Now this is an adventure! At Sketch Club the other day I finally made time to test out the Derwent Inktense pencils (which become permanent when water is added) on fabric. As I cleaned out my stacks of fabric, I found some white cotton and cut it into rectangles for my Textile Sketchbook. I taped a piece to a small piece of plywood and drew my favorite succulent plant, which has red-edged leaves, with a Micron .08 tip (permanent pen). The large tip made it easier to draw without catching threads.Then I started adding color by dipping the pencils into water first. I rather like the bleeding that is developing. More fun ahead!
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I love already the flower - and its bleeding.
This looks so great. I have used Inktense quite a lot and I wanted to tell you another way to try. That is by wetting the cloth first or the area you are working in. Sometimes I use a mist bottle to do this. Play around with how wet or damp works. Then you can see where the bleed is going. Also, when happy with an area, take it to the iron and dry it. Then you can add layers of color by drying between. When dry the inktense becomes permanent. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely experimenting Nadia !!! And thanks for the extra information Sharon !
(when I finished the Pink Ribbon challenge on my blog I can try too ;-) !)
Hi Nadia I love that plant too, it's so very tough!
Grace of Windthread is experimenting with inktense pencils too so I shared Sharon's good tips over there
here's the link-
http://windthread.typepad.com/windthread/2015/11/so-i-did-it-all-the-pencils-i-did-it-very-very-slowly-i-looked-closely-inbetween-i-went-outside-walking-arounds.html
LOVE your plant!!!!
and yes...the Inktense Experiments....just beginning, just now.
i'll be watching you here....
Thanks Mo
and Sharon, Thank You from me too!
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