What is your fav base color for no line watercoloring?

[wavejumper]

What color base ink do you use when doing no line watercoloring?

Is there one you feel is pretty universal/wont show/change your paint ink colors? Or you need to use one in the same color family you want to work in?

Do you like one that is waterproof?

In the tutorial here I see Distress Antique Linen was used for a brown image but it seems neutral...

[UnderstandBlue]

I use a sunny yellow - usually Daffodil Delight, because it is sort of universal - it blends with everything I typically use - I'm not a big user of the purple part of the spectrum though. If I were I'd use a pink or blue.

I don't use a waterproof one - I like it to disappear entirely.

[dini]

I usually use Memento Angel Pink or MFT Grout Gray, sometimes a light green like Memento Pear Tart.

[Angelnorth]

I have nowhere near as much experience of "borderless" colouring as these two but I confess I tend to reach for anything pale that comes to hand! I may tend towards things that tone with my plans for the image (Distress Tumbled Glass for blues, Adirondack Willow for greens etc) but a good neutral that seems to work for most things for me is Hero Arts Soft Granite.

I'd say experiment with whatever light coloured ink you have to hand and see what seems to work for you.

[wavejumper]

Thank you for these suggestions.

I am going to go check and see if I have any of those..I might have the pear tart....I am going to assume the Daffodil Delight is an SU color right?

[UnderstandBlue]

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Originally Posted by wavejumper

Thank you for these suggestions.

I am going to go check and see if I have any of those..I might have the pear tart....I am going to assume the Daffodil Delight is an SU color right?

Yes ma'am - but memento has a lovely sunny yellow too - the only thing I'll say about Memento - I've used pear tart and london fog too - but the ink lines don't disappear like they do with SU ink - you need to really cover them with a darker color. Just a personal preference on what you'd like to see on the paper.

[muscrat]

I like to use Going Gray. Its an older SU ink that is very light. I bought a reinker so I'll be able to continue to use it a long time. Some colors are just too light and then I can't see the image to color it right.

[wavejumper]

I get it-- It wont be so "no lines" if they show! Thanks!

I once thought about doing watermarks with Versamark. Operating word there was "thought"-then I had my second cup of morning caffeine! lol

[La Fonz]

A seond generation stamping (i.e. stamping off) is always an option to have lighter lines to follow.
Coloring areas of stamp with markers in colors you will be using, huffing, stamping off & then huffing again before stamping your image to color would ensure that your lines disappear.

[Covington Crafter]

I've tried beige tones, Memento Desert Sand and a wheat color. It was hard to find a balance between being able to see the lines and having them light enough to not show.

Another option is to use a waterbased marker. Bonnie Krebs of Art Impressions has good tutorials. I've been fortunate to see her demo at stamp conventions.

[JBgreendawn]

distress antique linen...

(because, I kinda like how the lines get a little fuzzy with stamping with the distress inks and activating them with the water before coloring)

[joniworx]

Distress antique linen is my go to - it just disappears no matter what I'm using.

[wildewood]

Like JBgreendawn and joniworx, I use Antique Linen Distress Ink because it disappears.

[hamcappie]

Another antique linen distress ink user. I do like muscrat's idea of using a light gray, I must give that a try.

Donna