Tim Holtz Distress Paint - Information
Tim Holtz Distress Paints are mixed media water-soluble paints designed by Tim Holtz and manufactured by Ranger.
Distress Paint is a waterbased acrylic paint that at times, acts like watercolour while its still wet then dries permanent on almost all surfaces. Tim calls it water reactive - a bit of water splattered on its surface before its completely dry creates amazing effects and textures! Fabulous paint for adding colour to images, making backgrounds, pet rocks, scrapbooking, journaling, cardmaking, display projects and dimensional masterpieces. All kinds of crafty fun :)
Its a smooth fluid paint, able to adhere to most surfaces, permanent when dry and once dry (allow at least 24 hours) it can be written or doodled over with your favourite mark makers - Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks, Caran D'Ache Neocolor II Crayons, Distress Crayons, Dylusions Paint Pens, Alcohol Inks, Ranger Archival Ink, Chameleon Pens, Posca Markers and Pencils, Acrylic Paints, Jane Davenport's Finishing Pens, Zig's Black Photo Pen, Dina Wakley's Ranger Black Fudeball Pens... just to name a few.
Distress Paints were originally created with a sponge dauber (dabber) top and screw on lid, they now have a flip top lid (but I have some dauber lids if you need them, simply ask). The old sponge tip was fantastic for swiping quick backgrounds or blending over large areas. To use Distress Paint with a flip top lid, simply use the Ink Blending Tool (or paint brush) to pick up the paint from your craft mat and apply paint everywhere you wish.
Once semi dry, spatter with a sprinkling of water and watch the magical bubbles and rings appear! Love it :)
To look after your sponge daubers, simply spritz with Distress Ink Refresher after your day of painting. This will help stop the sponge from drying out. Spare flip top and dauber lids are available if you'd like them (if available).
Other ways to use these paints are with spatulas, paint brushes, foam blending tools, dip pens, marking tools, silicon tools, fingers, sponges, brayers and rollers, stencils, stamps, gel press printing plates and much more.
Wash up and clean all tools and accessories before the paint dries! Have fun :)
A little bit of history about this latest collection of colourful Distress...
It's been 20 years since Tim Holtz and Ranger first developed the Distress Ink Range and it has grown to include a wide variety of useful and beautiful essential art supplies. In 2015 we met the beautiful Twisted Citron and its friends as they released 12 more colours. Time has certainly flown :)
So in May 2020, Ranger and Tim started releasing a new series of 12 wonderful vintage inspired colours, introducing them to us one at a time from mid 2020, giving us time to get to know each colour in between each release.
Colour no.1 ... Speckled Egg, pale shabby egg blue - announced May 2020, the first Mystery Distress Colour is a pretty shabby blue called 'Speckled Egg'. Versatile as well as beautiful, plays well with all the Distress treasures.
Colour no.2 ... Crackling Campfire - announced by Tim Holtz on 26th August 2020 (US time, so really early in the morning on 27th over here in Oz). There are millions of colours in a rainbow to choose from and he has chosen a gorgeous dark rustic red-orange.
Colour no.3 ... Rustic Wilderness, a wild dark green. Earthy and greeeeeen. I love green! Was announced 10th November 2020. Plus we got Crayons too! Set no.11 includes the first 3 colours. Yay :)
Colour no.4 ... Kitsch Flamingo, pretty in pink - announced 1st Feb 2021. You'll be tickled pink when you meet this beautiful bundle of joy :)
Colour no.5 ... Salvaged Patina, such a beautiful blue-greeny colour - Anzac Day, April 2021.
Colour no.6 ... Prize Ribbon, a stunning mid blue, announced 17th July 2021.
Colour no.7 ... Villainous Potion, a gorgeous dark purple, October 2021.
Colour no.8 ... Saltwater Taffy, pretty peachy pink. 26th Feb 2022.
Colour no.9 ... Uncharted Mariner, a beautiful deep ocean blue. 19th June 2022.
Colour no.10 ... Lumberjack Plaid, a wonderful red. 29th October 2022.
Colour no.11 ... Lost Shadow, a playful pale grey, announced 28th January 2023 :)
Colour no.12 ... Scorched Timber, a gorgeous dark smouldering brown, announced 13th January 2024. This is the last new colour for now. We also have in the Tim Holtz world, Distress Crayons, Mini Ink Pads and a WC Pencil in this beautiful new colour .... and all the rainbow of Distress in wonderful woodless Watercolour Pencils too!
Colour charts are updated regularly and are available for your personal use :) Hopefully it helps you see what colours you have and what you might wish to get next. The blank charts are for you to create instant reminders of how your favourite mediums look once they're dry.
··· Download colour charts and swatch sheets here ···
To help you find all of Tim's Treasures, here are some links...
- Die Cutting (essentials from Sizzix, Bigz Dies, Thinlits, Framelits, 3D embossing folders, texture fades, Sidekicks, die cutting machines, accessories).
- Distress Range (inks, reinkers, paints, spray stains, oxides, embossing glaze, enamel pins).
- Idea-Ology (stickers, layers, findings, trinkets, embellishments, fasteners, charms, adornments, pendants, glass jars and more).
- Paper and Card (cardmaking, scrapbooking, journaling papers and mixed media surfaces).
- Stamps (cling rubber stamps designed by Tim, made by Stampers Anonymous).
- Stencils (stencils in various beautiful designs and 2 different sizes)
- Tools, Storage and Accessories (Distress tools, heat tools, glass media mat, storage tins and other useful treasures).
All of Tim's Treasures in one place (sort using the drop down tags) ...
- Everything by Tim
If you need more information about these paints or questions about anything else arty, write to me anytime and I'll help you.
Happy Creative Day!
:)
Jenny
... originally written 29 June 2016. Edited to keep information up to date.
