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Creative Alcohol Inks: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Amazing Effects--Explore Painting, Pouring, Blending, Textures, and More!
Pour and paint your way to stunning fluid effects. In Creative Alcohol Inks, artist and Instagrammer Ashley Mahlberg of @inkreel shares step-by-step techniques for creating spontaneous, organic effects with this vibrant transparent medium.Get an overview of essential materials, substrates, and finishes.Explore techniques for applying alcohol inks, such as pouring, creating texture, lifting, masking, adding embellishments, and more.Learn helpful troubleshooting tips and tricks.Use what you’ve learned to create one-of-a-kindartworks and stylish projects. Find your creative flow with Creative Alcohol Inks! Perfect for creative beginners, the books in the Art for Modern Makers series take a fun, practical approach to learning about and working with paints and other art mediums to create beautiful DIY projects and crafts.
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144 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 21, 2020
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About the author
Ashley Mahlberg
2 books3 followersAshley Mahlberg of Ink Reel Studio is an abstract artist and graphic designer. Inspired by the Washington coast, Ashley’s work mimics organic forms, flow, and dynamic color palettes found in her everyday surroundings. Ashley licenses her work, shows her art in local commercial spaces, and has been a featured artist on The Crafter’s Box (thecraftersbox.com), where she taught alcohol ink techniques. See more of Ashley’s work on Instagram (@inkreel), inkreelstudio.com, and Etsy (InkReelArtStudio). She lives in Burlington, Washington.
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January 2, 2021
Great for anyone new to alcohol inks
Very thorough walk thru of the basics then a few tips and tricks followed by actual projects to do. Challenging when your medium of choice forces you to relinquish a lot of control!
She also goes over the important safety stuff, more artists need to remember what we create with isn't always the healthiest stuff.
She discussed options for sealing and preserving your work which is very important.
Finally offers some links to Supplies she mentioned in the book.
It's a solid book. It delivers on its promise of step by step guide. Anyone should be able to create colorful paintings after reading this!
Very thorough walk thru of the basics then a few tips and tricks followed by actual projects to do. Challenging when your medium of choice forces you to relinquish a lot of control!
She also goes over the important safety stuff, more artists need to remember what we create with isn't always the healthiest stuff.
She discussed options for sealing and preserving your work which is very important.
Finally offers some links to Supplies she mentioned in the book.
It's a solid book. It delivers on its promise of step by step guide. Anyone should be able to create colorful paintings after reading this!
April 17, 2020
Very helpful
This is a great introduction to using alcohol inks. As well as covering the basics, there are instructions for several projects.
This is a great introduction to using alcohol inks. As well as covering the basics, there are instructions for several projects.
January 31, 2021
Fantastic tips!
Excellent tips and detailed enough to follow and create great alcohol ink work. Definitely recommending this book to others. A great purchase!
Excellent tips and detailed enough to follow and create great alcohol ink work. Definitely recommending this book to others. A great purchase!
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews