Saturday, May 2, 2015

Get up. Get dressed. Paint. Week 6

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.
 UGG!  I was left with this mess:

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.  

If you have used acrylic inks please leave a comment with any suggestions or simply share your experience in using them.
Paint Party Friday

4 comments:

  1. Hi Diane, I haven't tried acrylic inks before. Your page looks great! It's good you stuck in there!

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  2. Just keep layering it until it feels right...so far so good as far as layers go!

    Hugs Giggles

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  3. 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.

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  4. I 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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