Hey you guys! Today I want to share a super easy printing technique known as a "rainbow roll." Essentially you combine two colors of block printing ink to create a tri-colored print like these ones:
Watch the video for the how-to (there's an extra tip or two at the end of the video):
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Block printing ink has a much longer open time than acrylic paint, so it's perfect for this technique. It also tends to be a bit more opaque and so looks great printed on top of book pages!
Thanks for stopping by!
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if you were only going to do one or two prints, could you use a heavy body acrylic? I can understand if you were going to do several needing the block printing ink, but what about for just one single or two prints for an art journal? I would think taht would work?
if you were only going to do one or two prints, could you use a heavy body acrylic? I can understand if you were going to do several needing the block printing ink, but what about for just one single or two prints for an art journal? I would think taht would work?
if you were only going to do one or two prints, could you use a heavy body acrylic? I can understand if you were going to do several needing the block printing ink, but what about for just one single or two prints for an art journal? I would think taht would work?
if you were only going to do one or two prints, could you use a heavy body acrylic? I can understand if you were going to do several needing the block printing ink, but what about for just one single or two prints for an art journal? I would think taht would work?
if you were only going to do one or two prints, could you use a heavy body acrylic? I can understand if you were going to do several needing the block printing ink, but what about for just one single or two prints for an art journal? I would think taht would work?
if you were only going to do one or two prints, could you use a heavy body acrylic? I can understand if you were going to do several needing the block printing ink, but what about for just one single or two prints for an art journal? I would think taht would work?
that is so cool ! thanks for the technique Julie.
that is so cool ! thanks for the technique Julie.
that is so cool ! thanks for the technique Julie.
that is so cool ! thanks for the technique Julie.
that is so cool ! thanks for the technique Julie.
that is so cool ! thanks for the technique Julie.
Thanks for showing this technique. I was just browsing the Blick website last week and saw the inking palettes and was thinking of ordering them. Now I really will get them! Can you tell me where you got the metallic paint or did you mix a medium in to get the metallic colors? Didn’t see metallic paint on the Blick site.
Thanks for showing this technique. I was just browsing the Blick website last week and saw the inking palettes and was thinking of ordering them. Now I really will get them! Can you tell me where you got the metallic paint or did you mix a medium in to get the metallic colors? Didn’t see metallic paint on the Blick site.
Thanks for showing this technique. I was just browsing the Blick website last week and saw the inking palettes and was thinking of ordering them. Now I really will get them! Can you tell me where you got the metallic paint or did you mix a medium in to get the metallic colors? Didn’t see metallic paint on the Blick site.
Thanks for showing this technique. I was just browsing the Blick website last week and saw the inking palettes and was thinking of ordering them. Now I really will get them! Can you tell me where you got the metallic paint or did you mix a medium in to get the metallic colors? Didn’t see metallic paint on the Blick site.
Thanks for showing this technique. I was just browsing the Blick website last week and saw the inking palettes and was thinking of ordering them. Now I really will get them! Can you tell me where you got the metallic paint or did you mix a medium in to get the metallic colors? Didn’t see metallic paint on the Blick site.
Thanks for showing this technique. I was just browsing the Blick website last week and saw the inking palettes and was thinking of ordering them. Now I really will get them! Can you tell me where you got the metallic paint or did you mix a medium in to get the metallic colors? Didn’t see metallic paint on the Blick site.
Great technique! Never thought about the brayer being bigger than the stamp-but of course that is essential!
Great technique! Never thought about the brayer being bigger than the stamp-but of course that is essential!
Great technique! Never thought about the brayer being bigger than the stamp-but of course that is essential!
Great technique! Never thought about the brayer being bigger than the stamp-but of course that is essential!
Great technique! Never thought about the brayer being bigger than the stamp-but of course that is essential!
Great technique! Never thought about the brayer being bigger than the stamp-but of course that is essential!
Awesome Julie – I have always wondered how you got that cool effect 🙂
Awesome Julie – I have always wondered how you got that cool effect 🙂
Awesome Julie – I have always wondered how you got that cool effect 🙂
Awesome Julie – I have always wondered how you got that cool effect 🙂
Awesome Julie – I have always wondered how you got that cool effect 🙂
Awesome Julie – I have always wondered how you got that cool effect 🙂
Terrific video! Fab carved stamp. Thanks for showing this easy, awesome technique. I like stamping on print or printed papers, too. 🙂 Cool mono-prints to use up the leftover ink, too.
Terrific video! Fab carved stamp. Thanks for showing this easy, awesome technique. I like stamping on print or printed papers, too. 🙂 Cool mono-prints to use up the leftover ink, too.
Terrific video! Fab carved stamp. Thanks for showing this easy, awesome technique. I like stamping on print or printed papers, too. 🙂 Cool mono-prints to use up the leftover ink, too.
Terrific video! Fab carved stamp. Thanks for showing this easy, awesome technique. I like stamping on print or printed papers, too. 🙂 Cool mono-prints to use up the leftover ink, too.
Terrific video! Fab carved stamp. Thanks for showing this easy, awesome technique. I like stamping on print or printed papers, too. 🙂 Cool mono-prints to use up the leftover ink, too.
Terrific video! Fab carved stamp. Thanks for showing this easy, awesome technique. I like stamping on print or printed papers, too. 🙂 Cool mono-prints to use up the leftover ink, too.
I will come back to this again and again. So cool!
I will come back to this again and again. So cool!
I will come back to this again and again. So cool!
I will come back to this again and again. So cool!
I will come back to this again and again. So cool!
I will come back to this again and again. So cool!
That’s so cool! Thank you so much for sharing.
That’s so cool! Thank you so much for sharing.
That’s so cool! Thank you so much for sharing.
That’s so cool! Thank you so much for sharing.
That’s so cool! Thank you so much for sharing.
That’s so cool! Thank you so much for sharing.
Love this & was wondering how it was done so thanks!
Love this & was wondering how it was done so thanks!
Love this & was wondering how it was done so thanks!
Love this & was wondering how it was done so thanks!
Love this & was wondering how it was done so thanks!
Love this & was wondering how it was done so thanks!
I don’t use acrylic paint with my hand carved stamps because I have had bad experiences with ruining them that way. But the technique will work. You just have to clean your stamp fast enough.
I don’t use acrylic paint with my hand carved stamps because I have had bad experiences with ruining them that way. But the technique will work. You just have to clean your stamp fast enough.
I don’t use acrylic paint with my hand carved stamps because I have had bad experiences with ruining them that way. But the technique will work. You just have to clean your stamp fast enough.
I don’t use acrylic paint with my hand carved stamps because I have had bad experiences with ruining them that way. But the technique will work. You just have to clean your stamp fast enough.
I don’t use acrylic paint with my hand carved stamps because I have had bad experiences with ruining them that way. But the technique will work. You just have to clean your stamp fast enough.
I don’t use acrylic paint with my hand carved stamps because I have had bad experiences with ruining them that way. But the technique will work. You just have to clean your stamp fast enough.
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So glad you re-shared this – I missed it the first time. Just curious, could you use slo-dri blending gel to extend the open time of acrylics rather than the block printing ink? Thanks!
So glad you re-shared this – I missed it the first time. Just curious, could you use slo-dri blending gel to extend the open time of acrylics rather than the block printing ink? Thanks!
So glad you re-shared this – I missed it the first time. Just curious, could you use slo-dri blending gel to extend the open time of acrylics rather than the block printing ink? Thanks!
So glad you re-shared this – I missed it the first time. Just curious, could you use slo-dri blending gel to extend the open time of acrylics rather than the block printing ink? Thanks!
So glad you re-shared this – I missed it the first time. Just curious, could you use slo-dri blending gel to extend the open time of acrylics rather than the block printing ink? Thanks!
So glad you re-shared this – I missed it the first time. Just curious, could you use slo-dri blending gel to extend the open time of acrylics rather than the block printing ink? Thanks!