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MA: Inky's Escape/ Inky Washes

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MA: Inky's Escape/ Inky Washes
Swap Coordinator:rngstgstll (contact)
Swap categories: Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:6
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:May 2, 2016
Date items must be sent by:June 1, 2016
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Inky the octopus is our new hero -- so let's evade the day to day tedium of existence by making mail art with some ink wash techniques.

Whether you build up a picture slowly with diluted washes that dry between new ones, or use a more spontaneous wet-on-wet strategy, ink, water and a brush can be a lot of fun, even without tentacles!

Here are a few more tutorials: dry brush and ink wash with Wil Bosbyshell; ink wash painting demo with okyay666; and Jerome Royer's abstract painting with India Ink.

There are many other tutorials out there, also books in the library, etc., about this low-cost and fun technique for self-expression and escape.

One Inky Wash mail art item of any kind (postcard, ATC, paper hat, folded up paper octopus, etc) featuring an Inky Escape (octopus or other sort of escape, including a mental escape) to one lucky swap partner. Bon Voyage!

I will Inky all unsent swaps. Image is an ink wash octopus by Brandon Webb (Tumblr).

Discussion

MissThundercat 05/ 4/2016 #

I forgot to ask this question, but is the use of any ink ok (ecoline, fountain pen ink etc) in any colour or does it have to be india ink/black and white? (links to the tutorials are all with india ink is why I am asking...)

rngstgstll 05/ 9/2016 #

Like Inky, we must be free (in this case to use any color ink that works as a wash or wet on wet style)! Sorry for the lack of colorful washes, that was merely my oversight, or maybe I was thinking of octopus ink?!

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