I'm a little more than halfway through and wanted to say thanks for all the variety. You answer many questions under my "I wonder what would happen if I did this" heading. Thanks for that. :-) These will make great card fronts, using diff colors in each to match my friends' fave colors which I had them give me some time ago for such applications as this.
Really interesting effects, love them. One suggestion, if you dont mind me saying, is after shaking the ink bottle loosen the lid, and squeeze the dropper a time or two, as the ink can thicken in the dropper and come out in a blob. I love the colour choices too. I also have a warm grey that looks lovely too. Thanks Lou, i really enjoyed this, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it takes you 😊
I love using those inks with a Kakamori brass nib. I spray the watercolor paper with plain water so that there are some dry portions on the paper. Just love the effects
Because of a few inspiring tutorials I bought both the Kakamori nibs, but I have not used yet. You have inspired me to try them with the acrylic inks (also in the "purchased but haven't used yet" category). :-) THANKS!
Really interesting and I can’t wait to try it. I’ve had some inks on my shelf and I didn’t know what I wanted to use them for and now I’m off to try this 😀
Hi Lou I really enjoyed this whole video! I have several Acryluc inks but need to get a gray and sepia and paynes gray. I cant wait to gwt into my studio and try doing these techniques. Thanks so much for sharing. Yoyr pucs ate beautiful. All of them!🎉❤
Loved this, Lou ! ‘ I hope I am not encouraging you to go out and buy acrylic inks “…hahaha….😂😂 Really enjoying your series of experiments ..thank you !!😊😊
Oh this looks like SO much fun! I have some of these, but I've yet to test the lightfastness of them. Found a tip somewhere ages ago to buy some BBs, clean the oils off really well and add them to the ink jars. It helps to mix the paint easier. I love experiments! So glad you have a curious mind. All of these were beautiful in their own way, but I have to say that the tentacles were my favorite! 😊 Thank you for sharing this.
@@LouDavisBB's are the ammo that goes in a kid's BB shooter. You could also get little ball bearings at the hardware store. They are good to put in any liquid art supply that may need mixing well.❤
@@LouDavis BBs are ball bearings. They come with oil on them to prevent them from rusting, so clean well with alcohol. If you place a few into the alcohol inks, it helps stir them easier and faster. -Like they used to do with fingernail polish bottles. (Not sure if they still do)
Ah these are delicious! I do have some acrylic inks already but don’t love the colours, yours are much more to my taste. Do you remember where your dip pen came from and if it was expensive? I’ve tried a couple but they’ve been so scratchy and unpleasant to use that I relegated them straight to the random mark making toolbox. Yours looks like a pleasure to work with!
The dip pen wasn’t expensive at all. I got it at a local art shop though so don’t have a link for it. I’d try a few different nibs and see what you like, they’re usually pretty cheap.
