Ink and Watercolour Lifting

Ink/Watercolour lifting is a technique to create a texture. Using different materials all which you can find in your house. 

What I used: Sketchbook, Watercolour's, Ink, Paint brushes, Plastic bag, Cling film and kitchen roll.

I started off by wetting my page with water, Just with a wide paint brush. I then added watercolour or ink and made sure the consistency was watery yet had lot's of colour to it, I did a quarter of the page at a time as it can dry fast and won't work as well. Once I had applied the watercolour or ink I then chose what material I would put over it, Weather it be plastic bag, cling film or kitchen roll I made sure the material was crumpled up first then when I put it on the wet colour, When it drys it will leave a textured pattern. 

I did this on four pages in my sketchbook and tried to achieve different outcomes however my resources were limited and would love to experiment with more materials such as patterned paper. I would also love to experiment with colour however blue, black and grey was the colours I was asked to work with.

I am really happy with the outcome of experimenting with ink lifting and it is a technique I will take with me into the future. 

Thank you for reading.

Becca!