Paint Party Friday!

My first how to video.Sealing Alcohol Ink Art with UV Protecant. Pa Everyone in the Alcohol Ink Artists Group on Facebook always wonders how I seal the inks with Liquitex brush on varnish. They have problems with the inks running and have to use a spray first. I don't have that problem. So I thought I'd demonstrate how to do it. I use this on yupo paper, tile, porcelain, dominos any surface.

Remember these important points:
1) make sure the ink is dry.
2) use a soft brush with no residue of hard varnish or alcohol ink or alcohol.
3) use a very thin coat
4) brush one time and that is it
5) let it dry well and then you can do another coat if necessary.

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Paint Party Friday

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I'm still playing and painting with that alcohol ink. I'm having such a good time with it. Here is a tile that I did. My friend calls it a cupcake tree...No wonder I love it, it looks like cupcakes. LOL

Well anyway back to the how to part. So I did the background first with the inks letting it do it's thing. Before it dried I dropped a papertowl on it in spots. You can see it on the right side. Of course most was covered up by my painting. Then I did my usually drop by drop until I had the top of the tree as wanted. The trunk was pulled in with spectrim noir alcohol marker. I just love this cupcake tree. It looks good enough to eat!

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Paint Party Friday

Woo hoo it's Paint Party Friday.....and here's another of my alcohol ink art. This is on yupo paper which I love working with.

It's been such crappy weather I have been longing for summer. Can you tell from my subject?

 I haven't gotten it up on Etsy yet...one of these days. Anyway, I just love love love shells and had a good time piling up some of my shells for this still life. I sketched in the shells first, put down the inks in the background and then lifted out the inks in the area of the shells. Then I went back in with a dry brush and did the details. I just love this piece almost as much as my shell collection.

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Paint Party Friday

Happy Paint Party Friday! Today's painting is one of my alcohol ink paintings. This medium is a lot of fun but it's a real challenge in learning how to control the inks. But the results are fabulous.

Anyway this is a larger piece 9x14. I am usually a small format painter so the size was also a challenge as well.   I am planning on having prints made of this one. A few weeks ago I had prints made of my other alcohol ink art and put them in my Etsy shop:  Http://InkCentricArt.etsy.com

The prints were made on metallic photographic paper. It is so cool. When the print catches the light it looks as if the painting were done on tin. What a fabulous complement to the inks. Really cool.

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Paint Party Friday

I almost forgot it was Paint Party Friday....Party on...So today's painting feature is another piece of alcohol ink. Now this one I didn't stress on the painting part of it. It's what I call a Fantasy Flower.  The piece is on a 4x4 ceramic tile which is framed in bamboo frame and wired for hanging.

I have got to say this one was definitely fun to do. It was some drips of cranberry ink blown out with a straw into some funky designs. Then I dropped another drop of cranberry ink.  Once that was dry another drop this time of butterscotch. I love butterscotch ink. Once that was dry I pulled in some stems with green paint...I forget which one.

This fun piece is in my Etsy Shop. Here is the link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176204441/alcohol-ink-original-frame-tile-fantasy?

For more really cool art, visit Paint Party Friday Blog at: 
http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/

Paint Party Friday

5x7 alcohol ink on Yupo paper

Oh boy, it's been a long time since I participated in Paint Party Friday.

With all that's gone on in my life over the past year, I was unable to be routine about the blog ring.

 But here I am and I'm so excited because I can share with my fellow painters my newest medium....alcohol ink. Here's a piece I did just this week. I'm loving this.

For more really cool art, visit Paint Party Friday Blog at:
http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/

Oh and if you are an Alcohol Ink Artist or if you just love the way it looks, you can be a part of our Facebook Group, Alcohol Ink Artists:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/225738610939730/


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The piece shown is available in my Etsy shop   http://InkcentricArt.Etsy.com

Happy New Year

5x7 Alcohol Ink on Yupo

Well it's New Year's Eve....I'm still up. Can't believe it. Usually I'm out by 9 pm but I've been working on my new Etsy shop putting up new things. So that's kept me awake.

This has been one bad year for me, burying both of my parents. I'm sure hoping that 2014 will be a better year. We still have to sell Mom & Dad's House. If you are the praying sort, pray that we get rid of it soon. It's just so sad to go there. I need closure.

Well on a happier note I think this alcohol ink art that I just fell in love with will bring me lots of satisfaction this year. I started this shop but I love this stuff so much that I don't care if I don't sell a lick of it. I'd keep it all. LOL....

And I'm travelling in 2014 which is always a good thing. In January I'm off to a China Painting Convention in Orlando, FL and the February I visit a friend in Key West and the big trip of the year is in April when I go to Rome for the canonization of Blessed John Paul II. I'm also going for a couple of days to Fiuggi, Italy where my grandparents were born. I'm so looking forward to the new year!

SO.......good bye 2013 and WELCOME 2014.
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The piece of art shown is available in my Etsy shop:  http://InkcentricArt.etsy.com

Ta Ta Ta DAH! ANNOUNCING....

....my newest shop  Inkcentric Art on Etsy: All Alcohol Ink items....ACEO's, jewelry, framed tiles, unframed  art, you name it. I am steady adding items to the shop.  Come visit.   It's loud, bright, eclectic, and eccentric. It's what I consider "happy art". I love creating with the alcohol inks. It has a mind of it's own. It's never predictable and it's hard to control. It's quite a challenge but I'm up for it.

So if you want to check it out visit me at http://InkcentricArt.etsy.com