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I just bought a relatively new product from
Tsukineko Inks called
Ink Potion no. 9 to find out how it works with the
All Purpose Inks. One purpose of the solution is to help blend ink colors. From my estimation this could be a good alternative to working with aloe vera gel to lighten and blend colors.
I began this painting by lightly tracing the outline of a goldfish from a copyright free image onto white cotton fabric and gave the fabric a light spritz of Ink Potion.
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Using the Lemon Yellow ink and the brush tip
Fantastix pen tool, I painted in all the light and dark areas of the fish.
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Next I used the Tangerine ink in the areas that are to be the darkest and used a very light touch to blend it with the Lemon Yellow in the lighter areas.
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Using the yellow ink again, I painted over the image to blend the colors and to deepen the golden hue.
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Next I used the color Autumn Leaf to deepen the darkest areas and help create more dimension by pushing up the contrast.
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I used the Tangerine ink again to blend with the Autumn Leaf, making a smoother gradation and used a black fabric pen to add black to the eyes. At this point I heat set the fish with an iron set on cotton with a press cloth on top.
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For the water I used Tropical Lagoon, sprayed some Ink potion onto a tray and dipped the fantastix pen tool into the ink and then into solution on the tray. I noticed that this had the effect of lightening the ink color the more solution was mixed in and also making the ink cover a larger area of fabric with less stroke marks.
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I lightly spritzed the white fabric where I was applying the blue ink to help the color cover the area smoothly.
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I was working quickly and not too carefully and it ended up a little streaky, but I don't mind because it does look a little like there is movement in the water.