Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Alcohol inks are beautiful and fun art medium, but how do you create layers and dimension with alcohol inks? It seems difficult and complicated but it easy to do using these techniques.
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CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO
0:00 Creating a Blended Background with Alcohol Inks
5:20 Creating Horizon Lines with Alcohol Ink
7:20 Subtractive Alcohol Ink Techniques to Create Layers
10:33 Adding Layers to Alcohol Inks
12:17 Grounding Images in a Landscape
14:06 Using Acrylic Paint on Alcohol Inks
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Alcohol inks are beautiful and fun art medium, but how do you create layers and dimension with alcohol inks? It seems difficult and complicated but it easy to do using these techniques.
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Jacquard Pinata Alcohol Ink Teal shrsl.com/3ud14
Jacquard Pinata Alcohol Ink Senorita Magenta shrsl.com/3ud0y
Jacquard Pinata Alcohol Ink Baja Blue shrsl.com/3ud0f
Jacquard Pinata Alcohol Ink Sapphire Blue shrsl.com/3ud17
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Pitch Black shrsl.com/3ud1g
Fine Tipped Applicator Bottle lasso.to/amazon/DprXMEW/CTNi8JTpJ94
99% Isopropyl Alcohol lasso.to/amazon/I6gtwTj/CTNi8JTpJ94
Graphix Craft Plastic lasso.to/amazon/0oR96mG/CTNi8JTpJ94
Ink Blower Bulb lasso.to/amazon/rGfDFDT/CTNi8JTpJ94
Makeup Sponge Applicator Wedges lasso.to/amazon/PUjKR0E/CTNi8JTpJ94
StazOn Jet Black Ink lasso.to/amazon/CQLxJ20/CTNi8JTpJ94
Tim Holtz Alcohol Lift Ink lasso.to/amazon/unjwhPi/CTNi8JTpJ94
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Stamper’s Anonymous Treeline Stamp Set lasso.to/amazon/a8tCgAn/CTNi8JTpJ94
Simon Says Stamp Holy Star Stencil
Amsterdam Titanium White Acrylic Paint shrsl.com/3poqo
Wild Whisper Designs Brush Script Stamp Set
Posca White Acrylic Paint Pen lasso.to/amazon/aAS94z7/CTNi8JTpJ94
Liner Brush lasso.to/amazon/zi8Z4L1/CTNi8JTpJ94
Copy Paper lasso.to/amazon/lhQ7RYK/CTNi8JTpJ94
Toilet Paper lasso.to/amazon/o9yDu31/CTNi8JTpJ94
Brayer lasso.to/amazon/5Cz40kf/CTNi8JTpJ94
Paper Towel lasso.to/amazon/JfcViJF/CTNi8JTpJ94
Pampers Baby Wipes lasso.to/amazon/B4KLSCt/CTNi8JTpJ94
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3PGveda
Amazon.ca: amzn.to/3CeP4IK
Scrapbook.com: shrsl.com/3mp9h
Blick Art Materials: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=266832&u=3241004&m=30103&urllink=&afftrack=
DISCLAIMERS *Amazon Affiliate Links: I'm a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees (at no extra cost to you) by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
WATCH NEXT
Getting Better Results with Alcohol Ink Ornaments youtu.be/WJ0wlZrbiSA
Alcohol Ink Resists and Masks youtu.be/GuqPZWL_tMA
CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO
0:00 Creating a Blended Background with Alcohol Inks
5:20 Creating Horizon Lines with Alcohol Ink
7:20 Subtractive Alcohol Ink Techniques to Create Layers
10:33 Adding Layers to Alcohol Inks
12:17 Grounding Images in a Landscape
14:06 Using Acrylic Paint on Alcohol Inks
COME SAY HELLO!
Website: hopalongstudio.com
Facebook: facebook.com/hopalongstudio
Instagram: instagram.com/hopalongstudio
CONTACT
Send me an email at info@hopalongstudio.com, or fill out the contact form on my website hopalongstudio.com/contact/. I always love to hear from my subscribers!
CREDITS
Videography
Panasonic Lumix G9 lasso.to/amazon/uweEDcn/CTNi8JTpJ94
Panasonic Lumix G85 lasso.to/amazon/9PrGda0/CTNi8JTpJ94
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 lasso.to/amazon/VdFcPIi/CTNi8JTpJ94
Panasonic Lumix 20mm f/1.7 lasso.to/amazon/mxBU0xP/CTNi8JTpJ94
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Manfrotto Ball Head lasso.to/amazon/LrWRXko/CTNi8JTpJ94
K&F Concept Tripod lasso.to/amazon/tMKIfGJ/CTNi8JTpJ94
Microphone: Deity V-Mic D3 Pro lasso.to/amazon/a7vQwqV/CTNi8JTpJ94
Lighting
Neewer Ring Light lasso.to/amazon/ubXpjF8/CTNi8JTpJ94
Neewer Lighting Panel lasso.to/amazon/u5akvMX/CTNi8JTpJ94
Neewer Soft Box lasso.to/amazon/zAs5pRs/CTNi8JTpJ94
Editing Software: DaVinci Resolve
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