Ink Art: Soul of a Blue Morpho and Peacock Butterfly

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Ink Art: Soul of a Blue Morpho and Peacock Butterfly

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Today, I wanted to show you my latest ink art paintings. I got into painting butterflies again.

This time I am using ink instead of watercolor. Ink paintings are a bit difficult to manage, but I am learning.

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Ink artist tend to lean more towards abstraction. With a bit of practice, I am getting into making more defined forms.

Like before, I photographed the dry and wet versions of the painting.

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I also photographed a couple of painting details. The first painting I made was the soul of a blue morpho.

I was originally trying to make an actual blue morpho.

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I flooded the painting with rubbing alcohol. This made it difficult for me to maintain the shape.

So, I ended up making it an abstract painting. I added golds and greens into the blue ink.

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I was trying to emulate the shimmering colors generated by the wings of a blue morpho.

I also added some golden ink into the mix. Once I was happy with the painting, then came the difficult part.

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I like to dry my paintings outside the house. I dry them in the porch to be more specific.

I needed to move the painting from the kitchen table to the porch.

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Since the paint was wet, some of the elements started to move about.

This is why the dry version looks so different from the wet version.

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The golden stuff moved about a lot during the transfer process.

It still looks fine.

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Just different as all.

The second painting was themed after a Peacock butterfly.

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This time I didn’t saturate the paper with ink.

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I started with body of the butterfly.

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I used copper ink to delineate the body.

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I then expanded outwards to make the wings.

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For the background, I used a simple green background.

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This allowed for the red to stand out. Once I was satisfied with the wings, I added more copper ink into the middle.

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I did this in order for the body of the butterfly to retain her shape.

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I think I ranted enough about my ink art. I might do a little more either today or tomorrow.

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I am thinking of making them all pink. Pink is totally my favorite color. It is also the color of breast cancer awareness month.

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It takes place in October. So, I wanted folks to become aware of it. Well, I hope you like my new paintings.

My name is Teresita Blanco, the Artsy Sister. Bye, bye and God bless.

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