Wood Grain Alcohol Ink Art
Written by Teresita Blanco (The Artsy Sister)
Today, I wanted to show you my latest Alcohol ink art. I made two paintings using my smallest canvases.
They are themed after wood. I used Pixiv paper and ink. They combine well together.
The first painting I was trying to invoke the interior of a sliced piece of wood. I started by creating strong circular bubbles.
On the edges, I added a nice wash of brown ink. I first added a lot of rubbing alcohol in the edges before putting the paper horizontally.
This created the soft brown ink patterns. Once it finished dripping to the bottom, I did the same thing again.
I repeated this process until, I had something that I considered a finished painting.
In the second painting, I tried to make a tree. I started with the trunk of the tree. I used three different brown hues to make the patterns.
Once the trunk was defined, I used the dots to make the leaves. I added another layer of brown to make the branches of the tree.
Once it was more or less dried, I added more leaves on top of it.
I think both projects ended up looking rather nice. I took two sets of photographs of the paintings.
I first photographed the ink painting when it was wet, and when it was dry.
Alcohol ink always looks a bit different when it dries.
Most the changes happen with the edges, as the paints continue to blend.
This is what happens when you are working with super smooth paper.
It helps the paint flow a lot easier.
In the dry version, I was able to notice some parts where I scratched up the paper.
Some of the points are a little sharp. So, they added interesting patterns to the underpainting of the paper.
All in all, it was an interesting exercise in painting with alcohol inks. Tomorrow, I am going to show you the rest of my alcohol ink arts.
I worked really hard on my abstract work.
Most of the time, I am just brainstorming each of my projects.
I need to figure things out before I add ink into the paper. In any case, I hope this inspires you to get creative with your artwork.
My name is Teresita Blanco, the Artsy Sister. Bye, bye and God bless.
