Description
Book SynopsisDiscover a world filled with vibrant color and creative possibilities as you explore an array of painting, drawing, printing, and lettering techniques and styles using vivid colors of artist’s ink. In
Brilliant Inks, artist, illustrator, and top Skillshare teacher Anna Sokolova shares her own unique methods that get the most out of this versatile medium. With her guidance, create beginner-friendly
florals and foliage,
animals,
still lifes,
figures and portraits, and
hand lettering.
Learn about the
various types of inks and the
best tools and surfaces to use with them. Then, try
basic techniques such as color mixing, creating visual texture, negative painting, and splattering.
Work with a variety of
brushes,
dip pens, and
droppers to get different looks, and see how adding common household supplies such as salt and bleach can create the most
amazing eff
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
1 ALL THINGS COLORED INK
Learn about the range of choices in inks, brushes, paper, and pens.
2 BASIC TECHNIQUES AND BEYOND
Discover techniques celebrating ink’s unique properties: washes, gradients, wet-on-wet, negative painting, spatter effects, ink droppers, monotypes, and more.
3 FLORALS AND NATURE
Get inspired by nature and paint mushrooms, flowers, leaves, and a botanical mandala.
4 ANIMALS AND BIRDS
Explore the magical world of butterflies, birds, and red pandas.
5 FIGURES, PORTRAITS, AND FASHION
Expand your creativity by painting simple figures, a portrait, and fashion motifs.
STILL LIFE
Put a unique spin on painting with your imagination and create a map, a pomegranate, and a plated dessert.
PROJECTS
Experiment with new ways of applying colored inks on cork, clay, and fabric. Be inspired to create a fantastic accordion silhouette book, paper dolls, and more.
TEMPLATES
RESOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX
