20 Projects for Alcohol Inks

Using your creativity and the vibrant medium of alcohol inks, create these 20 beautiful representational paintings. With a broad range of painting subjects including florals, animals, landscapes, and more, 20 Projects for Alcohol Inks demonstrate a variety of approaches to alcohol ink painting to inspire and ignite creativity.

Learn one of Karen’s favourite techniques for highlighting both the inkiness of the alcohol inks and the subjects, which seamlessly emerge from the background by creating a painting of a Bird of Paradise. The flower will lift from an inky abstract background.

Explore how to capture the rambling feel of a cottage garden, small highlights of the flowers are masked, leaving the majority of the painting to be lifted out of the randomly coloured background.

Create a fun and colourful painting of a Confetti Peacock that features dynamic ink flow for the background, lifting for the head and body, and dotted colour via the brush for the tail. The dabbing technique for the tail would also work well for trees!

Lion is all about fur and textures. Discover how to use four techniques for fur: brush and alcohol, brush and ink, markers, and fine-tipped pens. The trick is integrating the precision of fur with the inkiness of the remainder of the piece.

Step-by-step photos make each project a learning opportunity. The projects are arranged to build skills and practice specific basic techniques. Be inspired by 352 colour images. For experienced artists and those just beginning to explore art and alcohol inks, these are time-tested methods for working with this mesmerizing and unpredictable medium. Learn ink flow, texturing, lifting, and masking, which are used to control the ink while maintaining exciting vibrancy, fluidity, and spontaneity. Loosen up your painting and discover the joy and passion of alcohol inks!

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing; Illustrated edition (1 February 2019)
ISBN: 978-0764356469