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.
