Alcohol Ink Holiday Ornaments: from start to varnish

Making beautiful hand painted alcohol ink ornaments to gift, sell or hang on your own tree is easy. This video covers everything you need to know to make the process flow well and help direct you through some choices and how to varnish your ornament for preservation. Lots of different types of ornaments will work with the Alcohol inks. You can choose from glass, aluminum, plastic, or ceramic. When it comes to ornament color white, silver or clear will work best to make the colors pop. To add white inside the clear ornaments for a stronger contrast, use your white alcohol ink. Using acrylic takes far too long to dry and forever to coat the inside. Apply colors in the way you like best. The colors I use are Piñata Colors from Jacquard Products, these have beautiful rich jewel tones and the best metallic inks. Use gravity and drip color down the ornaments, be minimal and wisp colors around the side while rotating the bobble and blowing air on the inks, or give it an overall pattern using a dabbing technique or with plastic wrap. To seal the inks to prevent chips and scratches brush on Jacquard’s Alcohol Ink Varnish. This is way better to seal the ornaments with as opposed to a spray, it is more protective and can be done indoors. Enjoy making these colorful decorations!