MCC Colouring 101 Wk 1 - Migrating Ink, Inkpad Pallettes & Pencils

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from my sketchbook

Migrating Ink

Stamp: Elusive Images (Chocolate Baroque) UDLGGSPO23 Nature's Peace

Ink: Frayed Burlap Distress Ink

Since I'm happy with the Cotman Cold Pressed 190gsm watercolour paper I had settled on using that for all my projects but, as I was working on my first images using the migrating properties of water soluble ink, I had an itch to replicate what I was doing on the Langton Hot Pressed 300gsm watercolour paper. What a surprise when I did. I could barely move the ink to create a shadow outside my stamped image (top row) despite adding copious amounts of water & had only slightly better success when moving the ink within the stamped lines (bottom row). Additionally the whole image appeared somewhat bleached (right). I much prefer the vibrancy & ease of manipulation when using the Cotman (left).

 Inkpad Pallettes

Stamp: Elusive Images (Chocolate Baroque) UDLSP0235 Nature's Table

Inks: Forest Moss & Barn Door Distress Inks

This was not as easy as it might look for I discovered that I needed to select the image that I chose bearing in mind the different colours I was going to combine. My first attempts had too many elements but applying Glenda's colour theory teaching in conjunction with a an artist's colour wheel I was rather pleased with this (bottom right) result. The first (top left) is the image simply stamped, then (top right) with ink pulled into the image using a wet paintbrush & thirdly (bottom left) using the same inkpad as a palette.

Adding Pencils

Stamp: Elusive Images (Chocolate Baroque) UDLSP0235 Nature's Table

Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Ink  Colouring: Derwent Coloursoft Pencils