Alcohol Ink Tiles and water = Bad News!

Thought I would share my little life lesson  - AI Art on tiles!

When I first started painting on glossy tiles with Alcohol inks I would seal them with a few coats of  Krylon varnish and followed up with a few coats of

Krylon UV/moisture resistant spray in hopes that the painting would be protected, and as long as they were used as an art piece (decoration only) they were fine, but here is the BIG "BUT".....

If the tiles are used as a coaster eventually this is what happens!

I have since had little cards made up that state these tiles are for decoration only.

Think about it this way....if you were to have a watercolor or an oil painting...would you put a glass of water or a cup of coffee on it? Nope....

The problem is that most folks see this as a coaster - I know I did! They are the perfect size right!

 I was on a mission to find something that would make the tiles look more like art rather than a coaster. I ran across these adorable little black wooden tile holders and frames from Aftosa!

If you choose to make coasters then I would recommend that you seal them with resin. They give the painting a heavy coat equal to 50 coats of varnish. It's a process - a messy one at that and a bit time consuming.

Resin Sealed Tile - High Gloss

It's a two part process, I was told that the brand Ice Resin dries much quicker than most.

Make sure that the resin is mixed really really well and that you get the sides and the bottom of the cups stirred well. It takes at least 2 mins of stirring to get it to cure correctly otherwise you are left with a sticky unset resin. Mine took at least 24 hours to dry (at 70 Degrees) even though it said 5 hours....so if it's still sticky after 5 don't panic - wait until the next day!

Of course with this new added process - look at adjusting the prices. The resin is expensive and the process adds a lot of time to the creation of the Art piece, but so worth it if it makes your client happy!

You can also check my UV Outdoor test.

Want to try Art Resin yourself - here is the referral link to a few different sized kits.

Art Resin Mini Kit

Art Resin Regular Kit

Art Resin Large Kit

Happy Inking~

Kellie

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Day 9 of 30 in 30 Painting Challenge "FIREWATER"

Facebook info: If you are in your personal account you can tag yourself on a painting and it will then show up on your personal page as well...without having to share. Therefore it's so much easier to follow all the comments, likes and shares! Sometimes it can become confusing if not!

The second thing I learned about facebook today was that it's OK to LIKE your own stuff! Here's a great post I read today by Rick explaining "WHY YOU SHOULD LIKE YOUR OWN FACEBOOK PAGE". 

Funny, whenever my hubby liked any of my paintings online (he's an admin on my art page) it would show up as me liking my own. I was all worried that people would think I was narcissistic! I nagged him a bit and would always click the unlike button when I noticed it. 

But after reading the article....I'm thinking My Marketing Man is Brilliant! :) No more nagging...sorry honey!

"FIREWATER"

To Go Through Fire and Water...has the meaning of experiences difficulties or dangers in order to achieve something Great!
Contemporary Art • Abstract 5x7 Ink Painting • Alcohol Ink on Yupo Paper

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Everyone Loves A Sunset

The snow is coming down outside my window this morning and it's breathtaking, but I'm a total winter windower! Meaning, I don't like to go out in the cold, but rather look at it's frozen beauty from on the other side of the window... from inside my nice and toasty home that is.

The sunset's have been beautiful lately and this ink painting was inspired by the bright red/orange and purple one I saw just the other evening. It was cold and the water behind our house has just started to freeze around the edges.

 "Winter Sunset"
8x10 Ink on Yupo
Matted 11x14

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"End Of Summer" 30 in 30 Day 13

I've been painting a number of great fall colors but as excited I am for the fall I realized that summer is coming to an end. It's sad, yet exciting at the same time.  Coastal Maine's summer has been either very hot and muggy or rainy this year, but really can't complain, since there were of course a number of Perfect with a capital P - days in between, especially here on the coast.

I kept thinking maybe it needs a boat in that ocean somewhere?

This painting started with darker shades of wet on wet but after a number of water downs....it developed.

 Really like the way the sky and reflections turned out, but maybe the trees are a bit to dark for the light and airy sky. It's trial and error isn't it. 

May try a similar style tomorrow, but with purples...you know how I LOVE purples!

Sorry,  didn't get pictures of the process because I was having to much fun playing with the squirt bottle, oh yeah I had water everywhere.

Really excited today...I'm meeting up with an artist friend of mine (first time in person) but we've been chatting like no tomorrow online! Going to do some plein air painting together.

Have a super day everyone!

"Hummingbird" 30 in 30 Day 11 - by Kellie Chasse

It was so amazing to see all the hummingbirds at Jo-Mary Lake during this summer and last. A number of seasonal folks had their little sugar/water containers up and running! Since we only came up on the weekends, and sadly not many this year, I didn't hang a feeder, but our cousins site was very enjoyable! I counted over 9 birds at their feeder one time!

"Hummingbird"

 

Hummingbirds are amazing little creatures. They are one of my favorite birds to watch. A few years back I started putting up window boxes with red impatient flowers in them....and was super excited to find these lovely creatures stopping by for a little morning breakfast!  I would jump up to try to grab my camera every time I heard the little humming sound at my open window, but had the hardest time capturing the little buggers! They don't stick around for long.  

Progress Steps

I started loose and then messed it all up in the second step, ugh... so I ended up doing a lot of details.

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"Jo- Mary Lake, Maine" 30 in 30 Day 5 -By Kellie Chasse

"Jo-Mary Lake"

My hubby and I spent our 15th Anniversary at Jo-Mary Lake up near Baxter State Park in the Northern Maine Woods yesterday. However we are sad to say that we had to close up shop and say goodbye this year.

LOVE it up there, but find the 3 hour drive (one-way) a challenge for us with a "puppy" that is 16 years old this year.  She had never been a great traveler especially since she wants to stand up the entire time, 3 hours and bad hips = one sore puppy :(

We were really surprised to find we were the only ones there! Had some much needed quiet time, walked around looking at the beautiful clear mountain water, warmed ourselves by the fire and gazed up at the stars.

 It was the perfect Anniversary!

Painting Size 5x7 - Matted and framed 8x10 (choice of White or Black)

Water View From Our New Tiny House

So it's finally here, our family has closed on our Tiny House (Bungalow Cottage) on the water here in Maine! It's been a long time searching for the right spot and of course the right price. It'll be so nice to have no mortgage!

Here is a view from our back porch which we will be changing up very soon, and adding windows across the whole back! The sun sets right here too. Hope to have some great watercolor inspirations from this vantage point.

Lots of home improvement ideas are in the works, including changing over the one car garage into my new studio! The back of the garage faces the water too, so if we put large windows in, I'll be able to paint looking out at this view. I am so FRIG-IN excited!

~Kellie

Painting Number 38 "Autumn Reflections"

   "Autumn Reflections"

  11 x 14 Watercolor/Gouache on 140 Arches Cold Press

Just want you all to know that I was so scared to show you all the original photograph! As I'm creating the post (such a typical thing I hope) I'm analyzing the painting more and seeing a few more things I could change. But I am going to leave it alone, I promise! 

I wanted to step out side of my comfort zone with a few larger paintings this year and Autumn reflections was a challenge for me. Not only is the size larger than my norm, but there is a lot going on in this one. When I first looked at the photograph I had no idea how difficult it would be to achieve the look I wanted. Took me longer than what was anticipated, but very happy with the outcome.
 


My cousin Valerie sent me the original photograph via Facebook. She thought it might be  something that I would enjoy painting - Thanks Valerie....you were so right! I love it when folks send me interesting pictures!
 

 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH BY CANDI

So here's the original photograph taken by Candi at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA. She certainly has an eye! This is just so cool! Love the warm reflections in the water. You can see the leaves drifting along..no care in the world.

I'm off to drift along and enjoy my family time.......enjoy your weekend everyone!


 
~Kellie

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Day 25 "Reflections of Maine"

 

"Reflections Of Maine"

5x7 Watercolor/Gouache/Ink

 

Day 25/30 of our Daily Painting Challenge.

After yesterday's daily painting I've decided to paint my go to subject......a nice calm Maine reflection.  I have to make dinner so you can see I was in a hurry to take the picture - the paint is still wet on the sailboat! On another note...the weekend paintings seem to be the hardest for me to accomplish. When my family is home with me, my focus is on usually on them. My husband is making fun of me at the moment...."NICE" he said..."Blame us!" LOL.

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Latest Watercolor Painting - Rangeley Lakes Maine

"Rangeley Reflections"

8x10 Original Watercolor

Reflections are so fun for me...I start with the sky and move onto the reflection of the clouds in the water and then paint in the green of the trees. Then the final touches and details.

Rangeley Lakes is another one of my favorite places in Maine.

"Garden Reflections" - Colorful Watercolor by Kellie Chasse

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"Garden Reflections"

 

 

Painting Size: 8x10 Original Watercolor

$245.00 

Double Matted in an 11x14

   

IMPRESSIONIST FLOWER PAINTING 

  Beautiful colorful garden reflections in a pool of water

A PAINTING A DAY FOR 30 DAYS - DAY 1

Day 1
"ROCKY COAST"
I have challenged myself this month to paint one painting a day for 30 days!
Hang with me...this should be fun!
Here is the first one - it took about 30 minutes from start to finish.