Alcohol Inks by Ingrid Vichova
07:46We are delighted to announce that our last guest designer for the year is Ingrid Vichova.
Hi everyone!
Ingrid here today with a little inspiration for
your daily craft play.
I am big fan of abstract art and love to play and
experiment. I hope you will enjoy my little tutorial for an experimental play
with alcohol inks.
You will need some yupo paper which is a synthetic
non-porous material that will allow the inks to slide on top creating fun
patterns rather than seep into it. I resisted buying alcohol inks for a while,
but I watched a few YouTube videos and absolutely fell in love with a few
techniques that I was itching to try out myself. After a few experiments, I
have a few tips to share myself. Let's get to it...
I used an A5 size sheets of yupo paper. I taped
them onto my chipboard so that I could move the board, as and when needed, but
my paper stayed in place and not flapping about when using a heat tool or
blowing on it.
Step-by-step:
Step 1: Tape yupo paper to the board on the very
top and bottom of the sheet.
Step 2: Drip alcohol or Alcohol Blending Solution
onto the paper.
Step 3: Add a few drops of your chosen colours of
alcohol inks and use a hairdryer or your heat gun from high up whilst moving
the board to move the ink until it is dry.
Step 4: Repeat steps 2 and 3 and this time blow
into the puddles of inky goodness to create splatters until it is all dried up.
Use a Spritzing Tool to spread the last tiny drops of alcohol or to move more
ink around until satisfied. Have a good play until you are happy with the
background.
Step 5: Create splatters using alcohol and brush
(these will dilute the ink on the background so be as sparing or as liberal as
you like) and flick the tip of the alcohol ink bottle with your finger to make
coloured splatters on top.
I bet you anything you will not be able to resist
making another background like this with other colours. Don't be afraid to
combine secondary colours to create your own neutral browns and greys.. let the
magic happen and colours to mix. If you don't like it.. just wipe it off with
some alcohol! Simple!
Here are a few samples I made...
And a few close ups…
I loved them as they were, but I can never leave a
thing alone. I added some highlights and doodling with my white Signo pen. It
just glides over the patterns! I could have carried on and thought how lovely
my cards would be using these as backgrounds or as die cut embellishments, art
journal pages or similar, but couldn't bring myself to cut them up. I took a
few pics of what they look like as a small works of art to display...
You could also pop them in a smaller black frame
for a real statement. The possibilities are endless! I hope you are feeling
inspired to play!
Thank you for having me and I will be back next
week with more fun projects.
All the best
Ingrid xxx
14 comments
Gorgeous bright backgrounds Ingrid, love them all.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the team for this month and lovely to have you with us.
Fliss xx
Thank you, Fliss! X
DeleteWow gorgeous little art works
ReplyDeleteThank you, Moi! X
DeleteWOW these really are stunning, I have alcohol inks and Yupo paper so there's no excuse now! Lovely to have you with us too Inka ;)
ReplyDeleteHugs
Donna xx
Hey my dear Inky!
DeleteThank you very much! I hope you have a go, it was great fun! Xx
Don't know how I missed this yesterday, love these Ingrid,
ReplyDeleteLove
Amanda x
Hey Lovely! I'm glad you like it! Hope you are well.. xx
DeleteAbsolutely fantastic, and look fun to do 😀
ReplyDeleteThank you, hope you try it ;) x
DeleteGreat techniques, very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteAlison x
It was fun.. thank you x
DeleteIngrid,
ReplyDeleteThose are stunning creations!
Wishes
Lynne
Thank you for offering your knowledge of alcohol on yupo. Gorgeous!
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