Last Two Ink Pourings

I've been having fun with my ink pourings.

These are my last two.

Let me know what you think.

Here is before...

and here is after...

Another one before....

and now after...

Can you see the horse?

Here is a close-up...

You can click on any photo to enlarge them.

Well, that's all 4 of my ink pourings.

You can see the other two

in posts prior to this one.

It's different, it's challenging, it's fun.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Ink pouring before and after

I finally remembered to take a photo

of one of my ink pourings

before I started putting on watercolor.

Here it is with only ink.

The first thing I thought was...

I put too much dark ink on the paper...

what am I to do????

Well,

I remembered a postcard I received

from Debra at She Who Seeks.

It had a dark sky

with a constellation of a rabbit...

(you can read of Lepus the rabbit here).

Another rabbit was looking behind him.

So I decided to try that image

on top of my ink pouring.

Here is the result...

Lepus is barely visible,

as constellations are.

Here is a close up of Lepus...

And here is a close up of the onlooker...

I keep trying new things with my ink pourings.

I have 2 more to work with.

Oh, what shall I do next? :)

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Two Finished Paintings

I promised I would show you my finished still life and ink pouring.

They have not been critiqued by my watercolor instructor yet,

so I'm sure there will be more changes made.

Here is the still life.

(I need more practice LOL)

AND...

here is my finished ink pouring.

(Sorry I forgot to take a photo of it

before I added watercolor.)

The Ink Pouring Process....

There were several different colors of ink

 randomly poured onto wet watercolor paper.

Then it was covered with saran wrap that was scrunched up.

Then a piece of plexi glass was put on top of that,

with books on top of that for weight.

Then you let it dry, and you never know what you will get.

I did watercolor painting in the negative, on top of the dried ink,

 for all but the red dragonfly.

It was painted in the positive.

Where I had scrunched up saran wrap on the wet ink,

there were designs,

and one thing I saw in the designs was the dragonfly,

so I painted it in. 

Then I saw leaves scattered throughout

 so I painted around them, bringing them out.

It's a different technique,

but I like doing it.

The burgandy red was the only ink

that didn't spread around much while drying.

But that's okay. 

Like I said, you never know what you will get.

That's what makees it fun!

Try something new!
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Yvonne