Poppy in alcohol inks

While waiting for my new supply of alcohol inks and Yupo paper, I created this lovely poppy. The size of the painting is 7" x 7". I started with orange ink to create the poppy, followed with yellow ink to create the individual petals of the flower. A blob of denim and eggplant in the middle. The background is made with several greens and stream, washed down with solution. The background was tooooo bright :-) but now it looks perfect.

For sale in my Etsy shop!

Ready for opening night!

Yesterday evening my sister helped me with getting ready for the local annual art show starting tonight. We had a great evening, sorting all the paintings and hanging them on my 4 meter space. Lots of paintings, but I like how the wall turned out. I am ready for the opening, tonight at 8pm!

If you are interested (and live nearby) the art show is at the WVT in Bilthoven, from December 18, 2013 to January 2, 2014. With opening hours every day (even on Christmas). There is lots to see, paintings, sculptures, ceramic, jewellery, etc.

Painting in alcohol inks

Last year I was part of a local art show during the last 2 weeks of the year. This year I have enrolled again and hopefully I will get the chance to participate again. Last year I showed a lot of Mixed Media Paintings and this year I want to show alcohol ink paintings and watercolor and pen paintings . Fingers crossed that they will pick me again ;-).

In preparation for the show I created a new alcohol ink painting on Yupo paper. The size of the painting is A4, 20 x 29 cms, about 8" x 11". It will look great when it is matted and framed!

Time to start thinking about Christmas presents!

The days get shorter, the nights get longer and summer is slowly becoming a lovely memory. Fall is already here! And Christmas is approaching fast. Time to start thinking about Christmas presents.

I have some lovely creations in my Etsy shop that make really great Christmas presents. What about a alcohol ink painting of a poppy. Painted on Yupo paper and ready to be matted and framed.

Orange poppy alcohol ink painting

Or a vintage looking mixed media collage with Frida Kahlo? Ready to be framed!

Frida Kahlo mixed media collage

Or a ACEO made from polymer clay?

Polymer clay ACEO

All these examples are USD 12.50 or USD 15.00. Lovely presents for a small price! Take a look in my Etsy shop. If you send me a message when you are checking out and let me know that you are a reader of my blog, I will send you a lovely present with your purchase.

And more flowers in alcohol ink

This week I have been working on some more flowers in alcohol ink. I love blue flowers but had some problems with the background. It was too messy, then too dark, and now I am ok with it. Love the orange and blue combination.

Poppies in alcohol ink and flamingos in watercolor :-)

My sister came for dinner yesterday and after dessert we decided to play some more with the alcohol inks. My sister is more of a mandala/zentangle/doodle kind of person, I am more a painter. But we both love working with alcohol inks!

I made painted a few poppies. With two of them I created lovely note / greeting cards. These are for sale in my Etsy Shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/Kitty69

And I painted flamingos in watercolor for the WDE (Weekend Drawing Event) on WetCanvas. I just love flamingos and the reference photo really caught my interest. The size is 9" x 12".