Thursday, May 18, 2017

Thursday Thistle

4x6 alcohol inks on professional photo paper done today using three ink colors by Tim Holtz:  Willow, Raspberry, and purple amethyst.  As you can see, the purple separated into pink when the pale Willow touched it and even bluer tones also.  I used canned air with this one.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

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2 comments:

Carol Schiff Daily Painting said...

Your alcohol ink works are quite lovely and interesting. Love the colors.

May 19, 2017 at 7:32 AM
Kay Smith said...

Thank you Carol. Your work is lovely, too!

May 19, 2017 at 6:50 PM

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