[13] Real-time Abstract Alcohol Ink Art Tutorial (using only one color)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2019
- Real-time wispy, abstract tutorial using Grafix opaque white craft plastic and Ranger alcohol ink color denim. For the air source, I use a Revlon styling brush hair dryer (on the cool setting) with the brush attachment removed.
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I’m absolutely in love with the craft plastic! I blame Myriam for that. 🥰
It is one of my favorite substrates to paint on. Myriam is usually spot-on when she recommends an art supply. She is one talented artist!💜💜
@@LorrieBrewer I agree! I’m wanting to get it in black, so far it is backordered.
The black works just as great! I got some a few months ago to try and loved it! 💜💜
@@LorrieBrewer I’ve got it in my wish list on Amazon! I hope it comes back in stock soon!
Super beautiful!!!!! I love the little bird too:))))
That is so beautiful and inspiring, can't wait to try my new inks!
Stunning and very inspiring 👏🏾♥️
I find this particular video extremely helpful!! You are a doll for showing the process from beginning to end. Keep at it, you're only getting better!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for the compliment! 😊💜
Beautiful...like a walk on the clouds!
Beautiful. This is a new media for me so I am enjoying your videos.
😊 I hope you are finding all the information you need! Thank you for watching! 💜
Stunning!!!
Thank you!! I really appreciate that! 💜💜
You are a marvellous teacher! Thanks Lorrie ❤️
I am in love with your work to the point I have tears in my eyes... I cannot wait to get my inks and paper delivered and try it out
Love it! Thanks for sharing your skills!
Loved the video as well as the many shades of Denim.
Stunning
I love this
Beautiful!!
Beautiful!!!💙
Thank you!! I really appreciate the compliment! 💜💜
Great tutorial Lorrie, thanks it helps x
Very helpful and beautiful!
This is so beautiful, looks like a flower, amazing ❤️
💜 Thank you so much 😊!
You are a great artist and seems you are also a fantastic grandma. I appreciate your time that you share with me teaching your alcohol ink talent.
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment! I really appreciate it!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
Love it as usual! Just stunning.
Thank you! I really appreciate you watching! 😀
Fantastic piece...I'm always surprised at the color mixture in the ranger alcohol inks. I also just got the grafix paper and I love it. Once I'm done with my yupo paper I wont buy anymore. Just the grafix from now on. Its by far the best and much cheaper. Thank you for this video!
Thank you! I am probably sticking with the Grafix for now, as well. I can’t justify the price difference for yupo when the other works just as well, and better in some ways lol.
Gorgeous!
😃 Thank you so much! 💜💜
Beautiful!
Thank you so much!
So awesomely GORGEOUS.
😊 Thank you so much! 💜💜
Great movement and dimension! Love you demo!
Thank you!
This is fire!!!! 🔥🔥🔥 looks like clouds ❤️
😊 💜💜
Very beautiful.
😊 Thank you! Maybe I should do another one sort of like this. I haven’t in a long time. 💜💜
Absolutely beautiful🥰 I can't imagine anyone not liking your work. I have learned so much from your tutorials. You definitely have the knack for getting that wispy scarf transparency.... Maybe someday I'll get that flow going. Till then I can't wait for your next video thank you so much for doing this...
Kata Kontos 💜 Thank you for the lovely compliment! As long as you keep practicing, I know you’ll get it before you know it! 😃💜💜
Really enjoy your videos (and your fondness for your granddaughers). Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I look forward to also seeing your granddaughter's video some day.
Bonita Peterson 😃 Thank you so much! These girls help keep me young at heart (or else they are aging me prematurely on some days 😂) and I love them dearly! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment! By the way, one of my granddaughters, Zoey, has a video on my channel now showing how to stamp alcohol inks on glass. I can’t get Maddi to do one yet. She’s the free spirit wild child, but is very uncomfortable being the center of attention unless it’s all family and close friends. Then you can’t keep her from being the center of attention lol. 💜💜
I really enjoy your videos and how you explain the details of what you are doing and what you hope to do. Being new to this medium, I was wondering what you used to sign your work. Thank you again.
Beautiful ❤️
Thank you! 😊 I really appreciate the compliment! 💜💜
Gorgeous 😍
😊 Thank you! 💜💜
I absolutely love this piece. Had to buy some denim ink to give this a try. Thanks for the tutorial.
Creative Heart Designs 😃 Thank you so much! Denim is a fun color to play with! Thank you for watching! 💜💜
I love watching your videos, your work is beautiful!
Thank you so much for the lovely compliment! 💜💜
I enjoyed this, thanks. It was very relaxing to watch you do this painting, it turned out beautifully!
Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed the video and liked the painting!
Love love love
💜 Thank you so much! Ones like this are great practice for learning to control the ink a little bit, plus they’re pretty, too lol. 😃💜
This is really lovely. And I’m looking forward to watching your budding artist show us her coraly ink art. Little girls rock!
Sometimes, people just give thumbs down because it’s just not their taste. Nothing personal. They should just keep their taste to themselves but hey... we don’t all have brains. 😆
Vanina Rodel 💜 Thank you so much for those comments! Lol I just wish people would let me know what they disliked about them so much that they felt the need to give thumbs down. It pretty much rolls off my back other than that, but it’s much harder on 9 or 10 year olds who put themselves out there snd were proud of their work and then feel like they got slapped down. My younger granddaughter refuses to even do anything on video after she saw her sister get a couple of thumbs down. Maybe I can get the older one, Zoey, to do another one day soon! 💜💜
Simply magnifique 👌👌👌
Hi Lorrie I like this tutorial...this is the type of look that I am trying to achieve. I haven 't seen any others yet of what you have done but as I am subscribed now I will certainly go back & look...you have a nice voice with a good undulating pitch, it's not rushed or drawn out, so keep it up...I'm in ! Just wish we had more access here in Australia to the types of supplies you guys get over there....I'll be looking for that craft paper.
Your work is so pretty! I appreciate your insight and training. I look forward to one day to be able to try using alcohol inks.🤗
😊 Thank you so much! I hope you are finding all the information you need to be able to start your own journey! 💜💜
I'm planning on trying them tomorrow on the Grafix and then Yupo.
Another gorgeous artwork. I love your commentaries, you are so ‘real’. I haven’t started with alcohol inks yet, been doing resin, but you are my inspiration!
Thank you so much! Lol I can’t be anything other than just me, so that’s what you get in my videos 😃. I am getting ready to start playing with resin a little bit sometime soon. I have some resin, resin tints, and mica powders ready to go. And my husband bought me one of those tumbler turner things for Christmas thinking I might use it for inking cups, so I can try resin on a tumbler now, too. I just have to find time to do it! If you have any videos you’ve done of any type of resin work let me know! I need all the help I can get lol.
@@LorrieBrewer I reckon if you can do alcohol ink you can do resin. I have been adding resin to serving boards, so much fun. Just need to move faster than with inks. Lots of youtube vids about using resin. I have been using artresin
Art Resin is what I have, too. Maybe I’ll try to do a video on it one of these days if I ever get enough practice to be decent. Or I could just give everyone a few good laughs and let you all watch me make a mess of things lol. I’ve been watching some videos on resin art of all kinds and on acrylic pouring. One or both may show up here on my channel soon, but alcohol inks will always be my true art love! Thank you so much for your support 😃
Hello there Lorrie. This is the first time I have seen your work, however, I will see if I can track your name so I will look forward to seeing your beautiful art work. I am a beginner with Alcohol Ink. At the moment Melbourne in Australia is waiting for a ship container of Ink to arrive in Port!! . Thankyou for your time. I love your work. From Marlene
Thank you 😊! I always enjoy knowing my videos are helping someone! 🌸
Beautiful and interesting how the you got different hues from just using one color
💜 Thank you! Some of the Ranger inks are amazing for being able to get different shades as you spread them out farther. It’s a lot of fun to play with them to see what you do. 😃💜
Hi Lorrie - I absolutely Loved watching to paint with the alcohol ink. I'm trying to learn the right technique and this tutorial was so very helpful. This came out so lovely. I will definitely lcontinue to look for you more and more!
Maeve Garcia Thank you so much 😊! I am glad you enjoyed the video. If you are just starting out you should watch my frequently asked questions tutorial. I try to do a little more in depth explaining instead of doing a whole painting. I am always happy to answer any questions that I can, so feel free to ask! Thank you for watching 😃!
@@LorrieBrewer Thanks for being so kind and helpful. I may have a few questions down the line for you. Grateful for your help.
Just ask if you need some help! 😃
Trying for the first time right along with you and my new Tresemme 300w blower on reverse of Canon photo paper - great except for the Canon logo all over it!! Trying to cover it with the ink. Found the cheaper non-branded stuff difficult - inks and alcohol were drying really quickly. It actually doesn't look too bad!!! Miracle! Has inspired me to keep on trying! Thank you. You're amazing!
😊 Thank you! I am glad you are using the Canon, even with the watermark. It still makes for excellent, less expensive paper to practice on. I hope the Tresemme dryer is working good for you. 💜💜
I'm the first one to give you a thumbs up 😊Very nice, Lorrie, really nothing to say here except great job! It's a real wispy technique. I wish I would feel better to be happier but I'm not. Very tired and I wish to see the day I actually am able to start this. Talk to you soon I hope. LOVE IT!
Thank you, Judith! I do hope you feel well enough to start painting soon. I’m looking forward to seeing what you can do! 💜
thats really pretty. Im just gathering supplies right now so im watching many videos.looking forward to trying esp after watching your videos
Rainfeather1 Thank you! You definitely should try it 😃. You can get some beautiful results with alcohol inks! Let me know if you have any questions once you get started and I’ll help if I can 😃!
@@LorrieBrewer thank you and I definitely will be back
You are fantastic
💜 Thank you! 😃
I love this one, it's absolutely beautiful.....now if I can come close, lol, thanks so much!
Thanks so much. Great teaching. I hope you will video your grand daughter.
Thank you! Lol She begs constantly to do another video. She did one that’s on my channel on dabbing ink on a vase and loved it. After she got a couple of 👎 though she stopped asking for a while. As a loving grandmother, I had some very uncharitable thoughts about that and I wasn’t too anxious for her to deal with that again. She’s totally over it now and like I said, back to begging to do another one lol. Maybe sometime soon since we can’t get out any! 💜💜
Its beautiful. I've just started my journey with alcohol ink and I find that I use way to much blending solution. I guess practice makes perfect. I love this look and I think I might have that dryer. Its a curler dryer. Thank you for sharing 💗
Thank you! If you haven't tried it yet, you might want to try isopropyl alcohol instead of the blending solution. I prefer the alcohol as it's not as thick and doesn't leave gummy areas where the ink and blending solution do when they build up too thick. It's much, much cheaper, too! Be sure you get 91% or higher (preferably higher if you can find it) so you won't have as much trouble with moisture beads forming on your surface. Thank you for taking the time to watch and to comment! 💜😊
@@LorrieBrewer thanks Lorries. I live in Ireland and the only place I can by alcohol is in the Chemist / Pharmacy it is so very expensive here and yes the blending solution is also expensive. I have a sister in Florida and I know when I visit they sell the alcohol in I think Walmart's for very cheap. Wish I could get it but until all the travel restrictions are over I'm stuck here. We were meant to visit last November but had to cancel cause of Covid but please god as soon as all this madness ends I'll be on that flight and will be sticking my suitcase with it lol 😆. Thanks so much for your advice. I might buy some anyway just to try. We are in total lockdown here again and I feel this will never end. Stay safe 💖
Thanks Lorrie.........I'll keep at it. I did find that if I used the Pinata Inks, I needed to use their Claro. I'mm going to try your suggestions today. I'm also going to do some experimenting with the Dick Blick refills. They are different also.....
I haven’t tried the Dick Blick. Let me know what you think 😃
Love this one, especially since blue is my favorite color! Getting my inks on Monday, so hopefully I can start playing. Just hope I get something that is decent, I bought Yupo paper! 🤣
I hope you don't have too much trouble with the yupo as a beginner. It is trickier to use and get good results from than NARA or Grafix just because of how easily it stains, but that is what I first started on since I hadn't heard of anything else I could use at the time lol. I hope you have a wonderful time learning to use your inks! Just remember to relax and have fun with it and not to be too hard on yourself as you are learning. 💜💜
@@LorrieBrewer Well, I hated the Yupo (because of staining & warping), so now only use the Grafix paper. It’s a whole new experience.
You did a great job , love the video .
Thank you! This is a great style for a beginner or anyone wanting to practice on the wispy AI painting. It's easier to do with just one color, too. Glad you enjoyed it! 😃💜💙
Lorrie Brewer I love the style and want to try it. I only have a hot air gun or airbrush not sure if that will work
An airbrush will work, but I haven’t ever used one, only seen others work that do. A heat gun will dry your alcohol too fast and will warp your yupo or craft plastic. I have tried with a heat gun and it absolutely did not work for me lol. Try doing a search for AI using an airbrush and maybe something will come up. I can’t remember who I’ve seen that used one. I think Lisa Jordan uses one part of the time, but other than that I’m not sure. Most people use an airbrush for AI flowers so I’m sure you can find quite a few videos on that. Janette Vivo does some amazing flowers with hers and some have very soft, wispy petals. You might be able to learn enough from those to paint wispy paintings that aren’t flowers with an airbrush if you wanted to. I’m sorry I can’t be of more help with that! If I run across someone who is doing good tutorials with an airbrush I’ll let you know! 😃
Lorrie Brewer this is great help and thank you so much 🤗
Lorrie Brewer lol I just order the curler dryer from your link again thank you
Absolutely gorgeous, Lorrie!! I have studied your videos over and over. There's a learning curve. Practice, practice, practice. I purchased the Revlon's heat brush, as you have. Purchased the Yupo, Pinata colors, and metallic. I will purchase the paper you are currently using on this beautiful piece. Amazing how just one color can transform itself. I do have a questions:
I have acrylic inks. Can I mix alcohol into them? I finally was able to find 99.9%. And, once finished, what do you recommend to protect your art? I have Liquitex Professional gloss medium vanish you would brush onto your piece.
Would that be suitable? Love you, bunches! God bless you, and your little ones! Liz from Kentucky 🥰👍♥️🎨🌈
ABSOLUTELY love this Lorrie!!! Love that you did it in real time, it really helps a lot! I truly enjoy watching your videos. I started working with alcohol inks about 3 years ago when doing a polymer clay project. After researching about the inks, I gave up the clay and now make cards with the inks. 😊 I took some time off late 2018 after my daughter passed unexpectedly but have recently gotten back into it. My skills have improved quite a bit compared to a couple years ago. I realize the more I watch you, I need to get that hairdryer! I just purchased denim the other day. I haven't worked with it alone yet. Will you do anything with the white background or just leave it? I bought some metallic rub ons which really give a soft subtle look. I forget the woman's last name but Nina somebody used them in her video. Thank you for all your GREAT videos! Sorry this comment was SO long!🤪
😊 I don’t mind long comments when they are nice like yours! It’s the people complaining about my videos that get to me lol. I do just leave the backgrounds white, although I have used a stencil on some or added some gold leaf to some that I felt needed something. Your idea of rub ons would be perfect for those! I know it’s been a while, but I want to say I am very sorry about your daughter’s passing. I hope that your paintings can give you a way to memorialize her that you can truly love doing. 💜💜
@@LorrieBrewer thank you so much for your kind words. I make cards from my paintings and send them to people who are going through difficult trials. It helps me (as I miss my daughter) to help others. I used to show my daughter my artwork when she lived with me. My son lives with me now so he gets to see all my creations.😊 Have a blessed day and be safe.💜
Hi Lorrie! I am loving your tutorials and love the results I am getting. Thank you so much for helping us newbies. I watched your video about attaching the craft plastic to the wood board and doing the resin. Do you have any other videos that go into finishes? I am wanting to varnish and attach to the wood board without a resin? I was going to use the 2 sprays that you recommend (multiple coats) and then attach to the wood using the system described in that same video but without a resin...is that okay?
Thank you for the lovely comment! I don’t generally do videos on finishing out paintings, although I probably should. You certainly can leave off the resin. I just love the way it looks on a painting. Just make sure you use a permanent adhesive that will last. I have started using Liquitex gel medium to attach mine and haven’t had any trouble so far. Some adhesives will not stick to the synthetic papers very good after some time passes. I have also used Mod Podge, but not on any that I haven’t resined. I have seen others that use it without resin, though, so I am assuming it will stay stuck good. I am very happy to hear you are enjoying the videos!
This was so great to see! Im just starting on the wonderful journey of alcohol inks and love how you were able to get such a variety of gradations of color with just one ink! Excellent!
You mentioned if there was something that could be changed in regards to video quality: I don’t know if it’s possible or if this is a new TH-cam thing, but when I put the video in landscape mode to get a better view, it looks like the video was shot in portrait mode so I can’t get a full screen shot of what you are doing. If it is possible, can u shoot the video in landscape to really be able to see the steps ur doing? Other than that loved everything and immediately subscribed! 👍🏽☺️
I can give that a try, but I am no professional videographer lol. You should see my set up to prop my phone to where I can video without it getting in my way 🤪. I will definitely see what I can do to video in landscape mode, though. Thank you for the suggestion!
I appreciate what you have accomplished with your craft! Your work is beautiful and unique. Thank u for taking my suggestion with grace and kindness. Your work is worth watching in portrait mode! Lol
(Would just love to zoom in and get as much detail as possible) Look forward to catching your new videos on the “tube” ☺️
It is very beautiful ! Can you tell me the reference and the power of your hair dryer ? Thanks !
I have started watching alcohol ink video’s. Do you add a resin to these prints and how do you sell these. It looks so much fun! I’m just curious.
beautiful and helpful! do you use the cool setting or the low heat setting?
Thank you! I generally only use the cool setting unless I am trying to dry a portion quickly.
I think you would like Pacon Plastic Art Sheets also. Never stains and easy to wipe off mistakes.
Doris Schmeichel Someone else had also recommended the Pacon to me. I am going to have to give it a try!
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Thank you! 💜💜
Lorrie....I really enjoyed watching your demo and the information you share. This is a technique I'd like to use but I'm not sure what to use for moving the ink. I tried using an old hair dryer of mine and it was a huge fail. I tried using a straw........not enough breath. Canned air is hard to control and the can is cold! So, I was wondering if a heat gun would be a good idea? I've been told to get an airbrush but they are very expensive and I really wanted to keep it simpler. What do you suggest?
I use a curling brush hairdryer that has a cool setting on it. I just took off the brush attachment and I have really liked using it. It’s very easy to hold and has a smaller opening for the air than a regular hairbrush does. I have tried a heat gun, but for me I felt like it dried the ink too quickly. I wanted something with the cool setting so I had a little more time to manipulate the ink without having to add more alcohol. Also, the heavyweight yupo you need to handle that kind of heat is more expensive. I haven’t tried an airbrush, but I have seen good results with them. Some people are using old CPAP machines and liking the way they work since there’s not a high air flow. I’ll put the link to the hair dryer I use down below so you can see exactly what I am using if you want to try something similar. Thank you for watching and I hope you can find something that works good for you 😃!
www.amazon.com/Revlon-Styling-Brush-Soft-Curls/dp/B000PXYAL2
@@LorrieBrewer Thanks for being such a peach, Lorrie! I'll be looking for the brush asap!
Hey Lorrie.....I love your work and I bought the Grafix opaque white. I have been using Pinata for a bit and tried it. I used a can of air and the hair dryer like yours. With both of them I got granular substances from the inks. I tried some Tim Holtz Sunshine yellow and it was okay but the Orange of his had the same results, even when I used a straw. Help, help, help! What am I doing wrong?
I have occasionally had that problem myself. It seems to happen most often if I have used too much ink, then had to use quite a bit of alcohol to thin it out. I think (but I’m no expert here) that it is the ink breaking down some. I’m not sure if it’s from the amount of ink or the amount of alcohol or the combination of too much of both. I lean towards thinking it’s from using too much ink since that’s when I notice it in my own painting. I wish I had a more concrete answer for you! Try using only a drop of ink at a time and see if that helps some. Also, the metallics like piñata brass will cause that graininess if they get overworked. I need to play around a little to see if I can figure out why that happens with no metallic on the painting though. Good luck! I hope you can solve the problem! Lol Let me know if you do 😃
Hello, please advise what the name of the little alcohol bottle and long tip is... I’ve been searching but don’t know what to call it. Love the video.
Here is the amazon link to what I am using 😃
www.amazon.com/Precision-Applicator-Translucent-Quilling-Painting/dp/B07CZ774ZX
Was looking for these on amazon, thanks for the link!!
I believe you're speaking of or using a Conair 2-in-1 Hot Air Curling Combo as shown on Myriam's Channel.
Mine is a Revlon brand, but it’s the same basic thing I think. I haven’t seen the video where she talks about what she is using for an air source so I’m not sure.
Oh Lorrie I so loved this video, I am just so frustrated that I cannot get the Grafix opaque white craft plastic here in the UK.
Thank you 😊! Hopefully someone will be able to start carrying it in the UK soon. It hasn’t been available in the US for very long. I’m sorry I don’t know of any good alternatives that might be available to you! I don’t know anything about what is available in the UK. If you haven’t tried the back side of photo printer paper, that is a much cheaper alternative than yupo. Just make sure you find a brand (usually the cheaper store brands) that doesn’t have a watermark on the back and that you only paint on the backside, not the glossy front. There are other brands of craft plastic that some people have used with success, but I have no idea what they are lol. If you have access to a local art/craft store you might be able to find something that would work just as well. Here in the US a craft store called Michaels sells a plastic craft poster board that some people use and like, but I haven’t tried it personally. Hopefully, you can find something a little cheaper than the yupo 😃
Thanks Lorrie, my daughter and the family lived in the US for six years only coming home last year so I was frequently over. I have several wonderful friends and spent two and a half months last year even though my family were back home. Next week one of my friends is coming to stay, I can't wait. I would ask her to bring some but feel I am asking too much it being so close to her trip. I hope to come over in the Spring so I guess I will have to wait till then. I certainly will give the photo paper a try. I am an egg crafter and today I did this technique on an egg, I sprayed it first with a satin spray and used a straw to direct the flow, Because of the curved surface I used markers to lay down the alcohol colour, it worked well but then I overdid it, Next time I will learn when to stop! x
Patricia Ware lol Not overworking the ink is always a major battle for me 🙂. You will have to bring an extra bag when you come to the US so you can take home lots of craft plastic 😁
Ha, ha, I always do! :-) @@LorrieBrewer
How you protect your paints after you finish it .. did you coat it ?
Yes, I use a few light coats of Krylon Kamar spray varnish, then a few light coats of Krylon UV Archival varnish. You can mount on something and resin if you want to, after the inks are sealed. 💜💜
What setting are you using on the dryer? Is it on cool or the low warm setting?
I usually use the cool setting. I switch it over to warm if I want a section to dry a little quicker.
Can I ask what do you call what this artist grabbed in left hand for the work...?
It is called a needle nosed applicator bottle or sometimes a quilling bottle. I use it to apply the alcohol to the surface I am painting on. You can find them on Amazon fairly cheaply and they work excellent for making sure the alcohol goes where you want it to and in the amount you want it to come out. 🙂
@@LorrieBrewer Thank you so much for your kind answer.
is your dryer on hot temperature ?
No, I use it almost exclusively on the cool setting 😃
@@LorrieBrewer thank you.
Hello pretty! I’m new so I’m binging your videos and have loved the art & explanation. I used your link for this craft plastic and was wondering what the difference is it says new or older version & 1 set looks yellow? And also if you prefer this to yupo? TFS😊
😃 You had me stumped for a few minutes with that question lol. I had to look it up because I didn’t know there was a new version. What it appears is that they are the same thing, it’s just that the new version is yellower and the original is white. I do like this better than yupo most of the time. Either the Grafix or the NARA synthetic art paper are cheaper and don’t stain nearly as bad as yupo does. The NARA comes in several different sizes and in circles, squares, and rectangle, too. I haven’t decided if I prefer NARA or Grafix more. They are both good to me. Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I hope the videos are helping you learn this technique 😃. Always feel free to ask me if you have any questions! I am always happy to help if I can! 😃💜💜
Lorrie Brewer bless your heart for taking the time to research that. Thank you so much. I am learning much f/your videos. I made my first “whispy” a few days ago w/eggplant & a straw & I’m hooked lol. I actually got a dryer b4 all this started so it’s nice to have new toys staying home. I usually do anyway bc I’m paraplegic, but now mom is home too so it will keep me out of her hair😉love & prayers for you & the grand babies. Sincerely-Jamie
MoeJangles 😃 I didn’t mind looking into that for you at all! It’s the type of thing I want to know myself anyway lol. It’s looking more and more like the whole world will be spending quite a bit of time at home for a while! I am glad I had just stocked up on alcohol before the virus really got going outside of China. Since I homeschool, all the school closings and such don’t really effect us (much to my granddaughters’ annoyance 😂), but I would go crazy if I had to completely stop painting lol. Let me know if you have any other questions I can answer for you or if you are having trouble with any particular aspect of this style! Stay in and stay germ free (even if you drive your mom crazy lol), especially if your level of paralysis affects your lungs any. 💜💜
Lorrie Brewer thanks so much for everything. Luckily my paralysis starts about my waist, I do worry about the ones not so fortunate, I wrecked on ice on my way to school almost 17yrs ago but actually I started therapy again about 2 months ago and we all realized I can move some parts of my legs & kick out barely, which is what u need to walk w/braces, so they said I was actually still healing after all these years. I’ve always said it will happen in GOD’S time. Unfortunately it seems I’ll probably have to take a few weeks off f/that also, but that’s also in HIS hands. I’m going to watch u and paint to keep f/worrying. Unfortunately I only have 7 small pieces of yupo. Im gonna have to get creative about substrates until I can order more. I might result to removing light switch plates soon lol. I’m gonna try my first rose ring today with my dryer. We’ll see how it goes. Y’all keep safe up there. Much ♥️from KY💕
MoeJangles First of all - Yay for the Bluegrass State! Lol I was born in Louisville and still have tons of family around Shelbyville and the surrounding areas. We don’t get to visit there often enough! Second - Don’t practice on yupo unless you just have tons of money to spend! The cheapest thing to practice on that is similar, and works just as good, is the back side of glossy inkjet photo paper. My favorite brand for this is Office Depot, but others use Staples brand with lots of success. I have used Kirkland from Costco, but I like the Office Depot better. It feels less “papery” for lack of a better explanation lol. Pretty much any inkjet glossy photo paper that doesn’t have a watermark on the back will work, which means most store brands. HP, Kodak, etc. have watermarks on the back so you can’t use them unless you want them in your painting lol. Be sure you only use the back, non-glossy side though! It will not work on the glossy front. The ink will literally not move on that side. If you want something a little closer to yupo but cheaper, and better than photo paper but a little more expensive, then try either Grafix opaque white craft plastic (get the original unless you want yellowish paper) or NARA synthetic art paper. I love both of them so I don’t really have a favorite. NARA has more options for size and shape, but Grafix is just a little cheaper if you get the larger packs (25 sheets) of it. If you start running low on alcohol you can try a 190 proof liquor like Everclear or something similar to paint with until things get back to normal. I hate the smell of any liquor (makes me feel sick) so I have never tried this, but I am hearing people are having lots of success with it. Praise the Lord for your continued healing! You are so right that it’s all in His hands and in His own time. I know He has a purpose for every single thing that we face in our lives even when we don’t get what we want, or don’t get it when we want it. I will be praying for your continued healing! I can’t imagine what it would mean to you to be able to walk again! By the way, (lol my brain moves too fast so I skip around subjects lol) if you haven’t already looked at her channel check out Katherine Babcock - Artistic Insanity. She is doing a series on alternative surfaces to use alcohol inks on. You can get some great ideas from her and she’s a fantastic woman who is happy to help and answer any questions you might have 😃. Keeping you in my prayers for continued health and healing 🙏! 💜💜
I love, love, love this one and cannot wait to play with my inks. You asked for comments on anything that we do not like. I know I am being extremely picky and anal, but the ONLY thing that I can critique is your use of the term "you guys". I love everything else about your videos and I wish the birdie had stayed longer. Thank you for allowing the grandchild to visit us.
Thank you for the compliments and critique 😃. Lol I’m not sure I can do anything about the “you guys”, but I will try to keep it in mind. Being from the Appalachian mountains terms like that are ingrained pretty deeply in me and it is hard to remember not to use them in today’s more p.c. times. I do hope it isn’t offensive to you or anyone else as it isn’t meant in any type of gender relative term, simply a gender neutral one lol. I am glad you enjoyed the video, though, and hope it helps you some. Alcohol inks are amazing and so much fun! I hope you enjoy your journey with them as much as I have 💜