Acrylic Paint Image Transfer
After seeing Claudine Hellmuth's YouTube video demonstrating image transfers using acrylic paint I had to try it for myself. Well, this method seems to be the easiest transfer method I've tried and with the best success. I think it is due to the consistency of the paint vs a gel medium for example.
I used Ceramcoat acrylic paint in Salem Blue and an image that is a copy from a vintage postcard. I had previously copied the image onto plain white paper at Kinko's using their laser tone color copier.
I painted a medium amount of the paint, more on the thick side than the thin, straight from the bottle using a dry brush. I then placed the image face down and burnished with my fingers. I let this dry overnight and then today I wet the back using a make up sponge dipped in water and then rubbed with a paper towel, quite vigorously to remove the paper. The image was left on the paint and the quality of the transfer is fantastic. I wanted a little worn look so I scrubbed a little more and removed a little bit of the transfer as well. I will seal this with gel medium after the page is completed but wanted to share my results so far. The only thing I will do next time is trim the image closer, I'm not happy with the edges of this example but I will fix that by covering it up as part of my design.
