So I took Leah's advice over at Creative Every Day, and tried making inkblots. Yes, this is just like you used to do when you were a kid - pour a bunch of paint on some paper, fold it over, press hard (smoosh), and open it up to see what happened.
Great fun!
First Attempt:
I started with a piece of watercolor paper that I'd poured acrylic paint on several weeks ago. The paper is ungessoed, so the paint soaked in and made a soft puddle. I took alcohol inks and drizzled them on the right side of the page, folded it over, and pressed.
Hm. Lesson #1: alcohol inks dry soak into paper and dry almost instantly. They don't hang around long enough to do much blotting. (See the tiny green and purple dots on the left side.)
Since the blotting business didn't work, I drizzled more ink on the paper wherever I felt like it.
Second Attempt:
Fresh sheet of blank watercolor paper. I poured fluid acrylic paint - transparent red iron oxide and interference oxide green - in random shapes. Folded the paper over, a little smooshing, and here we are!
Third Attempt:
Again, another piece of plain blank watercolor paper. This time, dioxazine purple and interference orange. Fold, smoosh, open. Cool, but tough to see the interference orange; it's almost transparent and adds just a sheen in areas - nice but not enough. So I added a few drops of vivid lime green. Refold and resmoosh. Oh, now we're talking!
Some paint held onto some of its body, creating lovely veining that looks organic, like bare trees or the veins in leaves. I can't wait to see what they look like when they're dry.
4 comments:
Ooooo....I love the purple and lime green combo! And you are right the "veining" is really cool. What fun you are having, good for you!
It looks like you are having fun playing with color! Will you use these inkbots as a jumping off point for creating or are you enjoying them all on their own? I always find it fun to see what i can imagine from the blots themselves and then alter the image.
Thanks, Diane & Kelly! I couldn't resist playing with them this morning now that they're dry. (Made me late to work - oops!)
Each half looks promising, so I cut them apart along the fold line. The fold line is now the bottom edge.
The rust ones are looking like landscapes. Purple, not so sure. The pinks ones are very fun abstracts and may stay that way.
Can't wait to get home and play more. This is fun - I haven't done inkblots since I was a kid and I'm having a blast.
Some fab results! I like doing this but haven't done in a while. You've inspired me to have a play today - thanks :-)
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