Avian Symbols - Alcohol Ink.

Avian Symbols

6x12inches Alcohol Ink on copper plate.  

Framed 500.

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Avian Sanctuary

6x12inches Alcohol Ink on copper plate. 

Framed 500.

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Artist Note.

I loved painting these two companion pieces.

I was experimenting with the alcohol inks

and using more control in layering and line.

It is hard to get an accurate color 

as the copper reflects thru the inks.

Framing.

I floated/glued them on a sheet of tin 

with a neat dark frame.

I really like the combination of metals.

Egg Dreams - Alcohol Ink

Egg Dreams

8x10" alcohol ink on cradled board 

1 3/4" Floater Frame - silver leaf 

with antique finish. $495.
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Artist Note.

I loved working on this one.

I saw the painting in a dream first

so I had a direction to go in.

I worked on getting a puffy,

cloud-like, background first.

Layering with the inks is 

not easy and I found that 

patience solved a lot of issues

that came up.

The whole process 

kept me fascinated

and I really like the results -

it has a little more of a 

contemporary viewpoint. 

Berry Picking - and other stuff

Berry Picking

13inx10in  Alcohol Ink on Yupo  SOLD

Artist Note

Painting a series allows an artist

to experiment freely with 

different media. The Alcohol Inks 

were a real adventure into

the unpredictable.
I enjoyed it.
I had 9 out of thirty paintings
done with the inks.

Below I am looking happy
that all the work was over
on the night of the opening.

My house became a real mess due 

to a knee injury which 

prevented easy access to the 

steps to my studio.

Guest room

and dining room below.

The kitchen table was worse

so no pic of that!

Invaluable lack of complaining 

and total support from hubby

earned him a few gold stars!

Life is getting back to normal.

Everything picked up and clean.

Daily painting has resumed.

Different Studies of Pink Tulips

Pink X Two

8x4" oil on canvas

fracturing demo

Artist Note.

I have been experimenting

with painting the tulips 

on different surfaces 

with different media. 

The top one in oil was

a quick demo on 

the fracturing technique.

I used alcohol ink on the one below.

Still a work in process. 

I want to keep it abstract

and am looking forward to 

doing more with it. 

I am still discovering 

what acohol ink can and cannot do.

I enjoy its unpredictability.

X three

 alchohol ink on yupo.

Below is another WIP.

I like working on the 

YES canvas surface.

It takes all types of wet media.

Watercolor lifts off cleanly,

but unlike paper

it feels slightly scratchy 

and has a tooth.

X four.

watercolor on Yes Canvas

I don't know if or when 

I will finish

any of these paintings.

Does it matter?

I enjoy doing them

and like

  having a stash of 

unfinished paintings to 

nibble on when I

feel like it.

My First Alcohol Ink Painting - Koi.

Koi.

9"x9"

alcohol ink on Yupo NFS

Artist Note
My first time with the alcohol inks.
I found the inks powerful
in saturation, luminous
and tricky to work with.
I can see the benefits of
experimenting especially on
the Yupo paper.

Last week I joined
some  painting
 buddies on a trip
to Santa Fe to paint the
aspen leaves turning gold.
Aspen???
Guess what interested me more...
remembering I have been involved
with a series from the
waterlily pond?
Yep - my mind was still
on the water reflections and fish.
Funny how I couldn't just
be attracted to anything else.
A series is a series!

For those of you who have
never been to
Santa Fe
 there is a gallery
with a magical sculpture garden.

Formally known as the Fenn Gallery
It is now the Nedra Matteucci Gallery.
I have been visiting there for many
years. Look how gorgeous it is.
(click to enlarge).

I did do a plein air of the aspens
up by the ski area.

And loved seeing all the 

Chamisa  (rabbit grass)

in full bloom.

I encourage you to treat

yourself and

explore the link

Nedra Matteucci

 Gallery

 I am going to enjoy catching up 

with everyone's blogs.

Yupo Landscape

Yupo Landscape

9x11 

Unfinished

My husband and I made a

quick trip to Phoenix - 

nice cool Phoenix-

 (record breaking temps)

to attend a funeral this weekend

and this kept me totally

occupied in the car. 

It is weird, I cannot read 

in the car, but I can paint.

The trip takes over six hours

each way,

and as you probably know,

the beauty of Yupo 

is I can paint - wipe it off

and paint again

It went through several incarnations

and I still consider it unfinished.

I was never trying to make a

painting, but just exploring 

the different mark making 

Yupo allows

I was working from memory

 of an area I had plein

painted earlier in the week 

so I was free to concentrate

on the technique.

I did discover some pigments

will stain Yupo.

Even thick applications of

paint will lift off 

topping over with 

another layer, and 

pooling color within 

boundaries is basically the

 only way to get a smooth wash.

I saw this fabulous post by

Jill Golden on alcohol inks

using yupo. It showed 

all her student's work

and they were great.

Her blog is 

jillraefinallyart.com

 see link here Jill Rae

I was intrigued

by the wonderful appearance 

of alcohol ink on Yupo. 

Jill definitely has 

the heart of a teacher and 

she generously

sent me a couple of links

on her youtube demos

see below.

alcohol inks

Greenwood Chapel

Thank you, Jill.

They look fun,

I am going to give them a go...

but NOT in the car!