Alcohol Ink

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Gorgeously illustrated with colourful abstract art making the book super vibrant and appealing to modern readers.

Auteur
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.

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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.

Résumé
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.

Contenu

Foreword

BASICS

. What Is Alcohol Inkt?

. Basic Information

. Important Notes

. Materials and Equipment

. Paints

. Colour Combinations

LETS GET STARTED!

. Learn to paint with alcohol ink

. Preparing painting surfaces

. Paint application and painting process

BASIC TECHNIQUES

. Cloudy

. Wispy

. Soak

. Drift

. Swivel

SPECIAL MATERIALS

. Metallic shades

. White alcohol ink

. Dark backgrounds

. Shapes

. Stencils

PROJECTS

PAINTING IDEAS

. Flowers

. Goldfish

. Masking Fluid

MIXED MEDIA CREATIONS

. Hand Lettering

. Line Art

. Pencil

. Acrylic

. Watercolor

. Embossing

DIY MAKES

. Resin

. Ceramics

. Wood

. Glass

. Plastic

. Seasonal

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