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I have responded to Melissa’s forum posts as she searched for an India ink that bleeds with other colors when wet. Since I had not tried my marker yet and needed a card for a “new” something for this month’s MMCC DT challenge I decided to give the marker a whirl. Heidi, thanks for the nudge to try this marker!
My first step was penciling in the rocks onto watercolor paper. I adapted a sea foam stencil to create a perch for the bird. I used an extra fine black calligraphy marker (new to me) called Elegant Writer by Speedball and followed a few new techniques. Karlyn Holman teaches the techniques in this You Tube video. I outlined the stones with the marker. Wetting the black circles causes the ink to bleed and so I brushed the ink onto the background. When it became too wet I gently tapped it dry with a tissue. Moving the water changes the colors to shades of pink. The ink becomes permanent when dry and then other watercolors can be added. It is a really fun technique and I hope to try it again in other applications.
The Magenta bird stamp is water-colored and accented with a Signo pen and sentiment stamped with black archival ink. The card with the Hampton Arts sentiment "spread your wings and fly " is appropriate for a wide variety of occasions where one is making a new beginning.
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