Trena's Creative Space

Alcohol Ink Art Techniques - Using a Resist with Alcohol Ink

Hello Beautiful People!

 

It's my turn to share at The Alcohol Ink Art Society.

I share tips, materials and techniques for working with Alcohol Ink and resists to create lucious designs like the one above.   

This is an exclusive resource for members of the Alcohol Ink Art Society!   JOIN TODAY to review this and many wonderful alcohol ink painting lessons resources!  I am very honored to be among the talented contributors. I didn't realize how much you can do with alcohol inks!!

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Mmmmm....Good Coffee

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Today I'm sharing my love of good coffee in an illustration. I like my coffee 'like cake' (as Pastor Miller says) - let's put some real cream and some real sugar in it!  But then... my blood pressure says, hey you better put some Stevia and almond milk in there instead - and I say, ok.  It still tastes good and I enjoy it!

 

Shout Out:  Jane Davenports' neutrals palette is great for coffee! AND her new travel paint brush is fabulous!  SkillShare class with Mariya Popandopulo.😀☕🎨

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The Art of Urban Sketching

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Have you heard of it?!  There's a book and I have a copy! I am so inspired by looking at all the drawings from around the world.  Recently, I joined SkillShare and found a class on it and of course I had to take it. :) This is my homework!

 

 

 Shout Out: SkillShare class by Julia Henze

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Embracing Fall

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Today I am embracing the beautiful colors of fall in this 5" x 7" scene. 

 

 Shout Out: Inspired by a youtube video I saw painting with Jane.

 

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Still Stuck...on Watercolors and Organizing

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I have now found a better way to organize the rest of my Twinks - the ones that did not fit in full pans. :) 

I was watching Youtube videos on art and storage as I sometimes (ok, a lot!) do, when I saw a video using a cutting board from the Dollar Store to adhere Twink jars too.

I went looking for clear and I found these cute square ones.  I glued the jars directly to the board. I wanted clear so that I can see the names of the colors.  I made color charts with a line of black gesso and cleaned my brush off on pages in my journal - a cool spread and a warm spread.  I really dig the vibrant background pages in my Jane Davenport small art journal.

 

 Shout Out: I got the idea from Yva's video on Twink storage.

 #trenabrannonart #twinklingh2o #twinklingh2os #organization #watercolor

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Coloring, Fashion and Organizing Twinkling H2Os

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Lately, I've been hooked on watercoloring! I had a coupon and picked up Jane's watercolors and ohhhhh ... such luciousness (which I do not think is a 'word,' but fits)!  I drew the images with a Copic multiliner and then filled in with color - my favorite part!

 

I recently saw that ColourArte's Twinkling H2Os will be available in a new formula packaged in watercolor pans. I thought that is a great way to organize them and decided to put all my current small pots into full pans. Well, first I tried half pans - they didn't fit, so I had to go full size. :)  I spirtzed them with water and let them sit until they softened and I could transfer them to the pans. Some took longer to soften than others.  I put the pans in the tin that I my QOR watercolors came in. The tin fits 63 full pans perfectly.  A small piece of self-adhesive magnet on the bottom of each one helps to hold it in place. Saw that tip on one of the many, many... many helpful youtube videos I've seen. 

 

The color chart I made has a thin line of black gesso. I wanted to capture how the H2Os look over black as well as show opacity. On the front of the tin, I dabbed white gesso. After it dried completely, I added the letters with  Pitt Pens.

 Shout Out: Jane Davenport and  JamesLukeBurke Creative for their inspiration, teaching, and encouragement to artists of all levels!

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