Alcohol-based pens can do wonders with your motifs!
Alcohol pens may seem a bit difficult to use at first, but really just because they are different versus the usual water-based pens.
If you dye with a water-based pen in the exact same place in 5-10 seconds, begins in most cases DIIn cardstock dissolve / ripped. This is because u on water-based pens as opposed to alcohol-based, penetrates the fibers of the paper.
An alcohol pen consists of alcohol and dye ink (ink). Why have alcohol in a pen ?? Well, alcohol has the property that it helps the ink to flow out in a good way when you apply it on your subject. This also minimizes color lines. (Subsequently, the alcohol evaporates)
A mixed pen filled with only alcohol can be used to smear color between shades and "erase" color in the aspect that it brightens up.
Unlike water-based pens, pencils alcohol does not react with the paper, minimizing tears.
Alcohol pens are also permanent on most surfaces such as paper, metal, wood and fabric. This gives you the opportunity to color in gems, buttons, chipboard and canvas decorations.
You can use alcohol-based pens in all your projects from conspiracy to illustrations, graffiti for card manufacturing.
Example: - Start by selecting 2-4 pens in the same color family, such as light blue, medium blue and dark blue. - Color the entire subject with the light shade. - Continue with medium shade where you want the shade should be. - End with the dark shade in the form of a thin line at the edges of your subject. - Continue to use the medium nyanesn on top of the dark hue. - Complete the process of applying the bright nyanden on top of the other two nuances. - When is performing the last two steps here ovanfär so take the pencil inwards subject to "wipe" out any harsh color transitions.
You can benefit from combining alcohol with regular pencils colored pencils, which gives a wonderful effect!
Today, there are many quality brands such as Chameleon, Copic, Prismacolor, Letraset Promarker, Spectrum Noir, Marvy LePlume, with several.
In conclusion, you can use an alcohol-based pen in a wide range of applications, regardless of whether you intend to use a color without shades, paint in the same shade of the same color or mix of colors and shades. As usual, you need some practice to master these techniques fully, but basically alcohol-based pens easy to use and a must in every serious scrappares assortment of pens!