Painting with Rae Missigman and her 15
MINUTES OF MIXED MEDIA©
Painting Disaster!
When I first viewed
this video I was giddy with excitement over trying the acrylic inks. I used a 50% off coupon at Michael’s Craft to
purchase them.
Following her lead I
added several drops to the top of the page, added some water to a brush and
coaxed the ink to run down and across
the page. It ran faster than I expected and filled the gutter. Obvious more practice is required!
The big disaster
came when painting in the design. She
used a white Stabilo pencil to create a design then scraped white paint over
the page.
The
markings I made using the Stabilo pencil simply disappeared.
I could not get the paint to scrape over the page as smooth and thin and she could.
I could not get the paint to scrape over the page as smooth and thin and she could.
Ordinarily I would have quit and scrapped the page but this was for
practice and I knew disasters sometimes come out okay in the end.
I do not like using black paint and I was not thrilled with covering up
what I just meticulously painted but I had gone this far so I took the plunge…. truly do not like it!
After having
anticipating 2 weeks to create this page I feel a bit let down. I will try using the inks again, after all I now own 6 bottle of them!
What I learned:
Ø Not all disasters turn out alright in the
end!
Ø I do not like covering up what I worked so
hard to create.
Ø I need to make an effort to use this acrylic
inks again, not just shelve them after this experience.
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Hi Diane, I haven't tried acrylic inks before. Your page looks great! It's good you stuck in there!
ReplyDeleteJust keep layering it until it feels right...so far so good as far as layers go!
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I think you have brought the page along. Just keep adding to it and maybe you might end up liking it a bit. I'm not a fan of using inks for backgrounds except with a paint brush. I do like how they brush out and then dry super super fast. Can't wait to see where this ends up down the road.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the page looks that bad!! I am really into acrylic inks ever since my daughter brought some home from a trip for me. Keep on using them cause it does take practice to get them to move the way you want. Vickie
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