Painting with Alcohol Inks - which supplies do I need?

A big advantage of painting with Alcohol Inks is that - in contrast to Acrylic Pouring - you don't need a large working area or special hobby room. It is sufficient to protect the work surface with a large newspaper or foil and to provide sufficient ventilation. All materials are also quickly stowed away in a box and take up very little space.

Would you like to try painting with Alcohol Inks first and don't want to invest so much money in the equipment yet? Then we recommend our Alcohol Ink Starter Set. In this set we have compiled the basic equipment you need to start painting with Alcohol Inks: Alcohol Inks, Alcohol Ink Paper, Isopropanol and other useful supplies. The Alcohol Ink Starter Set is available in four different colour combinations.

With an Alcohol Ink Starter Set you can already achieve great results. But probably you will be so fascinated by the bright colours, their reactions with each other and the resulting colour gradients that you will want to try out other Alcohol Ink techniques or colours. If you are not sure which colours harmonise with each other or create exciting contrasts, we have prepared optimally coordinated colour sets. Each set consists of three colours, which can be used to conjure up such beautiful creations. By using one of our metallic shades in silver, gold or copper you can achieve very special effects.

The individual Alcohol Ink colours can be mixed with each other. You can also make them more transparent with Blending Solution or dilute them with isopropyl alcohol. Ideal for this are small squeeze bottles, which you can easily fill with the help of a mini funnel. In our bottle sets everything is included.

You can also achieve interesting effects by filling isopropyl alcohol ink in spray bottles. You can simply drip the Alcohol Inks onto your painting ground. You can apply both alcohol ink and isopropyl alcohol with pipettes on the Alcohol Ink paper. Or you can screw needle caps on the Alcohol Ink bottles and you can dose even more precisely.

Small pharmacy bottles with glass pipettes are particularly practical. These are easy to fill and allow exact dosing of the alcohol inks. But you can also achieve great effects with spray bottles.

And of course you need an Alcohol Ink painting ground. All non-absorbent surfaces are suitable. The best results are achieved on special Alcohol Ink paper. This is synthetic and mostly consists of polypropylene. Best known are Yupo and Lanavanguard.
On this paper the Alcohohl Inks can flow wonderfully into each other, you can swivel them or swirl them with a hairdryer.  With alcohol inks you can also paint realistically. Photo paper is very suitable for this purpose. You can even paint with alcohol inks on canvas. The only important thing here is that you prepare them with gesso or acrylic binder. A cheap alternative is also wallpaper skin.

Let your creativity run free and decorate candles, ceramics, modelling clay, stones, lanterns or shells with alcohol paints. You can also design colorful tiles or glass panes with Alcohol Inks.