Something that would be hard – if not impossible – to achieve otherwise.
The retarder in the glazing medium prevents the #2 paint underneath from drying and it will come off along with the medium, giving you wonderful drip lines in the base color. Wait until the 2nd color is dry, but the glazing medium is still wet, then use paper towels to wipe it off. Or for something even more fun, paint the canvas first in your line color and let it dry, then quickly wash over it with your cover color (fluid acrylics are best again) and while still whet use a spoon or something to loosely drip glazing medium around (of course you end up more with a Pollock effect than controlled lines. The name Indian Ink is given to black ink that shares similarities with. Of for something completely different, paint your canvas first in the color you want for lines and use masking fluid. A guide to the difference between drawing, calligraphy, acrylic and printing. Or for black try regular black ink, but other ink colors are – I think – too transparent. You can buy them in tiny bottles (2oz or something) and Golden might even send you a smaller sample if you contact them. They won’t be like ink, but they should flow off your brush with ease and cover nicely.
India ink drawing for acrylic painting full#
They are somewhat like cream in consistency and so full of pigment (at least the Golden ones) that you can thin them down with a bit water w/o loosing opacity. Typically used for pen and ink drawings, this is a great medium choice for fine artists interested in control and detail in their artwork. It is fun to work with and there are many things that an artist can do with it. If you go to this link and check out post number 35, I think it may be your answer. Updated on 04/05/19 India Ink is a popular black ink used for drawing and writing. If you need help with anything, we will do our best to assist. The information kiosk (link in my signature line) has a ton of information about all sorts of things acrylic. Give me a minute to do a search and see if I can find that post.īTW, glad to have you here, enjoy yourself and have some fun.
He did lots of line work and it was almost always delicate and well executed. One artist here, AL, used a liner brush (small) that he shaped by placing in a glass of water for several days until it had a nice curve to the bristles. The issue with acrylic ink is that is really is difficult to impossible to seal with any of the mediums since it seems to like to reactivate with the addition of anything wet. Try a liquid acrylic black I might suggest a carbon black as I think it more opaque. So, is there a more opaque ink I should try that will sit on top of acrylic well and dry permenant so I can varnish? I thought I’d ask in case there’s a good opaque ink that’s ideal for this, otherwise I’ll continue to go down the touching up route. This unfortunately means that the strokes end up losing some of their spontaneity.
The control over the strokes is much nicer with the water brush (I’m not using any water, just the ink pure) and the ink is definitely easier to work with but (there’s always a but!) the ink isn’t as opaque as I was hoping, especially over lighter colours, and I’ve found myself having to touch up a lot more once it’s dried. The lines ended up looking ragged, although with some touch up work this was minimised but still not to my liking.Īnyway, I decided to order some acrylic ink and a Pentel Water-brush (fine) and see how that worked. For my first completed piece (the one I’m using as my avatar) I used Ivory Black acrylic for the outlines with a 00 brush and found this less than desirable because of the gloopy nature of using acrylics straight from the tube.
At the moment I’m basically producing abstract works that utilise a lot of black outlining. Unless specified, offers and vouchers are not valid on products which are already discounted from RRP, gift vouchers, books and from the I LOVE ART range.Having only recently got back into painting (and never having used acrylics before last week) I’m finding myself having fun with 4″ x 4″ x 1.4″ deep canvas. *All discounts against RRP are made against the United Kingdom Recommended Retail Price (RRP).
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