Petunia Performance

6x4 alcohol inks on glossy photo paper done recently, an imaginary abstract petunia using two colors of blue and flamingo pink, along with Lettuce for its stem.
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Floral Glow

4x6 alcohol ink on professional photo paper done recently as a quickie demo.  I love the hot red at the base of the flower, then orange-red, followed by hot pink.  Green is made with the color Lettuce and is very natural appearing.
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Poppy Perfume

5x4 alcohol inks on photo paper done a few days ago when I was actually working with yellow, gold, pale green and orange abstract and got this design that looked more like a poppy. 
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#InkTober day 31 ~ Orange Tiger Lilies (faux batik)

9x12 alcohol inks on waxed paper done today for the final work during this month's #InkTober.  Tracing one of my earlier florals with black felt tip pen on top of crumpled substrate (with drawing on white paper underneath), I put in yellows and mixed oranges using Pinata brand alcohol inks.  The blue sky was done first with large synthetic brush after mixing blues and greens.  Since these inks dry immediately I was able to start on the petals.  Lastly, the work will be adhered to white archival art paper then spray varnish protectant applied.  October was a fun challenge to do one ink piece per day!
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#InkTober day 16 ~ Classy Poppies alcohol inks

7x11 alcohol inks on Yupo finished today, an abstract floral for day 16 of #InkTober.  Look closely and you can see smaller blooms just budding out.  We are halfway thru the month of October now!
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Abstract Flowers ~ #InkTober 3rd day

7x11 alcohol inks on Yupo, posted for the third day of #InkTober challenge in which artists commit to doing one work per day using various inks.  Here I have spritzed 91% alcohol onto the support then dropped mostly cool colors of blues and greens to form petals. Centers are a purple which look blue or pink depending upon what color was underneath.  Pinata inks used here.
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Frilly Poppy ~ alcohol inks

7.5x5.75 alcohol inks on gessoed matboard, another experiment with inks on a different support.  First I dribbled a line of rubbing alcohol 50% vertically for the stem then put lime green ink at tip of chopstick to control the flow.  Next I "drew" left side of poppy petals with spray mister stem, taken out of its bottle, dipping back and forth to provide a path for the inks.  Using Sangria, Magenta, and Santa Fe reds along with small amount of  Sunbright yellow I dotted the inside of the flower.  Also used a plastic dropper to put in tiny amounts of alcohol here and there.  The inks dry very fast so lastly I used sapphire blue, a dark hue, for the poppy centre.
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