Dove Brushes: Dove Blender Technique

Dove Blender 
Technique  Sheet

The Dove Blender

The Dove Blender Pen is a Revolutionary New Blending
 Medium, specially formulated to make "floating " or blending
 color easier.It will enable one to blend several hues together,
 giving one more variation with their mediums. The Dove
 Blender will allow one to achieve more variation with out using
 many colors. The Dove Blender works with all water based
 markers, watercolor pencils, watercolor paints, chalks,
 embossing powders, dye pads, and pigment pads. The blender
 never has to be replaced, it is easily refillable and the nibs are
 replaceable. But most important theDove Blending Fluid will
 make your work Permanent when it is allowed to dry.

  To Refill your Dove Blender 

Pull off the end cap on the Blender Pen
 and add a few drops to remositen the insert.
( The First time you remove the cap, it is a little harder,
so you mite want to use plyers )

If your Nibs are fray from using the pen 
so much, then pull out the old nibb and
 put in a new one.
Now your Blender is like new again.
( some of our customers refill the pen from the
nibb hole, before they put a new one in. )

* Remember all you need is a few drops *


Dove Blender Kit	Dove Blender Nibs	Dove Blender Refill Fluid 1oz and 4 oz

Embossed Image....Put a Hint of color on the embossed Lines then pull out with Blender

Blending Techniques on Embossed Images

With the tip of your water based markers, lay a hint of color
 on the actual embossed image. The embossed lines
 serve as a palette, making it easier to move the color,
 thus eliminating a hard line created by the marker.
Working in a circular motion and in small areas, 
use the Dove Blender to pull the color into the open
 area of the design. When this process is completed a light
 application of color will appear on the image. 
to prevent the color from appearing too washed out, 
continueto add more color using the marker and the
 Dove Blender until the desired depth of color is achieved.

Start with lighter colors and then gradually add darker colors.

Limit the colors being used. Three basic colors differing 
in intensity, plus variaition in value, will give life
 and interrest to a stamped image.

Blending Techniques with Watercolor Pencils
Blending Techniques with Markers

Helpful Blending Tips

1. Place several short strokes of any Water Based Markers
 color onto a white styrofoam plate or a plastic palette. 
Using the Dove Blender, pick up the marker color
 with the tip and apply it to the stamped  image.

2. Some paper requires The Dove Blender to prep the area 
first before applying color. Simply take your Blender with
 no color on it and color the desired area to be colored first.
Then take your Blender with color to the desired area.
 By Prepping the area this allows one to apply various 
marker colors to blend directly onto the card

3. Before changing colors, wipe the blender clean on a
 scrap piece of paper. Be careful not to pick up to 
much color. If there is to much simply wipe the
 blender tip on a scrap paper before coloring 
the image. The tip may look discolored, but 
if you rub the tip on scrap paper and it is clear, then it is clean.

4. When working with a intense color, take the Dove Blender 
right to the tip of the marker to lighten. By touching the tip 
of the marker with the Blender, the marker color has
 transferred to the blender tip will be lighter in value.

5. For a realistic blended look, layer color on top of color.
For example start with a marker color of light purple
 and then add a darker purple or blend colors on a
 palette, then apply to your image.

Blending Techniques
with Watercolor Pencils and Chalks

6.  When using Watercolor Pencils, take color you are going
 to use and make a palette by scribbling a little of each 
color on a scrap piece of paper with all the colors.
 Then take your Dove Blender and pick up the color
 and apply to your image.
 Hint start with lighter colors first.
 When you are done there is no fixative needed 
because the blending medium in the pen does it for you.

7.  When using Chalks  you can apply a little to the area you are
coloring, or use a applicator and take the Dove Blender tip to pick up
 the color, then apply to image. You also can take the blender tip
 right to the chalk color. When you are done there is nofixative 
needed because the blending medium in the pen does it for you.

8. When using Watercolor Paint take the Dove Blender or a brush 
with the Dove Blending Fluid directly to the color or use a palette, 
and then pick up the color, and start coloring your image.
 When you are done coloring, the blending medium in the pen 
or the Blending Fluid on the brush will make your work 
 Permanent when it is allowed to dry.

9. When the Dove Blender becomes dry, simply pull the end cap 
off and add several drops of the Dove Blending Fluid in the 
pen. Be sure you only add drops, not fill the the pen to the top.

10.  When the Dove Blender tip becomes frayed, simply pull the 
nib out and replace it with a new one. Hint moisten the nib with some
blending fluid so you can start coloring right away.

Blending Techniques on Embossed Images

With 
the tip of your water based markers, lay a hint of color on the actual embossed 
image. The embossed lines serve as a palette, making it easier to move the color, 
thus eliminating a hard line created by the marker. Working in a circular motion 
and in small areas, use the DoveBlender to pull the color into the open 
area of the design. When this process is completed a light application of color 
will appear on the image. to prevent the color from appearing too washed out, 
continueto add more color using the marker and the Dove Blender
until the desired depth of color is achieved.

Start with lighter colors and then gradually add darker colors.

Limit the colors being used. Three basic colors differing in intensity,
plus variaition in value, will give life and interrest to a stamped image.

Squeeze& Flo 
with Dove Blending Fluid

........When using the Sueeze & Flo, fill the bottle about 1/3
 of the way with Dove Blending Fluid only,
 then squeeze the bottle until the fluid flows onto
 the the brush. Pat the brush on a scrap pieice of paper 
or paper towel to make the bush evenly wet, 
then dip the tip of the brush into your Pearl Ex pigment,
 and start to creat a background or paint directly 
on your image with the brush with Pearl Ex pigment
 on it. Squeeze the bottle a little as you are painting to keep 
the flow, when the brush becomes dry,  the squeeze again.

When using your Sueeze & Flo for preping your
 paper for coloring with the Dove Blender,
 coat the area that will be colored with the 
Dove Blending Fluid and begin to color image.

When cleaning your brush, use water,
 wipe clean and go to your next color.

When Finished painting, fill the Squeeze & Flo bottle
 with water and thorughly clean brush by squeezing
 and brushing on scrap paper.

Squeeze & Flo Brush comes in Various Shapes and Sizes.
 Choose the right size for your image.

You also can use the Squeeze & Flo with: Chalks,
 Dye Pads, Watercolor Paints, Pearl Ex Pigments, 
Water Based Markers and Watercolor Pencils.


Watercolor Pencils 12 colors 24 colors	Dove Blender Nibs	Dove Blender Refill Fluid 1oz and 4 oz

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