Description
Discover 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 effects.
Use these methods in lessons designed to
improve skills and
boost confidence. Be inspired to make projects such as a bracelet, paper art dolls, a tote bag, and a decorated book.
Full instructions and
templates make projects fun and stress free.
This incredible material offers so much that’s waiting to be discovered:
- Vivid monotypes made in minutes using a combination of painting and printmaking methods
- Custom palettes created with unique blended colors
- Watercolor-like translucent washes and opaque silhouettes
- Techniques for creating beautiful motifs using simple brushstrokes and patterns.
Begin your colorful journey today with
Brilliant Inks and
see how far your creativity can go! Perfect for all skill levels, the books in the
Art for Modern Makers series take a fun, practical approach to learning about and working with paints and other art mediums to create beautiful DIY projects and crafts.
