live oak

Worked on another live oak with alcohol inks on yupo.

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There is nothing better in the studio than to make a new color chart with some kind of art supply.

Today it was alcohol ink! A little upset about all the duplicate colors I have. JoAnn's ripped me off big time....I ordered all the colors and instead of saying they didn't have that certain one they sent me 3 sailboat blue instead of three different blues. So I have eight colors that are duplicates and a much smaller pallet of colors to choose from.  I should have paid more attention to my package when I received them.

Stopped at Hobby Lobby and got six colors I didn't have. Hoping to find a Mississippi green in there somewhere! The color chart most definitely will help.

Alcohol ink live oak

 I am not satisfied with my last live oak on Yupo so going to try a couple more times. I drew my stencil with hot glue using past sketches and photos of the wonderful oaks of south Mississippi.

I did this one upside down to turn off my left brain. Will work on inking them up another time, but for now check out this O.C.D. battery storage! Makes me so happy. We have a million batteries and this is GOOD!

I cannot tell you how happy these shelves make me. Ha.

 

I want this bench so BAD! Love the chili peppers for fall color too.

Still beautiful

I became obsessed with my zinnia's last summer, even after they had faded they were still beautiful and I had to take many pictures of them before I could bear to throw them away.

Micky Jackson Pollock

Played around with alcohol inks and clear labels. There are some buttons die cut around the edge. Going to make a greeting card with it.

Puppy play

 I love his "Elvis" bangs. I leave them long just for a sweet reminder of the king.

Riki would rather keep playing, instead I stopped so I can blog about these cards I put together last night. Cut a random transparency with alcohol ink and glued it to white cardstock with vellum tape. I made one for my Valentine and one for his mother. So dreamy looking.

In the studio on a winter's night

 1980's

live oak

Using this glue stencil for the mask I dripped alcohol inks on yupo paper.

I used way too much ink for this and not the right colors but I love how it turned out! 

Alcohol inks

I am drunk on these alcohol inks! Reminds me of the old days when I did drink alcohol, I never know when to stop! Lucky these aren't giving me a hangover and I am having so much fun with them!

 I found my notes from a few years ago to remind myself to make a live oak stencil with hot glue technique.

Pulled out all my original stencils to work with tomorrow on yupo. So fun! Just like when gelli printing, I'm stuck on perfecting the peacock design. Mother nature is the best and most inspiring artist I know.

I'm glad to find another use for my gelli printing supplies because I have a gazillion of them.

In process

Found these cool drawings I did on Yupo with the elegant writer back in the good ole Paula days.

 Watercolor in process.

 These are not so great...worked on transparencies today and used WAY too much!