Stencilled tissue paper

I’ve been watching Melissa Reed on YouTube and love the way she colours tissue paper with acrylic inks. I’ve had time off work after getting significant liquid nitrogen done on my face, so yesterday grabbed some inks & stencils for play time.

I used her basic technique but did it my way. I put the tissue paper on A3 laminating pouches then wet down using my sprayer bottle. I put stencils down and rolled with a brayer to adhere to the tissue. I added drops of acrylic inks, sprayed again & tipped a bit if needed, then left to dry.

I love how vibrant the final tissue sheets are. The front is more muted, and the back is shiny due to being against the laminating pouch plastic. This is a technique I’ll be using again, that’s for sure.