VIDEO: Drawing With Ink Pads

Video tutorial: Drawing with ink pads by Kim Dellow

Are you a stamper? Do you have ink pads? I would not quite call myself a stamper, although I have stamped a lot in the last few years, but I have still managed to collect quite a few ink pads! Wow, how useful these little tools are! You don’t have to just use them for stamping do you? There are a whole range of different techniques you can use them for aren’t there? But have you ever tried to draw with your ink pads?

Drawing with ink pads is a great way to make art! It is really expressive and the textures you can get just from pressing an ink pad to paper are wonderful. So for my video share today I thought I would walk you through some of the marks you can get and share a couple of art journal pages, made just using ink pads, to inspire you to look at your ink pads in a new light.

Another great thing about drawing with ink pads is that it is a really quick way to do some art, so I’ve added this technique to my 5 Minute Create series. The 5 Minutes Create video series is all about ideas for fitting art into even the tightest of schedules. But if you do find yourself with more than 5 minutes to create then these techniques are also great for doing as warm up exercises too. I only have a couple of videos in the series at the moment but I will be adding to them so keep your eyes out!

VIDEO: Drawing With Ink Pads

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Supplies: 
Used it the projects –
Fabriano Accademia Artist Paper pack A4 120 gsm
Hero Arts Mid-Tone Ink Pads: Butter Bar, Orange Soda, Raspberry Jam, Stone Wash, Forever Green
My Favorite Things Ink Pads: Sour Apple, Blu Raspberry

Other ink pad brands in video:
Tsukineko MementoLUXE
Ranger Archival
Tsukineko Memento
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink

Abstract art journal page drawn with Ink pads by Kim Dellow

I hope you have fun experimenting with you ink pad mark making and drawing, leave any questions you might have below! And don’t forget to share what you make on social media and tag me in so that I can see it, #KimDellow!

And if you want to see more ideas of what to draw with your ink pads then click on the photo below:

More examples of drawing with ink pads from Kim Dellow

Kim

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Kim Dellow

Kim Dellow is an artist–designer–film-maker living the creative life in London, UK. She's a freelance creative for the craft industry and others, and she loves to share her art-ventures on her blog.

This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. Jennifer Smith-Kirk

    Hi Kim
    Lovely to see your face, you have a great voice and now we have the best of both worlds I must say your techniques and artwork always seem fresh and interesting x x x

    1. Kim Dellow

      Ahh thank you Jennifer 🙂 and I'm glad you liked the technique too!

  2. Lisa

    Love this. Not sure it's in my skill set, but I might give it a try!

    1. Kim Dellow

      Thanks Lisa, I hope you do give it a try and just have some fun with it!

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