What are Alcohol inks

Alcohol Inksb> are highly-pigmented, acid-free, and fast drying inks that work on non-porous surfaces. Alcohol inks are synthetic dyes dissolved in alcohol. they are initially made for adding colors to epoxy resin and other resins as adding colors to the viscous liquids is very difficult, so they are formulated for easy mixing of the color into the resins but as they impart beautiful effects on the medium and are fast drying people started using it as a medium of their expression of art and started abstract paintings as colors blend into other colors beautifully creating beautiful patterns so most of the people started using alcohol inks for painting. and more and more people are taking on to alcohol painting every day. people are making paintings framing them and selling them online. They mix well and create vivid marble-like effects on many unique mediums. The ways you can use them are pretty endless.

Tips and Tricks

They are inflammable and are toxic in nature so should be used with precaution. always wear gloves when using them. Wear a mask to avoid fumes and vapors. and always keep them away from fire, no torch, and fire nearby when you are using them. use soap and water and you can also use isopropyl alcohol to wash the color.

How to paint.

Alcohol ink paintings can be made just by adding few drops of color on the nonporous paper or medium and blowing it sideways with an air blower to get beautiful patterns. using different shades of the same color, complementary colors, or contrast colors depending on your visualization. as the inks dry very fast you can add blending solution before or after adding the ink again depending upon the artist you can also change the patterns after it dried out by adding a blending solution to the artwork. you can also use an applicator or a glass rod or a plastic soft stick to spread the ink to the medium to get the desired effect. Painting on the epoxy resin is a comparatively much easier and better way of doing paintings as epoxy resin takes about 45 minutes to set and because it's very viscous the effect of the ink can be better controlled by an applicator, besides after painting dries out after 24 hours the painting need not be sealed as the epoxy resin itself acts as a sealant for the alcohol inks and metal inks.

How to do Epoxy resin painting

Take a small quantity of clear epoxy resin and hardener and weigh them mix them well and apply on medium. after you have applied epoxy resin add few drops of ink and spread it with the help of the applicator and blending solution and give the ink desired pattern and shape add metallic ink and see the ink taking beautiful patterns on the medium after your painting is complete let it dry for 24 hours as its setting time of the epoxy resin. after the epoxy resin has cured completely apply another coat of clear epoxy resin on the painting to trap any loose inks and metallic ink. let it dry for another 24 hours and your work is ready for display.

Things you need for painting

Maya inks : (Best quality highly concentrated inks which comes in many colors, currently we are manufacturing fifteen colors.)
Applicator : (A good platic applicator will work you can even you can also use glass rod.
Blending Solution : (The Blending Solution Maya inks blending solutions is used to lighten the colors and to enhance the movement of the colors. It also works great at removing color from hands, slick surfaces, and tools.)

There are many ways you can use Alcohol Inks. We are showing you just a few of them. One of the things that makes these inks really useful is that you can white paper or clear transparent paper. and when framing can use a white background which enhanses the painting.

Here are some materials you can use Use Alcohol Inks on.

• Synthetic jewelry
• Art pieces
• Epoxy art pieces
• Synthetic jewelry
• Art pieces
• Epoxy art pieces
• stone
• Crystal Fiber
• Acrylic Gems
• Large Pearls (real or fake)
• Geodes
• Marbles
• Wood
• Sequins
• Acrylic or Glass Knobs
• Adhesive Pearls
• Metal
• epoxy resin
• Glass
• Mirror
• Glitter
• Plastic
• Fabric
• Plastic Letters
• Glitter Paper
• Glossy Paper
• Yupo Paper
• Foil
• Acetate
• Shrinky Dink Film Ceramic tiles