Bleedthrumanade Step by Step

Got lemons, make lemonade.  Got marker bleed-thru, make bleedthrumanade.

Ingredients: Letraset Promarkers; Letraset Fineliner 0.5; Faber-Castell Big Brush; White Pentel Sunburst Gel Pen; Micron Pigma .005; Paperblanks Antique Map journal.

I add Yellow to the front --- this shows up on the back

I decided to scan this in step by step in the hopes it will make the process clearer.

I'm using a 5"x7" Paperblanks journal, and Letraset Promarkers , but any markers/pens that bleed through to the back, and paper thin enough to allow the bleed-thru will work.  I added the 

From some of the questions I'm getting, I think people believe this is harder than it really is, so I've done a step by step that I hope will make the process clearer.

I add Purple to the front --- this shows up on the back

At no time, do I directly add color to the back of the page. All the color that shows on the back is what bleeds through from the front.  I didn't use a blender this time.  The blender wets the page more, and usually increases the amount of color that bleeds through to the back.

I add Blue to the front --- this is shows at the back

As I add each color, I overlap so that I create additional colors- green and brown, in this case.  Note how the overlap differs from front to back.  I added more blue to purple because I know I'll want it to be a bubble.  The extra blue doesn't show through much on the back.

I also change the way I apply the color.  With some of the blue, I made one stroke starting from the top and sweeping down.  In other areas I colored in a circular motion, overlapping my strokes so the color would be heavier.  You get a different effect on the back depending on how the color goes down.

Now I draw a string with the Letraset Fineliner (any black pen that doesn't bleed-thru will do).   I didn't show the back here because nothing changed.

I chose to follow the shapes of the color for my string, but not the exact outlines.  I did end up giving the small purple area it's own tangle, but I just tangled over the yellow green as though it wasn't there.

Unfortunately, I forgot to scan the string I did on the back before I started tangling, but I followed the outline of the color more strictly.


I' think this is long enough, and I discussed the difference in pens and tangles yesterday, so I'll leave you with the finished products--bleedthrumanade for the second Friday in June.

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