More ink experimentation

 

I'm still testing how the alcohol and acrylic inks handle the different 'paper' surfaces; and I'm learning a lot about what can be layered on top of what!!!! Above - 3 layers on watercolour paper - acrylic ink, alcohol ink and acrylic ink.

A few photos showing the testing process.

Alcohol ink over permanent pen and then an acrylic moon and more ink over the whole.

Acrylic ink does not go over alcohol ink - ha ha.

Alcohol ink and acrylic moon.

Left image - ink sanded and acrylic ink adhered; and right image another coat of alcohol ink over acrylic on the sunrise scene to deepen the tone.

Another coat of acrylic ink resulted in a slight blurring of the underlay.

A few lessons learnt include: ink on 300gsm watercolour paper works well and both ink and acrylic can be layered on top of each other because of the porous and textured nature of the paper - however the colours can have a dull appearance; if you put ink on the yupo paper first the acrylic ink won't adhere - though I worked out if you give it a light sand it will adhere; and you need to clean yupo paper with clear alcohol to remove any grease from finger prints to encourage full coverage.