT WILL STAIN

 THE CARD BUT YOU CAN START AGAIN.

 I DID THIS A FEW TIMES ON ONE PIECE

 AND IT STILL WORKED.

Let these dry. 

Then stamp hearts using Black 

Archival ink and words onto them and cut out.

Attach these to canvas with foam pads.

 Embellish with silver heart brads

 with wings snipped away.

Run around the edge of the board

 with black marker to finish.

Phew, so what do you think, have you tried

 this before? Any tips or thoughts, please do

 share. Or if you haven't then have a bash.

 You can tailor these techniques to your choice

 of project, like art journals, tags, cards and

 other mixed media makes. Thank you so

 much for checking this out.

Oh. My. Goodness, what an amazing 
tutorial for you!

If you want to have a go, this is 
what Dawn used -

PaperArtsy Stamps - Emma Godfrey 13

 Alcohol Inks - Background - Indigo, 

Sailboat Blue, Stream, Wild Plum, Raspberry.

 Images - Sunshine Yellow, Butterscotch,

 Citrus, Terracotta.

Alcohol Blending Solution

Spray Bottle - ( the Woodware ones are

 excellent but mine were all in use)

Yupo Paper Pad

Tando Mask - Crocodile

Decoart Media Texture Sandpaste

 and Satin Varnish

Canvas Board 5 x 7

Stazon Inks - Jet Black, Midnight Blue, 

Royal Purple,

Ranger Black Archival Ink

 Watercolour Card

White Gesso

White Gel Pen

Black Marker Pen

From own stash - 

silver heart brads, old toothbrush


Well that's it for this week,
hope you have enjoyed the posts.
Challenge Day tomorrow!!

Jane x