Thanks for the shout out!❤ I really enjoyed watching you play! Experimenting is always one of my favorite moments in the "zone". Saying "what if" is so important too. My next video I'll be using the inks on the gel plate as well. Thank you for including us in your play time! ❤❤❤ Namaste
I'm so new at all this artistic work that everything I do is an experiment for me! One reason I love your videos is it gives me an idea of what to expect and if it is something I want to try/what results I want to get or if I want to do it with a different twist. Either way I really appreciate seeing a "starting point". I'm not a great person for "flying blind" when I try something new. I tend to NOT try anything totally new for me without having seen someone else do it first! I'm anxious to see more of your concertina journal. I love how it was coming together and feel I am way behind. I've been taking care of grandkids quite a bit over the summer and feel way behind in seeing everyone's videos. Thanks for sharing. Love what you create. ❤❤❤
Gorgeous results and love that you keep on experimenting, it is all about the fun and you will be surprised what you get as a result! Thank you so much for the inspiration and for sharing, take care x
Try using considerably less ink and a bit less of the isopropyl mix. The more you use, the more all the colors mix into one tone. Don't mix your colors on the plate. Let them run but don't stir them about. I do what you're doing on a piece of plastic (usually from packaging) and I might put down a drop or two of ink, then spritz it with alcohol (makes a mess), then 'pull'. Or use a needle applicator with the alcohol to squirt a little line out, then add a drop of ink here and there. When some ink dries on the plastic, I'll spritz it with alcohol and drag my card across the almost dry plate. If I saturate my card with too much color (way too often) and it's very dark or monotone, I'll play with adding alcohol to the dry card and transferring it to another card. The blender solution by THoltz, imo, just stays wet longer than isopropyl. Likely that's what adding the hand sanitizer does, as well.
Adding on, I also just played with the ink for a long time. For me, I like the results I get on coated card stock (like what is used for business cards). Uncoated stock soaks up the color rather than letting it sit on the surface and moving around. Be aware, that both the inks and the blender solutions have a caution about using them in a ventilated area. You don't want to be sitting close to your work in a small room breathing this stuff in too much. And the metallic inks work in different ways depending on the product. THoltz explains this at times but I get you, those are long videos to sit through!
I am so happy to take this journey with you! Am enjoying your experiments and the extraordinary results. TFS. Hope your hand is not as painful and getting stronger every day. Have a fantastic week! 🙏🥰
Kate Crane also has a few videos using alcohol inks with paints and stencils. Her videos aren't as long as Tim Holtz's, and she layers them up really well and uses mixed media. She's well worth a view.
For a different look you can use a wood handled tool with Velcro and a small felt pad. You dab the felted pad over the alcohol and blender and the colours meld and have a lovely dappled look. If I recall correctly you use one colour at a time.
I think that technique was called “polished stone” by Tim Holtz. It works well on non- porous surfaces (I used it on dominoes to make jewelry years ago)!
Thanks for the shout out!❤ I really enjoyed watching you play! Experimenting is always one of my favorite moments in the "zone". Saying "what if" is so important too. My next video I'll be using the inks on the gel plate as well. Thank you for including us in your play time! ❤❤❤ Namaste
I'm so new at all this artistic work that everything I do is an experiment for me! One reason I love your videos is it gives me an idea of what to expect and if it is something I want to try/what results I want to get or if I want to do it with a different twist. Either way I really appreciate seeing a "starting point". I'm not a great person for "flying blind" when I try something new. I tend to NOT try anything totally new for me without having seen someone else do it first!
I'm anxious to see more of your concertina journal. I love how it was coming together and feel I am way behind. I've been taking care of grandkids quite a bit over the summer and feel way behind in seeing everyone's videos.
Thanks for sharing. Love what you create. ❤❤❤
Gorgeous results and love that you keep on experimenting, it is all about the fun and you will be surprised what you get as a result! Thank you so much for the inspiration and for sharing, take care x
Truly enjoyed the video Kylie!! Some great colors and papers!! Stay safe!! xx
WOW! Loved this! It's like magic! Your pulled papers are GORGEOUS!! Thanks for sharing!
I bought my inks and I’m just staring at them every day. 😂
Try using considerably less ink and a bit less of the isopropyl mix. The more you use, the more all the colors mix into one tone. Don't mix your colors on the plate. Let them run but don't stir them about. I do what you're doing on a piece of plastic (usually from packaging) and I might put down a drop or two of ink, then spritz it with alcohol (makes a mess), then 'pull'. Or use a needle applicator with the alcohol to squirt a little line out, then add a drop of ink here and there. When some ink dries on the plastic, I'll spritz it with alcohol and drag my card across the almost dry plate. If I saturate my card with too much color (way too often) and it's very dark or monotone, I'll play with adding alcohol to the dry card and transferring it to another card. The blender solution by THoltz, imo, just stays wet longer than isopropyl. Likely that's what adding the hand sanitizer does, as well.
Adding on, I also just played with the ink for a long time. For me, I like the results I get on coated card stock (like what is used for business cards). Uncoated stock soaks up the color rather than letting it sit on the surface and moving around. Be aware, that both the inks and the blender solutions have a caution about using them in a ventilated area. You don't want to be sitting close to your work in a small room breathing this stuff in too much.
And the metallic inks work in different ways depending on the product. THoltz explains this at times but I get you, those are long videos to sit through!
I am so happy to take this journey with you! Am enjoying your experiments and the extraordinary results. TFS. Hope your hand is not as painful and getting stronger every day. Have a fantastic week! 🙏🥰
Pretty resolts❤
Loved this - thank you :D
enjoyed this Kylie - kovely results - thank you and be well xx
You had one that looked like the Northern Lights. Great color combination.
Beautiful!
Kate Crane also has a few videos using alcohol inks with paints and stencils. Her videos aren't as long as Tim Holtz's, and she layers them up really well and uses mixed media. She's well worth a view.
For a different look you can use a wood handled tool with Velcro and a small felt pad. You dab the felted pad over the alcohol and blender and the colours meld and have a lovely dappled look. If I recall correctly you use one colour at a time.
I think that technique was called “polished stone” by Tim Holtz. It works well on non- porous surfaces (I used it on dominoes to make jewelry years ago)!
Yes, that is correct. 👍
I love to see you experimenting, beautiful results😊
Very brave Kylie❤❤❤ great results too
I hope you’re still on the mend. 😊
Letting the ink design dry and pulling it with an acrylic paint would give a different effect and lift the remaining inks off the plate.