Alcohol Ink Art Conference Fall 2020 Early Bird Special

EXCITING NEWS!

The Alcohol Ink Fall 2020 Conference is coming in August and once again I am honored to be a contributor.

 Early Bird sign up now- 8/10/20.

Watch the Video here: https://youtu.be/8Osl8hZGV4A

Peacock Feathers New Quick Demo Video

I believe EVERYONE should try Alcohol Inks at least once in there lives, so I really enjoy sharing as much FREE content as I can for you! Really wish I could afford to give it all away, but ....well let's be honest, I wouldn't have enough to keep creating all of these videos and those supplies have to be purchased somewhere (why can't those be FREE ;)  So I really appreciate all of your fantastic comments, support, and Likes - they keep me going! I want you to know that I try to read everyone of them. 

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I created the Peacock painting above in early 2014, and it's still one of my personal favorites from my alcohol ink collection. The original sold right away, but I did remember to make prints of it before I shipped it out. I'm  honored to say it's one of my top selling prints and top Pinned posts from my Pinterest page, along with Mr. Blue Lobster . 

So today I thought I would show you how I created a little piece of the background (little feather circles). The original painting is more organic looking and I love the randomness of the circles, but I'll show you how to control them a bit more in the video ----> Link Below

If you haven't tried one of my online Alcohol Ink Course's you can find a Material List Video for my classes as well as I've added some online links below for you.

First I started with a wet background using Cloudy Blue and added the Lake Mist with a small detail brush. I created some feathery lines for the first layer then let that dry.

Then added a drop of Citrus and tilted my paper to spread out the inks, then added a drop of eggplant, and finally a drop of Pool Blue. 

Watch it below or If you click on this link ----->  Peacock Feathers Quick Demo Video  it will take you to my You Tube Channel which has now 60 videos! (Make sure click the Red "Subscribe" Button to see more videos in the works!) It would be great if you would click that little thumbs up LIKE Button or Share the video! 

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 Basic Alcohol Ink Materials List and a few Online Links:

• Ranger Alcohol Ink 
• Yupo Paper: 
• Backer Board 
• Mat 
• Brushes 
• 91% Isoproply Alcohol 
• Blending Solution or Try (Home Made Blending Solution)
• 2 small containers for Alcohol
• Mixing Tray
• Black Sharpie
• Kamar Varnish (Sealer) 
• UV Spray (Helps reduce color fading)
• Paper Towels
• Apron
• Gloves

I am also one of the founding contributors for the Alcohol Ink Art Community - JOIN us for loads of Information about Alcohol Ink!

Stop by and say hello on Instagram and Facebook and don't forget if you try any of these techniques we would love to see them - you can post them using #kcfacourse ( and I"ll look for you). :) 

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~Kellie

Maine Puffin Demo Video

​Hope your July is going well - I've been busy at the Portland International Jetport with 2 day's a week -   Art Exhibits,  and completing daily paintings, but I did mange to post a few new FREE demo videos for you! 

FREE DEMO VIDEO​~ Watch me paint a Maine Puffin with Alcohol Inks.

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Hope you enjoy! Please feel free to give them a try on your own - and send me your results or share them on my Facebook​​ and Instagram​​ page!

Happy Painting!!

Kellie Chasse

kelliechasse@gmail.com

Eiffel Tower - Commission Alcohol Ink Painting on Tile

A friend of mine from High School sent me a message on facebook the other day - she had seen one of my tiles and wanted to know if I could paint something special for her daughter's room. I was excited to start!

Her decor had shades of pinks, purples, and black so she wanted to have something painted with those colors in mind along with the Eiffel Tower. She loved the background I had done on one of my dragonfly tiles so I tried to duplicate it as close as I could!

The first go around was just with the tower, but it looked a bit lonely so after a bit of back and forth emails and a bit of research online we decided to add the moon, stars and a few trees in front!

We had a winner - she loved it....so I was off to the next step of varnishing and sealing the tile when disaster struck! I'm still not sure how this happens sometimes....but the sealing process on occassion will do funny things and it ruined the top right hand color in the tile. I was so upset!!

I tried to re-work it, but with inks that isn't something you can really do with the background once it's dried. The inks will re-activate and it changes the whole look!
 

 So I started over...... here is the finished result (all sealed and ready to go).

Heard A Saying That Struck A Chord

"Fear is only temporary but Regret will last forever".  

I Heard this saying and it really struck a chord with me.... it must be the Alcohol ink paintings that brought back some old fears in me.

As artist's that first step is a hard one. Thoughts bombard you.... Is it good enough, will people like it, should I show anyone? These are all questions that go through our mind.

Three years ago, in December of 2011 I decided to take a leap of faith with my Art and listed my first piece on Ebay. It seems sad to say that it was easier to put my work out there to strangers rather than my friends for fear of being rejected.

To my pleasant surprise the first piece sold...and then another...and another.  I added my work to Daily Paint Works  in 2012, and decided to have some prints made online at Society6 and Fine Art America.

In early 2013 I got up the nerve to Exhibit my work at Starbucks, Cooks Lobster House and The Highlands. Then in October I added items to my etsy store and started to explore Alcohol Inks and began having cards made by a local printers so that I could attend my first craft fair.

During December we lost our 16 year old lab so working on Pet Portraits  this past holiday season was very special to me. They really took off once I posted my first one on facebook! I ended up painting seven of them in less than 2 weeks!


So not meaning sound like I'm tooting my horn, but I guess it made me think....that over all it's been quite the scary yet a super fun journey over the past 2 years...Thinking back, I can't imagine if I had let fear win!

SOLD - Day 24 "Renewal" Peacock

"RENEWAL"

 

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SOLD
Prints are available HERE

I tried for a more realistic looking Peacock this time! I really like how this one turned out. Somehow I  managed to keep my style a little loose but with some details in the face.

This time I used a pencil instead of an ink pen to draw  out the basic shape of the peacock bird. I learned on my last piece that the pen ink will run when the alcohol touches it....should have seen that one coming!

You may also be wondering what all the paint dots are underneath the bird. I made myself a ink chart. This is a great way to help determine your color choices! I can see them laid out in front of me before I drop them onto the Yupo paper. 

The colors are not exactly as they are on the labels. Well, they may have started that way but inks are messy and before long most of the labels are covered with ink making it hard to tell! Before I would pick up any old blue and go with it!

I started out by painting the background first, then added the layers of color over once it dried.

I'm still planning on doing a video demo in February....so if you have never tried AI you can see a few tips that I've learned from trial and error.

Stop on over to my Kellie Lynn Art Facebook Fan Page - would love to have you as a FAN!

Day 22 - "GO BOLD" Alcohol Ink

I'm back from my Florida vacation today!
I worked really hard to get all my 30 day paintings done and blogged before I left so I could just relax on the beach!

This one was really fun to paint with Alcohol inks!
I saw a video online when I was on my Ipad showing a peacock.... now I can't find the link (really need to write this stuff down)! If anyone knows which one I'm talking about, please let me know and I'll add the link here. :)

This one isn't for sale....just a demo!

HBS Elementary School Craft Fair in Brunswick Maine on Novemeber 9th from 9-4!

 

I'll be holding a drawing for an ORIGINAL INK ON YUPO - so make sure if you are close by that you stop on over to see me and I'll put your name into the Raffle!

Here are a few more items I'll have on hand!

 I'll have original Art work - Inks on Yupo similar to the one above!

 Boxes and single cards

 Hand Painted Original Watercolor Bookmarks

Hand Painted Ornaments

Prints and more!

Hope to see you there :)