Purple Parrot Tulip Explosion

8x10 alcohol inks on white freezer paper done last week using only one color for the flower and one for the stem in a limited palette.
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Windtorn Tulip

9.5x15 alcohol inks on paper done this afternoon.  Working in layers, I first applied alcohol 91% sprayed on paper, thenWillow followed by Sunbright Yellow.  Watermelon was next with more yellow, blowing air to make petal shapes.  For the stem I put down Willow then Lettuce on top of that.  Overall mixing done with canned air and a large drinking straw.
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Indigo Inspiration

9x12 alcohol inks on Yupo done today, an imaginary flower of many layers and mysteries.  I love the abstract quality of this contemporary bloom and all its tiny worlds hidden within.
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Almost Spring Tulip

7.5x5 alcohol inks on white freezer paper using only 2-3 colors of ink, done as one of the demos Thursday night in Fredericksburg, TX.
I put the light colored background on first then the warm red/pink and blowing the ink from the flower base up and out.  This gave it the tulip shape.  Lastly the stem was added using a cotton swab and a dark green.  This exercise took about 5 minutes for the Die Kunstler Von Fredericksburg (translation:  The Artists of Fredericksburg) art group.
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Buffalo Gap Tulip demo ~ day 14 of 30 paintings in 30 days challenge

5x7 alcohol inks on Yupo synthetic paper, today's first demo of three, for Abilene's Cultural Arts Center. The art organization meets in the old historic Buffalo Gap, Texas village.  This one is also day 14 of Leslie Saeta's 30 day challenge she hosts each January and September internationally.  With this abstract tulip I left the background the white of the paper.  A limited palette was used:  Watermelon, Sunbright Yellow, and Stream.  Stay tuned next couple of days for the other demo pieces and an upcoming all day class on alcohol inks is TBA in Ballinger, TX, hosted by Mid-West Texas Artists Guild.
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Tulip Fire ~ day 4 of 30 paintings in 30 days

4.5x8.5 alcohol inks on white freezer paper, an abstract tulip shape that took a delightful turn for my daily painting efforts. This is for day number four of Leslie Saeta's biannual monthly challenge in which artists across the globe pledge to create one per day.  No problem for me, a daily painter anyway! I really liked how the ink separated within the petals here.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.