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I’ve used alcohol inks. They can bleed between each other and through to acrylic paints. When I used alcohol inks I would varnish them as I went to minimize that bleeding. I wouldn’t use them for detail work.
Thank you! It’s nice to be able to get a unique marbling pattern on these pieces quickly and without any special equipment.
Forgot to post photos here whoops! This is Summertime Strawberries!
The base coat on the body and tails was done using a modified paint pouring technique. Her tails were kept fairly simple in exchange for more detail on the body.
At some point I plan to make a base for the figure. The tricky part is getting the time to work on it.I’m going to squeak for the next grab bag to feature a smaller figure, something like the Tadpoads or baby/young Poad.
From reading things here and in the fb group, a significant number of people missed out on the ponies (even with a whopping 250+ made). And having two back-to-back expensive grab bags feels like it would be a bit too much.I’m sure I made this squeak at an earlier point, but I think it’s still relevant.
Mine arrived today, literally right before I left for work! I had all of 10 seconds to look at it before I left, but I’m pretty sure it’s 223. Blue and orange flames with red eyes.
I’m going to take photos tomorrow and offer it up for trade for one of the ponies I was more interested in.
Well here’s my list of faves (in no particular order of favoritism).
I have a pretty clear bias towards “black with a colorful design on its back”. The one in the center is probably my favorite though; it reminds me of carousel horses.
(Let’s hear it for 3 week belated responses whoo!) Thanks!
And since my swapee got this piece I can now post Jumbled Jester here!
When I got the prompts for this piece (medieval, renascence, ancient Japan) I saw some jester and royal court-themed costumes and thought they looked really neat, so I painted Jester with those in mind. The fur was done using a pour paint method which resulted in a one-of-a-kind marbling, and the side scales were painted to represent banners of flags. There’s color shift paint on the belly scales to give a nice colorful pop to the piece, and now that I look at them they kind of seem like coins laid out in a row.
A very belated thank you!
I haven’t had much time to work on DIY kits or PYOs because of work. Instead I’ve been doing some thread craft stuff during my down time at work. These two were worked on at the same time; the sea life bookmark is for a friend and the other bookmark was made using excess threads from previous projects.
AAAANNNDDD I went to Michaels and saw that the Artist Loft level 3 heavy body paints are on clearance! The smaller tubes were marked down to $5 (or $7) and the larger tubes were $9. There were some other odds and ends on clearance in the paint aisle so deffo worth checking out.
Welcome back to the sporadic Craft Store Report! Today’s Report is that Michael’s has the Decoart Enchanted paints on Clearance (currently $2, regular price $3.49). Some Decoart Pure paint is also on Clearance ($2, regular price $3.99). Other reported Clearance items include Decoart Neon paints, Craftsmart Premium matte metallic paint, Anchor brand embroidery thread and wool, and much more paint than I can list here.
As always Your Mileage May Vary!
Thank you for tuning into the Craft Store Report and Happy Hunting!Thanks! The dark stripes against the extremely bright yellow is one of my favorite things about this piece.
Finished one! This was in WIP Purgatory for a while and it’s nice to see it done.
Presenting Striped Seabeauty! The hipp’s body was “painted” with modified color pouring to get a unique one-of-a-kind marbling and coated with gloss varnish to really bring out the colors. Ultra matte varnish was used on the rocks and all the other decorations got a satin coating.
I plan to list it for sale a little later.
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