Jag har lite problem med händerna så idag får ni läsa allt på engelska ;P

I've had many inquirys on both mail and in my blogs to do a tutorial on how i use and colour with the distress inks. So now I've finally done one that I hope can be of some use for you who are interested :) It's going to be a looong post with a lot of pitcures so I hope that you can stay awake to the end ;)
I have alot of problems and great pain with my hands at the moment (waiting for operation of them both) so the colouring is not at my best...

This is what I start with. A little bowl of water, a palett, acrylic blocks, a pencil and ofcourse the motif (magnolias Tilda and fence) and colours.

I always begin with the skin and haircolour. For skin I use tattered rose and vintage photo refills. I mix these two to get a better effect.

I start with laying a dark"string" of skincolour by the hair.

Then I take some water (only) in the brush to rub it out.

To get rid of lines, like the one above, I use more water and rub it out.

The face looks dark because it's still wet :)

I continue with the rest of the skin.

After that I do the hair. I ALWAYS start with the skin and hair because they are the hardest to get "right". It's no fun when you've done almost everything perfect and messes up with the face at the end...I can't count the number of times that I've done that ;)

For the hair I've used Walnut stain and vintage photo (refills).

And now for the dress that I want to colour with spiced marmelade. This time I take the distress ink pad (is it called pad?). I press it against an acrylic block and gather the colour with a brush.

Same thing here, I start with a line and rub it out with water.

When I want to colour something so that it looks white, I take weatered wood and make shadows.

Here I've started with the green details and I've used Forest moss.

For the fence I've used vintage photo and the flowers victorian velvet.

The shoes is coloured with Walnut stain

Now the motif is almost ready...

Around Tilda I paint shadows so that it don't looks so "flat".

Aaaaalmost ready...

One final touch ;) I use drychalks to blush her up.

And here's the result:

I hope that you've enjoyed my tutorial and if you have questions, don't hesitate do ask! :)

Have a great day!!!

Hugs
Malin