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I crumbled the paper to give it cracks, painted it with black ink, and then wiped off most of it before it had a chance to dry. I found that non-waterproof ink works best for this because the hard core India ink won't wipe off properly. Let it dry thoroughly and iron it flat before attaching it to your substrate.
I used very diluted acrylic paints to create a watercolor-like background. Here is a closeup of a small section, showing the ink lines that I added on top as well. For these lines, I used waterproof ink instead of the non-waterproof. Yes, it really is worthwhile having both!
I used both paper and resist to mask off areas that would remain bright. I used slightly tinted white gesso with a small foam roller, but left it translucent enough to allow the colors below to barely show through.
After I removed the mask and the resist, I added a few more ink lines to integrate the background and the subject.
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