Trio. 3 x 3 Alcohol ink on canvas. © 2015 Sheila Delgado
Painting last night led only to complete disaster. I have three alcohol ink, and two acrylic pieces of yuck as proof. Oh well…
Today I started watching videos on working with alcohol ink. And after a couple of hours… finally I created something that I don’t have to be embarrassed about showing.
This was created on canvas. Wait, canvas? With alcohol ink? I saw a video where ink was used over a gesso base. I have two of these tiny canvases, and I thought, what could it hurt?
Here it is in the teeny-tiny fame that came with it. Too cute right? Whew, that is all I have to say. Now I can catch up on visiting the other artists blogs!
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I have wanted to try the alcohol inks on canvas. I wonder if you created a slick surface with glossy gel medium if the inks would flow more easily than on gesso? I am eager to give it a try! I have also used the inks on clayboard and aquaboard with good results. I like this painting! It reminds me of happiness.
I think that will work Lillian. I think I saw a Youtube video on that. I could be wrong, I watched so many. The Mod Podge worked well, but I did try to reconstitute the ink in the center of the flowers, and it turned into a bit of a mess. I don’t know if that was just the ink, or if it had to do with the Mod Podge. I hope when you do experiment, you will tell us all about it 🙂
Sheila,
I missed this yesterday. NIce effort! To me, yupo is the easiest substrate to work on. Keep working…
Thanks Connie, I will. I had fun experimenting, so I don’t consider it a waste of time 🙂
I think It really takes a long while and many attempts to really get the hang of the alcohol inks! They can be very tricky and have a mind of their own, You are very brave for taking it on during the challenge while you are under the gun to produce. This little painting is a gem! I love your stick-to-a-tive-ness!
Still in total awe and wonder at what you can do with them Sandy! And June, and Connie…
Cool! Non absorbent surfaces 🙂
Yupo is better, but this was fun 🙂
It is cute! I put a coat of varnish on my canvas when I used the alcohol ink because from the few videos I watched they told you to work on shiny surfaces. I will have to try it without and save some time. Glad you stuck with it until you got something you liked.
this does give a shiny, slick surface. I’m not sure, but I think it dries faster than varnish, and I do Know that it does not smell as bad 🙂 I used my heat gun to speed drying a bit too. Had to stick with it Val, but thank you. I am going to finish no matter what 🙂
Very cool save 🙂
Thank you mate 🙂