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Alcohol Ink. Desirée Delâge
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isbn 9781446379868
Автор произведения Desirée Delâge
Жанр Изобразительное искусство, фотография
Издательство Ingram
Paintings don’t have to be perfect - it’s more important to have fun. When you’re not under pressure, creativity comes naturally and makes things beautiful. Hence the name “Krigelkragel”, which means ‘scribble‘ in my native German.
To paint with alcohol ink, you don‘t need any classical training in art. In fact, you don‘t have to be able to draw or paint at all. You can start completely freely and let the alcohol ink paint along with you. You’ll create beautiful, abstract images with it. It’s fascinating how chance becomes a factor.
Even if you’re a pro in one or more creative fields, alcohol ink can offer you thousands of new possibilities. It combines very nicely with other techniques and media, and will enrich your art.
I’ve packed a lot of my knowledge about alcohol ink into these pages. You will find more detailed explanations in my online courses but this book will work as a beautiful reference that opens the door to a new creative world!
Have fun with the book as you explore the amazing art of alcohol ink.
“PAINTINGS DON’T HAVE TO BE PERFECT - IT’S MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE FUN.”
BASICS
WHAT IS
Alcohol Ink?
As the name suggests, alcohol ink is alcohol-based ink; yet what seems so simple is actually the gateway to a huge, creative and infinite universe of painting, always full of new ideas and possibilities. However, before we begin our journey of discovery, there are a few things you need to know in advance!
DON‘T WRITE – PAINT!
Alcohol ink is a very fluid paint medium, usually used to paint abstract, colourful images, and the techniques I will describe in the following pages could be said to fall into the category of ‘fluid art‘. The principle of fluid art is to paint in a ‘flowing’ and completely wet state. Alcohol ink is moved over the painted surface with air using a hairdryer, hot-air blower, airbrush or similar. It’s fascinating how chance plays a role in every painting.
This form of painting originates from the US, where alcohol ink is used for rubber stamping, in the world of card-making and scrapbooking, was used in a different way.
PAINTING WITHOUT PRESSURE
It‘s no wonder that the technique is so popular. With alcohol ink, anyone can create beautiful, abstract paintings without any classical training in art. You don‘t even have to be able to draw or paint in proportion, or have the loveliest handwriting. Everyone can do it, including you.
AMAZING VERSATILITY
You may be wondering, ‘And where are we heading with it now?‘. The answer lies in the complexity and versatility of alcohol ink. In this book, I'll show that with alcohol ink you can paint not only in an abstract style, but in many other ways too. You can paint objects with it, colour in illustrations, and combine it with hand lettering. Finally, I‘ll show you how awesome alcohol ink is for DIY projects, painting on to a variety of surfaces other than paper.
WITH ALCOHOL INK, THERE’S A LOT HAPPENING ON THE PAPER!
Join me!
“WITH ALCOHOL INK, ANYONE CAN CREATE BEAUTIFUL, ABSTRACT PAINTINGS WITHOUT ANY CLASSICAL TRAINING IN ART.”
Key
Information
Modern painting with alcohol ink differs in many respects from well-known, traditional painting techniques. There are new painting surfaces, new tools, new effects and specific knowledge needed for working with alcohol ink. You’ll find this important basic knowledge on the following pages.
INKS
Alcohol inks usually consist of highly concentrated dye and therefore a little goes a long way. The colours available cover the entire spectrum, and are extremely intense. These inks are transparent to semi–transparent.
As well as the pure colours, there are also metallic inks, such as gold and silver. White alcohol ink is available too. Similar to the metallic colours, white is more opaque and has a slower flow than the coloured paints, which contain pigments. I’ll explain later how to apply these colours.
In addition to these basic inks, there are also various paint effects, such as ‘rainbow’ glitter ink!
The inks are either used neat or mixed with alcohol in small applicator bottles. Each bottle can contain just one colour or a mix of colours to create a new shade entirely. As a little ink goes a very long way, I recommend mixing your own right from the start. That way, you can prepare individual colours with your chosen intensity for a much more rewarding painting experience. I practise this regularly for different styles; sometimes you need diluted alcohol ink, sometimes it’s just right left neat.
The qualities of alcohol ink make it very special when compared to other painting media. One feature that is particularly important is that it can be re-dissolved with alcohol. This means that after you have created a design, the result can be further edited, decorated and designed. If something goes wrong, you can just wipe everything away with alcohol.
ISOPROPANOL
The alcohol that is used with these inks is called Isopropanol. This is high-percentage alcohol in concentrations of 90% or more. I mostly use 99.9% alcohol. You need to be very careful when working with these inks (see Precautions).
There is also a special alcohol-based paint medium for use with alcohol inks. Whether its use is