Alcohol Ink Artist Chat with Virginia Crowe

Big Cats Alcohol Ink Course

I had the pleasure of speaking with Virginia Crowe during our Artist Chat this week. Virginia began painting a few years ago, and now it is a part of her daily practice. She is a licensed Art4Healing facilitator. Her focus is on wellbeing and building confidence for others that may have struggled from abuse or as a way to manage stress or pain.

Acrylic Pours



She started with abstracts and fell in love with acrylic pours. She began teaching classes for large groups, throwing acrylic pour paint parties and loved it! Eventually she began teaching online courses.

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Flowers Course


Virgina has since branched out with alcohol inks. She started with her love of abstracts, but quickly learned that she loved painting more realistic too.

You can check out her new online Alcohol Ink Courses where she shares how she uses a simple Q-Tip (Dots) and markers to create very life like animals in her Big Cats course! She also shares "How to generate income throwing successful group pouring events".

You can watch the entire interview chat on youtube HERE! 

Happy Creating,

Kell

Thirty Paintings in 30 Days - Day Ten

Off on to day two of the pet portraits with oils - this is "DUKE" He has a lot of nooks and crannies, aka little folds in his fur, another bit of a challenge for me with oils! 

I've been meaning to paint Duke for years now, he's our dog Primm's best friend up to camp at Jo Mary Lake, in the Northern Maine woods. They would blissfully play and run around like two crazy kids and Primm always loved Dukes food much better than hers, although she would ultimately end up with the other kind of RUNS every time she snuck over and managed to eat, not just one...but the entire whole bowl if she could get away with it.

We miss it terribly up to Jo Mary, it was filled with our family and a number of fantastically fun and sweet people. But it was a three hour drive one way on the weekends and since we purchased our new small home with the water view we decided not to head back there last year. It's bitter sweet.

Personal Watercolor Pet Portrait Painting - Just send me a photo!

10x10" Watercolor

Pricing and Information HERE

I absolutely love working on pet portraits. I find it the most rewarding type painting to work on.  Most of these pets I have never had the pleasure of meeting in person, but I enjoy capturing their true personality...it's all in the eyes.

 

 Here is the original picture I was sent via email from my client.

The first steps in my Pet Paintings always look a little scary with no eyes!

14x14" Framed

Here he is all completed and professionally framed!

 Mat and Framing additional

Send questions or photo's  to kelliechasse@gmail.com

For more information head to Kellie Lynn Art Facebook Page

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!

Crafts Fair and Daily Paintings

Had a great week, somehow managed to fit in 3 craft fairs, finish my daily paintings, and work on some pet commission painting for the holiday! I have 2 down and 3 more to go!

 SOLD

This is my first chance to post on my blog for a few days, so here are my three paintings I missed for the holiday special.

 "Little Niagara Falls"

I don't think I'll attempt the daily paintings right before the holidays again next year...it's been a little overwhelming.

My dog portrait requests have taken off this year as well...I'm super happy about that. I really enjoy capturing our little family members. Currently I have 3 that I"m trying to finish before the holidays....they are gifts, so I'll have to post them at a later date.

"Reflections"

Thanks for the name Terry!

 

I'm off to paint some more~