I love how alcohol inks work on canvas! I’ve only done two so far, with a third in the works, but I am hooked! The only thing I wish it had in common with working on ceramic tile, is not staining. I like how on tile, I can remove the ink to get a brilliant white highlight or area. I can get it lighter on canvas, but with still a stain of the color I’m trying to lift from. Could maybe try frisket, but then again… it feels too controlled. I tend to like to let the inks decide where the painting will go. 🙂 With these two fantasyscapes, I let the ink do just that. I let it flow where it wanted, to start out… then I saw a direction to take the painting. 😀
“Botanica” 2017“Botanica” 2017 (click pic for store link)“Aetheria” 2017“Aetheria” 2017“Aetheria” 2017 (click pic for store link)
Abstracts can be so hard to name!! Sometimes a feature will jump out and give me a name for it, or the colors/shapes/ atmosphere will remind me of something, and one pops into my head. Other times, I sit here baffled. And they need names. For my web sites, and because they. just. do. haha
Once in a while I will just make up my own words for the titles. Often I do these weird, otherworldly looking pieces, and they are perfect for made up names. Bysarinth sounded like a cool planet to visit. With weird purple plants and a golden sky….
Did a landscape series, recently. I’m a bit obsessed by skies and mountains! lol
Not based in true reality, with the hyper coloured skies, etc., they are inspired by what moves me. The three suns are something I paint in a lot of my fantasy landscapes…they represent my 3 sons, who are the lights of my life. 🙂 ❤
I hate being creatively blocked! Sometimes the trigger is obvious, sometimes it just hits out of the blue….like this last few weeks. So frustrating when that happens! It feels like I forget how to paint, or create anything, for that matter. It makes me grumpy, and sad… *sigh*
Finally, on this last Monday, it was gorgeous outside, and I had free time, so I decided to just sit down with my alcohol inks, bound and determined to end the stupid block… and I produced four alcohol ink pieces! Alcohol inks to the rescue this time, so it seems. 🙂 Because they are so free in their ways, they were a good kickstart. I just put on some groovy tunes, sat out on my sunny patio, threw some color on my substrates, used some stencils, and went where it wanted to take me.
The results….
“Woodland” 2017 alcohol inks on Yupo“Oceania” 2017 alcohol inks on Yupo“Jovia” 2017 alcohol inks on ceramic tile“Celebration” 2017 alcohol inks on Yupo
Because of this lovely start, I have another in mind. So my creative wheels are again turning! Yay! 😀
Recently I had been wanting to try painting with alcohol inks. I had come across some gorgeous paintings online which were done with them, and I loved the flowy expressiveness achieved with them. It is such an intuitive process using them. They have a mind of their own, but some control can be achieved using straight alcohol (I used isopropyl) and various sizes and shapes of brushes. Largely, I just let them do their thing, and then tweak the picture here and there. Experiment, experiment, experiment! Too fun! 😀
The only thing is that a lot of ventilation is needed, as I found out the hard way! I mean, I knew it would be somewhat fumy, but working as small as I did, on 2inch square ceramic tiles(which I got really cheap at the home improvement centre), I was too close, and ended up with a headache on my first go around! I need to pick up some low odour alcohol at the art supply store, and I also want to continue my ink exploration with a specialty paper called Yupo. They need to be sealed with a fixative, also, or the ink will rub off of the tile.
I’ve done three landscapes and three abstracts, so far. Since they are very small, I made them into fridge magnets. 🙂
“Rockies Summer” 2017 alcohol inks on ceramic tile“Rockies Sunset” 2017 alcohol inks on ceramic tile“Foothills” 2017 alcohol inks on ceramic tile“Organica” 2017 alcohol inks on ceramic tile“Psychedelica” 2017 alcohol inks on ceramic tile“Aquatic” 2017 alcohol inks on ceramic tile“Revelry” 2017 alcohol inks on ceramic tile
They are available in my various art shops as prints, and on products. 🙂
“Organica” on a floor pillow @ society6…..Click pic for link. 🙂“Aquatica” on leggings @art of where….click pic for link. 🙂
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