Mix your own black ink
When I decided to write this post to share my experiments with alternatives to black ink it seemed...
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Tag: tone
The transparent ink question
People are often confused by the difference between transparent ink and linseed oil, and how these two elements affect your inks for printmaking.
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Improve your collagraph prints with white ink
White ink has an interesting effect on your collagraph prints
It is hard to say exactly what has happened, but there is a distinct and positive improvement in the print, a bit like the way someone looks when they come back from holiday. Your print has more substance, more energy, and more clarity.
How to print rain drops
The paint is acrylic, it takes a few minutes to dry initially, so don’t wipe the water off immediately. After you have wiped the rain drops off the paint will still be soft.
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Artists making carborundum prints
There are just so many inspiring artists working with this medium. The technique used in most of these examples is very close to painting, the artist working directlyon the plate with carborundum paint to produce a matrix for printing.
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Carborundum paint printing plates
Making plates with carborundum paint is a technique beloved by many printmakers, and once you have tried it you will understand why.
It is a lovely, free painterly technique and you can work quite fast if that suits you. The marks can be very expressive, and the prints often look like a lithograph or evenlike a painting.
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