OK. So I took an alcohol ink work that I did on Yupo that started out like this:
But I missed the “quin gold” of the original watercolor. Since the middle was alcohol ink, I could paint over it with watercolor without bleeding. So I tried a graduated wash with the quin-gold bleeding into lemon yellow. It might not have worked but if it didn’t, I can just wash out the watercolor paint. What do you think?
Then I got more serious with the inks and did a couple of abstracts.
These are fun. It’s interesting to get some of these effects on purpose. You can imagine many different things in these.
These look like a lot of fun. I love the textures you get. I can't decide about the first one. I like the subtle background color blends and contrast before adding the saturated gold. There's a different feel to the second one and I don't know which I prefer. I'm leaning toward the first one, actually. These would be good to exhibit together as part of a series.
ReplyDeleteI like the first one too, so I’ll clean it up. The last one is boring so I’m going to add some more alcohol and see if I can make it better.
DeleteNot sure I understand what you are doing, but I like #1 and 3 best. The yellow wash in #2 mutes all the sharpness in the first painting. Yet the depth of the colors in #3 really makes that image sing.
ReplyDeleteI’m just trying to gain some control. I’d like to be able to duplicate some of the techniques I’ve seen or discovered.
DeleteWell whenever you make a change you gain something and you lose something, but I believe more is almost always better than less so I go with the quin gold. I like the first abstract but the parts of the second are not working together.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct sir. Fixing it now.
DeleteOh, and could we get the dimensions of the paintings because we likely will never get to see them in person.
ReplyDelete14 X 12 on Yupo
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