Today’s video serves several purposes. As always, it’s meant to provide technique information and inspire your collective muses – that’s a given. What this one also does is shout out that we’re now stocking the complete line of FW Acrylic Inks from Daler-Rowney and that for a limited time they’re priced at 22% off.
That’s 66 open stock colors and 4 sets at significant savings! The offer is valid until this Friday, March 4th at 11:59 pm ET and is limited to in stock quantities.
The colors are separated into groups, depending on effect. There are 34 “original” colors, 4 shimmering ones, plus 6 fluorescent, and those 22 wonderful, fabulous, extremely awesome Pearlescent ones. (can you tell which are my favorites?)
We’ve sold the Pearlescent version of the FW Acrylic Inks for years and if you’re a regular viewer of the MidWeek Muse videos you know it’s a favorite product of mine. The colors are awesome and the pearlescent effect is vivid and instantly recognizable. I’ve stamped with the Pearlescent Inks, painted stamped images with them, washed colors on a background for a shimmery, watercolor-like effect, and spattered them. The best part? Each of those things can be done with any of the colors in the line. I always appreciate a versatile product and the Inks fall into that category.
This new video is fairly short, displaying a couple of techniques. If you would like to see more options for using the FW Acrylic Inks, go ahead and view the original video. If you click here, you’ll find it.
For those of you participating in the Art Journal Adventure, at the 3:13 mark you’ll see me create the colored papers I used to make the flowers that are the focal image for this week’s page. The first one is there and the second piece of watercolor paper I mopped the inks up with is at 4:30.
If you have no idea what the Art Journal Adventure is or would like more information, click here to see all of the posts related to it on the blog. The more the merrier – we would love to have you join in the fun. There are my posts on the blog and the Facebook group which you can get to by clicking here.
Supplies For This Video:
Art Journals are another great surface. See the Strathmore ones here.
5 Comments
Barb,
Since these are inks, I assume I can use my pens with nibs? If so what is the proper way to clean the nib after using with this product? I have the Speedball Pen Cleaner but it does not say from what this product is made. Also the nibs vary in size and shape so I wonder if you have more experience in using them and have ever done a tutorial on their use.
I have to inventory the inks I have as I had no idea they carried so many colors. I want to try a painting with them and to doodle borders as well.
Hi Jane,
Yes!
In fact, the inks are perfect for your pen nibs. The particles in the Pearlescent colors are pretty big and Daler-Rowney specifically mention using them in this fashion.
These inks are waterbased, so the usual warm water and a little soap if needed is how I clean my brushes. I’ve used them with a cheap dip pen and cleaned it that way once I was done. You have fancier ones so would know better than me if the Speedball cleaner would be a better choice.
That cheapo one is my only experience with dip pens, so there is no tutorial about how to use them, I’m sorry.
Yes, 66 colors! Way too much fun. :+)
Barb
Barb, once the ink is dry (thinking of a background for instance), will it “run” when you go back over it later with some kind of wet media? Or will it stay put once it is dry?
I’m loving all the possibilities!
Thanks!
Hi Gulia, The FW Inks stay put pretty well and are nearly permanent once dry. If you scrub at the color you can move it, but for the most part they’re good to go once dry.
Thanks! – Perfect!