Category Archives: Alcohol Ink

Ink Implementations

Floral Study 1. 4 x 4 Alcohol Ink on Mineral paper. 2016 Sheila Delgado

Going through the lessons in Sandy Sandy‘s FUNdamentals of Alcohol Ink E-course. Still don’t have a decent hummingbird. Lesson worth repeating. Decided to try working the inks like I do watercolors. Hoping that familiar techniques will make the new medium feel familiar as well.

I thought these were a hot mess, but looking again this morning I see some redeeming areas. I can still go back in and rework each of these. That will be a lesson in itself.

I have a limited palette, but the background below is a mix from cleaning my brush. More lesson learning. In both pieces, the majority of the color was applied straight from the bottle. I moved the paint with a brush in the dark blue above, and the backgrounds. There is brush work in the center below as well.

Floral Study 2. 4 x 4 Alcohol Ink on Mineral paper. 2016 Sheila Delgado

I’m an introvert… I love being by myself,
love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs
and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.
Audrey Hepburn

Happy creating to you!

Mountains Blue

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Started this by splashing white gouache on the paper. Next I sketched with indigo Inktense pencil, and added more gouache to soften the lines. I worked quickly. Just felt the need to put brush to paper before turning out the lights.

I am excited about my new phone. The camera is better than the old one. I did not want a new phone, but I had no service here at the house and had to switch carriers. A new camera makes up for having to learn the ins and outs again. Still can’t figure out how to set up my voicemail.

So my terrible, fuzzy photos will be a bit sharper. Wooo Whoo! Here is one of the mountain range as it heads south.

View from Prescott Valley, AZ.

And here is a close up of Mingus.

Mingus.

Still working with the inks, following along with Sandy Sandy‘s FUNdamentals of Alcohol Ink E-course. I haven’t had time to work on finishing a piece. But I am experimenting, learning which colors work well together.

I tried to make my own felt pad, I saw an example online using a binder clip, felt and tape. But I wasn’t really happy with it and I bought the dabber Sandy recommends for the class. I made one just by rolling some felt and using the clip to hold the felt. On another, I taped the felt to the widest part of the clip. They both worked, but had the tendency to create areas of heavy application. In the center is the purchased dabber.

Alcohol ink applicators and new backgrounds.

Here is one I really like. After I dabbed on the ink, I sprayed it with blending solution. that created some soft areas where the color moved and the hard edges were lost. later I accidentally sprayed (over spray) alcohol on it, and teeny spots formed. Terrific mix of texture!

Alcohol Ink on Yupo.

Happy creating to you!

Alcohol Inks and Shower Gift

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Baby Shower gift, acrylics on 10 x 10 gallery wrapped canvas. 2016 Sheila Delgado

Jenn opening her gift.

I was so enjoying creating new work each day, I completely forgot to post the baby shower gift! It could have been one of my 30’s! My apologies for the terrible photos. This elephant is a light grey, with white details on light turquoise, to fit her color scheme. The white is looking grey to me here. And the photo crop makes it look a bit wonky too.

I decoupaged textured papers on the canvas for fun. Thinking the baby could reach out and touch them, like those fun picture books. But we ended up hanging it above the closet, so that won’t be happening!

Sandy Sandy’s FUNdamentals of Alcohol Ink E-Course

Alcohol Ink backgrounds

Working to get caught up on Sandy Sandy’s e-course. The trip and the challenge made for a late start. But the other students voted on a mini break, so that will work in my favor.

These textures are for backgrounds. We will be adding inspirational words to them later. I always wondered how Sandy achieved these textures, and now I know! A bit hard to see them here, but I will be sharing them again when I am done.