Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Alcohol Ink on Waxed Paper ~ faux batik




I wanted to create a batik-like effect for this painting so I used crumpled waxed paper for this purpose. After crumpling the waxed paper I applied black India ink to one side, allowing the ink to settle into the 'crumples' before wiping away all the excess ink with plain water. When it was dry I flipped the paper over and used alcohol ink to create my painting. I then mounted it onto 140# hotpress w/c paper with Mod Podge, using a brayer to work out all the air bubbles. I'm calling this one 'Winter Aspens'.

4 comments:

renate said...

Hello Billie:) Happy New Year!!
Beautiful piece of art. Hope to see a lot more of your creations:)

Billie Crain said...

Happy New Year, Renate! Thank you for your comment. :)

Billie Crain said...

Happy New Year, Renate! Thank you for your comment. :)

renate said...

Twice? This is going to be a very good year! :)