Thanks to my back having it's every 13 year super spasm, I am not doing much in the studio. For the last 2 months. *sigh* Once I got over the worst of the pain, however, I was thankful the library sent me a book on alcohol inks. It's a fairly popular book so I had a several month wait for it and had forgotten about it. Having it pop to the top of my hold list gave me a lovely distraction.
Pigments of the Imagination is a guide to learning the medium with a series of explorations. I sometimes think of this type of book as an art cookbook as I'm one of those people who actually reads cookbooks all the way through to find ideas & recipes. I bought an inexpensive set of inks to try it out and will get the more expensive brand name inks if I decide to pursue it.
One of the things I do when browsing books like this is write the things I particularly want to try on a post it that goes on the inside cover. (My cookbooks have the recipes & page number written on the book pages rather than a post it because I like annotating them.)
I filled 2 post its before deciding I should try things out first.
Part of the appeal here is that the inks are very concentrated, like the Derwent Inktense pencils/bars, and work on both paper and fabric. So the experimenting will begin soon, once I'm over the flu/sinus infection that is adding to my wonderful medical life right now. Hoping you are in much better health & also enjoying making art.
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