Creative Alcohol Inks: A step-by-step guide to achieving amazing effects
The book Creative Alcohol Inks offers achievable step-by-step projects and guides for those looking to try out the mesmerizing effects of alcohol inks. These inks have a free flowing quality that enable you to produce some fascinating and striking effects on paper, ceramics and more. Creative Alcohol Inks present straightforward techniques for achieving desired outcomes or even the advantages of happy accidents with unexpected results. The book starts off with crucial materials, tools, substrates and finishes you will need and then goes on to explore a spectrum of techniques for applying these unusual inks. She covers topics such as pouring, lifting, masking and adding finishing touches to your designs, exploring how to introduce levels of realism into your own fantasy landscapes. Ashley 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 colour 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), www.inkreelstudio.com, and Etsy (InkReelArtStudio). – Author: Ashley Mahlberg – Publisher: Search Press – Pages: 144 – Illustrations: 200 – Size: 216 mm x 254 mm – Offers accessible step-by-step detailed projects – Contains everything you will need to know about Alcohol Inks – Includes topics like pouring, lifting, masking and adding embellishments