Hey everyone - I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to get more vibrant colors and interactions with the tea and ink to get new colors like green. Perhaps the tea's I choose weren't good choices. I had a nice red berry tea and a darker black tea but the colors were fairly muted and when mixed with the ink gave similar results as water. The 'darkest' tea colors were around the lips and eyes and that was after a fairly long brewing time.
Overall, I enjoyed the project and process. I didn't attempt glass shard or floral elements on this one but future attempts I'll give it a go!
I think this was really successful! to build up colours you need to increase the layers but allow time to dry inbetween. An english breakfast tea like a tetley has a strong orange brown colour which, when mixed with turquoise or blue ink on the page gives a vivid green.
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toddafonseca
Hey everyone - I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to get more vibrant colors and interactions with the tea and ink to get new colors like green. Perhaps the tea's I choose weren't good choices. I had a nice red berry tea and a darker black tea but the colors were fairly muted and when mixed with the ink gave similar results as water. The 'darkest' tea colors were around the lips and eyes and that was after a fairly long brewing time.
Overall, I enjoyed the project and process. I didn't attempt glass shard or floral elements on this one but future attempts I'll give it a go!
carnegriff
Teacher PlusI think this was really successful! to build up colours you need to increase the layers but allow time to dry inbetween. An english breakfast tea like a tetley has a strong orange brown colour which, when mixed with turquoise or blue ink on the page gives a vivid green.
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