How we can create art with photos and acrylic inks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- In this tutorial we're going to create art using our own photos or images.
It's going to be a great process for anybody who wants to do something more interesting with their own photos or they want to include imagery in their artwork.
And today we’re actually going to use a couple of new ways of creating our lovely artwork. We are going to use acrylic inks, photo transfer and tissue or transparent paper.
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Woke up to a dreary rainy morning, dressed up my bed, cleaned up as I prepared my coffee, sat at my computer, and SURPRISE !!! THE SUNSHINE GIRL PUT OUT A VIDEO !!! I really appreciate you and I'm so happy you exist, you brighten up my day and motivate me EVERY TIME !!! Thank you, darling Nitsa xxx
Such a poetic comment! Got to pin this one as well 🤗 I'm glad I can be a good part of your day, you are definitely making mine better with this one 🥰🌷
This is right up my alley.. And yes, I've also had the photographers worst nightmare too. 😳🤦🏻♀️😭 But, you know, the shots you got are REALLY BEAUTIFUL!!! YOU ARE A REAL TALENT!!!! I really admire your skill as well as your having a great eye for photography.
You keep going girl! 😃
You did? I would love to hear your story! And thank you
Robin for your very kind comment! 🥰
I Can SEEEE the design on the gelli plate after I pull the paper up but it’s clear! No paint!???
Here is the link to the basic photo gel transfer video: th-cam.com/video/HXJhhVxag5k/w-d-xo.html I hope it helps 🙏
You make it fun around here Nitsa.
Glad you're here David 🌷
me gustaría saber si para la transferencias valen fotos impresas en inyección de tinta y no laser? Gracias, me gustan tus experimentos y sobre todo que no tienes miedo a que el experimento no quede bien. Fantástica. Gracias
You are wonderful!, so lovely.
Thank you so much Andrew 🌷
Hi Nitsa, you could also try using Dr. P.H. Martins Bombay India Inks, they are permanent when dry and are super vivid. Maria
I will def look into them. Are they transparent even though they are very vivid? I feel like the inks I used were not as transparent as watercolors.
@@NitsaCreativeStudio Yes, they are very transparent.
Sounds good!
Do you need to print the photo on any particular weight of paper before transferring to the gel plate?
So lovely..you and your paintings! good teaching. So cute..
Thank you so much Susan 🥰🌷
Like your second attempt much better… your definitely a great photographer coz your pictures are always fab 🎉🤩
I also liked the second one better. It was also an easier one to paint. And thank you my friend, you don't know how much I appreciate you! 🥰🌷🌞
Nitsa…I have noticed some artists on TH-cam get defensive and dismissive when people make suggestions. You are smart to listen and try. All my favorite artists are gracious like you. Much appreciated.
I agree! It is fun to learn from each other!!
@@yeshuaiscomingbackrepent2357 TY Sister🙏
Yes, some do, I am not sure why, it's a great opportunity to learn something new! How can it be a bad thing? Thank you, Susan for your encouragement 🌞🌷
Hi! I’ve been fallowing your videos for a while and even bought your book on Amazon. No matter what I can’t seem to make transfer photos happen! I have a very basic laser black and white printer and I haven’t been successful on transferring any print to my gelly plate! I’m so desperate I don’t understand why!!
Did you try watching my basic gel photo transfer tutorial? The link is below this video 👍 Thank you Sonia 🥰
I love the one with the farmhouse in the background and the train sign in the foreground. I believe there is an acrylic product that will make your paint transparent. I just use water, they say 20% water to 80% pigment. Nice video as always :)
Great idea! I see there is something called "glazing medium" which makes sense. I will definitely give it a try. BTW as far as diluting with water, does it still keep the vibrancy of the colors? I guess 20% should not make a huge difference and anyway it will be quite easy to test. Thank you so much Bunny! 🥰🌞🌷
What Ink Jet printer do you have? I’m needing a new printer and asking fellow artists their choice!
I don't have an inkjet printer, I only have 3 laser printers😅 and when I need inkjet, I use a friend's printer, I think it's dye-based Brother.
I think you should keep experimenting with the inks. They seem to me to have a lot of potential. Some suggestions to try:
First, one of the things in common between your use of heavy-body acrylics and these ink experiments is that you seem to feel compelled to use any given medium over the //entire// surface of your work. But one of the frequent reasons your photos are so effective is that you often incorporate empty spaces in them. Consider applying this same compositional technique to your layers of color.
Second, I agreed with you that the plain tissue over collage created a very effective and beautiful image. I think part of the reason is that the patterns and colors are somewhat subdued by the layer of tissue paper, and the main subject remains the photo itself. When you paint over the top, your colors are //so// vivid that the photo imagery starts to recede in importance.
Third, if you are able to exercise more restraint about color application, layering both heavy-body acrylics and the inks could be what you're looking for. But leaving spaces in each layer of a medium would then become even more important!
Fourth, you could also experiment with making your heavier paints more translucent by mixing them with transparent or translucent gel media.
Finally, I think the colors and color combinations you achieve when gel printing are almost always extremely successful. A part of the reason for this may be the ways your colors mix on the plate, or in sequential layers. One way to benefit from this might be to create the final layer over your photos by gel printing over them. You might use only a part of the plate, and use the transparency of the plate itself to help with registering the patches of color and pattern where they work best for each individual photo. You could also stencil or stamp directly onto the image, or collage patterned pieces of translucent tissue paper in places over the photo.
Another way you might benefit from the knowledge you've developed about color mixing on the gel plate could be by modifying your paints or inks before painting with them. You could mix two colors before applying them, to create colors of your own; or you might try mixing your inks into some heavy gel medium, to achieve a texture you prefer to work with, while retaining the transparency of the inks.
In any case, it's always wonderful to watch you play and experiment and stretch beyond what you already know. Thanks for including us in your journey!
So much good stuff here to consider!!🥰 While reading your suggestions I had an idea: I should create 4 or 5 pieces that are all the same with similar collage and the same image transferred on top. But then paint and treat each piece differently and see what works and what do I like. And I agree that the tissue paper makes the patterns and colors somewhat subdued, that's why I prefer to directly transfer the photo onto the background instead of the tissue paper. And you're also right, I need to learn how to mix my own colors, it's going to be a lot more fun!
I'm going to print out your message and refer to it while trying and learning to paint.
So thank you so much, I appreciate you taking your time for me very much!!!
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nice !!
@Nitsa try Derwent Inktense now in pans. They are like watercolors but permanent once dry. Used to be only pencils and sticks, but now pans as well. Love them.
You're the second person recommending inktense and I just ordered them, yay! I can't wait to give them a try 🌞 Thank you Jan 🥰
Hi Nitsa I love your work and you latest book.I did wonder however what your thoughts are on printing a photo with a laser printer onto a gel print.I can't seem to fund any info out online.Would welcome your comments.
You mean to print directly onto the gel print background? It's not a bad idea at all, if your paper fit through the printer, it will probably save you a lot of time! Are you planning then to paint the print?
You are so cute! I love your projects! Thank you for sharing! ❤🎉
Sweet! Thank you so much for this Cydnee 🥰
Thank you for the inspo Nitsa I enjoy your tutorials and I've just started a small canvas using a photo I took on a recent day trip . It's by no means perfect and I definitely need more practice but for my first attempt it's coming along ok .... just taking my time with it , sometimes if it's not looking so good I like to leave it and go back to it the next day then it can look better then I thought 😂
Wonderful! You've got a great attitude and I like the idea of leaving the artwork when it's not looking so good to you. That's a tough one to do because the natural instinct is to "fix it". But I'm going to adapt your idea! Thank you for this Lyns 🥰🌞🌷
Sorry Nitsa, I like the image before painting.
Don't be sorry, I kinda liked it too
It is always a pleasure to watch your videos! You are joyful and it shines through!
That's very kind of you Fran! Thank you! 🥰🌷🌞
Try Koi watercolor set of bright colors. Try to only mix three colors together at most. Too much of three colors turn to brown so avoid that part. To avoid flat stick to either a bright background and the focal point dark or visa versa. Transparency is often due to if the paint is in the transparent line for watercolor. The manufacturer lists are on line. Thanks for all your sharing!
I see! Thank you for this great advice! I think I am going to experiment with watercolors, I ordered Inktense, but I'll look into Koi as well. If I can get transparency and vivid colors, I'll be very happy 🌞 Its nice to know the manufacturers list the paint's transparency, I will definitely have to check it out! Thank you Linda 🥰
I loved the creation. It was beautiful.
Thank you so much Mellisa 🥰
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You can thin the acrylic inks with water x
I guess they work just like watercolors? I will give it a try, hopefully adding water won't take away from the vividness of the inks. Thank you Tania 🌞
What a great video! I love how honest you are when you don't like something- it's how we all learn, by trying, right? I feel that way about a lot of my stuff. Maybe using more than one medium will be your balance? Both watercolor crayons and acrylic ink? Or maybe some gel printed tissue paper on top as well as the background? No matter what, I appreciate you sharing your challenges and successes, thank you!
What a great idea! it IS after all mixed media, so why not combine a few mediums? How come I didn't think about it 😅 Thank you so much Kedryn, I love your creative and helpful approach 🥰
@@NitsaCreativeStudio , I feel the same away about you and your videos. Thanks for sharing all that you learn- it is so helpful!
In the past, I was a professional photographer. One weekend, two friends decided to take my wife and myself to one or two beauty spots some 35 miles away. The moment arrived when I wanted to take a photo. Both power-packs for the camera were dead. I got the second camera out... Yes, both power-packs in that camera were also dead. I had three people making fun of the professional cameraman who doesn't charge the batteries up. I had to endure it for well over an hour. HO HO HO! Sigh. So, you are not alone Nitsa, it' happens to a lot of us. ❤❤❤
Oh no!! but for some reason it feels good to not be alone in this! btw, where was the area you were visiting? thank you for sharing Gordon 🌷🌞
@@NitsaCreativeStudio Well, I live in the UK, in the West Yorkshire Pennine Mountain Chain. A long way from New York. It's a renowned area for natural beauty. The places we were taken to were Harrogate, Bolton Abbey and the Valley of Desolation. (How's that for a beauty spot name?) It is rugged and beautiful. I love the wildness of our rocky moors. Harrogate is a posh town, lots of scenery near it. The moors are silent and somber. They can be very hard walking, some of the hardest in the country. A friend of mine died last year on the moors. (I do not include Scotland or Wales here, they are two different countries in the UK). I love the solitude of my beloved moors, I was born among them, I have gritstone in my blood. I could send you a few photos if you wish? ❤
Green Cove is kind of in my neck of the woods.
Really? so where are you located? Virginia is my second favorite place in the world!!
I loved the effect of the ink. But since you didn’t I thought I’d share my ideas. I wonder if you added another (maybe 2) coats of gesso to your panel, then add the transferred photo on tissue without the background collage. Then the inks would not ‘muddy’ by visually mixing with the collage layer. Just an idea…
Not a bad idea actually! I can always add a painted transparent (tissue) paper on top, in areas that need some texture. Thank you for this Lucy! 🥰
@@NitsaCreativeStudio you're welcome! ☺
I love the video and liked the vivid colors. Since you mentioned you didn’t like the effect as much you might try spraying your canvas with some water or spritzing the canvas with some water and then taking the dropper from the ink and drop colors onto the canvas and move canvas around to move the color. You can drop the color and use a spray bottle to move the paint around too. It isn’t as controlled and you may not like it, but it is fun. Also, a good way to do a background with ink and then transfer a photo. I hope you don’t give up on the inks just yet. I have come to love them. You can water down acrylic paint, but the pigment is less vivid than the inks. Depends on what you prefer. Love your book and videos. Has been so helpful to me! Thank you!❤❤
Oh what a great idea!! I'm definitely going to try it for a background. With such vivid colors you can't go wrong! Thank you so much Bess for this and for being so supportive! 🌷🌞🥰
@@NitsaCreativeStudio I am sure you will have fun and create something wonderful! Thank you for teaching so many wonderful techniques. ❤❤❤
Inktense might work better... it is a permanent watercolor medium. acrylic ink tends to have a cloudiness about them where the more intense the color is the more opaque it is. (Acrylic is plastic after all)
I'm going to order them today and so excited to give them a try!! Thank you so much for this idea, Jenny 🥰
@@NitsaCreativeStudio YW. Hope they work for you!
I just ordered! I'll keep you posted 👍
I’m about to cry!!!! I cannot get an image transfer to work on my gelli plate with black and white laser print! I’m on about the 20th try. Tried more paint, less paint, magazine page, double printing 😢😢😢
Did you try watching my "Basic Photo gel printing" tutorial video? There is a link below this video 👍
@@NitsaCreativeStudio I finally got it to work a LITTLE bit!!! I think I watched that video but I will double check!
Sounds good! That's usually how it works, time & practice. It took me over a month to develop this process 😅
@@NitsaCreativeStudio thank you for telling me this. I thought I was just stupid hahahaha!!!!! I won’t be able to play for a few days but as soon as possible I am going to try it with heavy body paint to see if that makes a difference. Thanks again!!!
I love you making these videos also Nitsa
I have been watching your videos for a long time and finally made the decision to get a laser printer, I couldn’t afford much so got the cheapest they had, it is a Brother laser printer, got it home all excited only to discover that the Brother laser prints don’t transfer with acetone or similar solvents 😭
I am trying to find out if there’s any method that might work?
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Did you use 100% acetone? regular nail polish remover that is not 100% acetone won't work.
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Yes 100% acetone
I had a look into the issue with the Brother laser printers, I have now learned that other people have had the same problem, apparently it has to do with the type of toner Brother uses it doesn’t work with acetone etc or any other easy methods 😢. Brother uses a toner that people have found it impossible to transfer though I have come across some people who have managed in a very complicated process 😅
I have decided to cut my loses I only got the cheaper end brother printer so I am going to sell it and I have now order a cheaper end Cannon laser printer which I have learnt that both Cannon and HP work well with the acetone
Thanks so much for replying 🌸🩷
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Hi
Just wanted to let you know I found a different brand old laser printer, it works perfectly for the transfers using the acetone 👏🏻
The Brother Brand printers now make their printers with a different type of toner and won’t transfer with solvents
Hi, thank you for this info. I will have definitely have to investigate. However it is strange because, for the first time, I bought a new brother laser printer and it works great, just like my old printer. So I'm not sure what is going on. Was your new laser printer color by any chance?
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Yes it was a colour laser
I tried a few different solvents and nothing would work, then I ended up going down a huge rabbit hole on the internet looking into it and why it wasn’t working that’s when I came across others having the same problem, I wonder if the brother printers are the same toners in every Country 🤷🏼♀️ one would think so, I am in Australia,
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Love the outcome of your photo. The acrylic ink you chose really made the pictures pop .❤ Reminds me of Andy Warhol effect.👍🏼
Oh nice! it makes me happy to read you enjoyed it! (I love pop art too!) Thank you so much Maretta 🥰
I love the end result as well!
I really like the added inks. They are bright and transparent, as well. And you don't completely lose the collage underneath. Thank you for testing new ideas for us. I'll add inks to my stash of supplies. 😊
You're right, the background was pretty visible, especially off camera. I might still use acrylic inks in combination with other mediums.
Thank you for your lovely comment 🥰🌷🌞
You always cheer us up I like the inks on the city paintings xxxx❤
Sweetest comment ever!! Thank you my friend 🥰🌞🌷
That pink shirt is really cute on you Nitsa.
Thank you! I made it my mission to get new bright colors cloths this summer! so much fun 🥰
You brighten the darkness Nitsa
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I was just wondering if you could use metallic acrylic paint on gel plates? I've wanted to get a gel plates since I found your channel and I love all things shiny in my work 😻
Yes, you can!
I don't see why not! They might not work for image transfer but I'm sure they will work for everything else. Thank you John 🌷
@@NitsaCreativeStudio Thankyou 😊
Love your humor and your art!
That's sweet! Thank you Ann 🥰