How do I ink blend?? What equipment do I need? Which hues work well together? Why can't I receive quality protection? All reasonable inquiries if you want to use ink blending in your crafts.
In this handy tutorial, you'll find solutions to all your most pressing ink mixing queries. We'll demonstrate the brushes and equipment you'll need to create the best blends, including some new, cutting-edge blending tools and some old favourites.
Don't forget to read our quickstart guide at the end for the best shortcuts, strategies, and equipment for expert ink blending.
Blending Tools
Tonic Studios Ink Blending Tool With Domed Foam Applicators
Speaking of essentials, spent years creating a fantastic tool to enable every maker to become a master ink artist and blender. For a completely new ink blending experience, we merged the convenience of a handled blending tool with the ground-breaking domed shape of a craft dauber.
This tool is what you need if you want to learn how to blend ink easily or if you want to improve your blending skills. The extremely thick domed foam also makes stencilling simple and enables for no-line blending. The foam's thickness guarantees consistently improved ink absorption and distribution on your project.
Tim Holtz - Mini Ink Blending Tool
They have been cherished by many scrapbookers, card makers, mixed media artists, journalers, and other crafters for more than half a decade and on many crafting projects. Of course, we're referring to the Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool. With just this one tiny tool, you may distress your paper, make a background, evenly apply paint, combine inks, and much much more.
This tool is common among crafters' supplies since it has a comfortable, smooth grip and numerous replacement blending foam options. The Mini Ink Blending Foams attach with a straightforward hook and loop material and begin blending your inks right away. The foams absorb ink quickly because to their thinness and disc-like shape, allowing for good saturation and ink transfer for extremely vibrant looks.
Nuvo Blending Dauber Tools
Nuvo's Blending Daubers and replacement pads have a lightweight, curved handed form that makes countless hours of creation a breeze, similar to their stencil brushes.
Their distinctive shape resembles a miniature pillar, and the end features a similar hook and loop fastener for merging foam pads.
You may choose where to hold the tool and how much pressure to apply thanks to the tool's column design. Hold it close to the foam for pressure and ink deposition that is more concentrated, or farther away for softer, more delicate colour swirls.
