Inchie Mosaics Video Lesson
Do you have unfinished art, pieces that never came to completion, and you can't bring yourself to finish or discard them? This lesson will show you how to repurpose discarded or unfinished art to create beautiful Inchie Mosaics.
Inchies are tiny pieces of art measuring only 1x1 square inchies, super fun to make!
What are Inchies?
Inchies are tiny pieces of art measuring only 1 square inch, usually displayed in a group like a mosaic. Inchies can be made using any technique or media, on paper, fabrics, metal, anything!
Learn how to repurpose your discarded art to create ULTRA dimensional Inchies that look like actual tiles!
Learn how to create SUPER dimensional square tiles
In this lesson you will learn:
How to select discarded art based on color
How to create a Viewfinder to select tiny masterpieces
How to group Inchies together to form a cohesive mosaic
How to transform plain squares into 3-dimensional tiles through shading and coloring
How to create beautiful antiqued backgrounds with ornate borders
How to develop TWO different projects
A special bonus at the end to trigger your creativity!
And so many tips and tricks!
Give your discarded art new revitalized meaning, with beautiful borders and 3D effects
use different kinds of media in this super fun project
Supplies needed:
A stack of discarded or unfinished art, preferably over card stock
Hot-pressed watercolor paper tile 4x4 inches
A small pair of scissors, my favorite is the Olfa Precision
Watercolor paints and paintbrush, my favorites are the Windsor Newton in tubes
Light, medium and dark Gray markers. My favorites are Copics N0, N2 and N4, or you can use W0, W2, W4.
Graphite pencil for light shading
Brown Inking pen, my favorite is the brown Sakura Micron 01
Fineliners in different colors, my favorites are Marvy Le Pen fineliners
Colored pencils in matching colors. My favorite are Polychromos
White colored pencil, my favorite is the white Prismacolor
Optional: white pastel pencil, my favorite is the white Pitt Pastel
White gel pen. My favorite is Sakura White Gelly Roll 10.
This set comes with 2 stencils which help you to place the inchies perfectly on the page, and a sturdy plastic viewfinder to help locate and mark the inchie masterpieces.
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