Blackbeard

8x8 alcohol inks on paper done today after a beginning pour of inks using three different browns for his beard.  An imaginary fellow, I did lots of negative painting here using only cotton swabs tipped applicators dipped in 91% alcohol.  Lines were made of a swab tip that had ink on it, used like a pencil.  Lastly, black ink was put on top of browns in foreground of this abstract portrait and mixed using blending solution. I gave him a ginger mustache for a bit of color variety. This is titled after the notorious English pirate Blackbeard. Some of these techniques will be taught at my September 16 all day ink class in studio. 
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