New Alcohol Ink Tiles

With the holidays right around the corner I've been working on some new alcohol ink tiles. Last year I did 2 Christmas fairs as well as the show my plein air group does each year, so I needed tiles for those and for my friend to sell in her shop. Here are a few of the newest ones. All of these went to The Catbird Seat (my friend's shop) in Sayville. I will work on more so that I have some for the plein air show and sale.

Small Business Saturday

Today I participated in an arts & crafts show in Patchogue for Small Business Saturday. It was held in the lobby of the Patchogue Theatre. Santa was there taking photos with the kids. Between customers I worked on this sketch of a bit of what was going on at the other end of the lobby.

Here is a photo of my setup at the show. I had my alcohol ink tiles and ornaments, my books, and matted paintings of various sizes as well as greeting cards. I sold some of everything and still have a lot of stock for the two day show next weekend.

New Alcohol Ink Tiles

I've been working on alcohol ink tiles and ornaments for the upcoming shows I am taking part in. I have one that I am doing with a group of artists on Small Business Saturday, another the following weekend at the South Country Library, and then my PALS Plein Air annual show. I've been trying to make some new designs, but even when I redo a subject they are never the same as the original because the alcohol inks are so unpredictable. Take a look and let me know your favorites. There are some winter scenes included.

Inktober 2018 - Day 29 & Today's Tiles

Inktober is nearly over. Here is my Day 29 sketch done while sitting outside the Sensationally Sweet Gourmet Candy shop in Patchogue. It was too windy to sit outside...and I was too lazy to get out of my car. lol I did use my orange micron pen to give it a little Halloween color. I am hosting the Scavenger Hunt over on WetCanvas this week and one of the items I listed was "having to do with Halloween" so when I passed by this shop I pulled over and backed up to park in front of it. I didn't dare go in!

#inktober, #inktober2018

I've got to keep the alcohol ink tile momentum going. Here are two that I did today.

Inktober 2018 - Day 27 & More Tiles

A Nor'easter was forecast for most of the east coast today, so I decided that I would stay home and work on some art for the art fairs that are coming up. But first I needed to get my Day 27 sketch done for Inktober. When my sister and I were at Abma's Farm the other day I bought a few gourds to bring home. They were a good still life setup for the sketch.

#inktober, #inktober2018

Here are the new tiles I did with alcohol inks.

Inktober 2018 - Day 26 & "Art Camp"

I was in NJ yesterday and today visiting one of my sisters. Due to our schedules we haven't been able to get together in a long time, so I'm glad we were able to work out two days to visit and create art. Today I sketched the view from her living room window for my Day 26 sketch for Inktober 2018.

#inktober, #inktober2018

Yesterday we went to Abma's Farm in Wycoff, NJ to sketch as part of our "art days" or "art camp." The owner of the farm gave us permission to sketch in the greenhouse that contained the greatest gourds and pumpkins! She kept coming in to see what we were doing and asked if she could take a photo of each of us and post it on their FB page. She posted it with the heading "Art Comes to Abma's Farm!" Here are the photos she took when we were working on our first sketches.

This is the view I was sketching...the "Baby Bumps." They were so ugly that they were beautiful!

I also sketched the goosenecks and Turkish Turbins...all on one page.

Art camp continued today. In addition to the Inktober sketch I did we worked on alcohol ink tiles. My sister hasn't done too many of them and is learning the technique. She wasn't really happy with this one when she finished it but I liked the abstract design a lot.

 

I am doing several arts & craft fairs for the holidays, so I worked on a few alcohol ink tiles that were winter scenes. Hopefully they will sell well.

Then we went off to buy some art supplies to finish up our day before I returned home.

Alcohol Ink Tiles

Just in case you were missing seeing my alcohol ink tiles here are a few recent ones. A friend of mine said she would like to buy a sunflower tile and wanted to know if I had done any southwestern design tiles. She wanted one as a gift for a friend she would be visiting. I told her I hadn't done any southwestern designs but I would give it a try. She also wanted larger tiles so I did the 6 inch ones instead of the 4 inch ones. The inks are very unpredictable so I'm never sure what I will get. I brought her 2 sunflowers (not pictured) and these two. She bought all four of them.

(BTW the white circles are not part of the design but a reflection of the lighting in her kitchen. 

I will be doing several shows before Christmas so I need to get started on developing an inventory for the shows.

New Alcohol ink Tiles

When I got back from my trip I got a message from my friend, Debi at the Catbird Seat. My alcohol ink tiles are really selling well and she needed some new ones to replenish the stock. So for a few days I worked on new tiles. Here are a few of them.

#30x30DirectWatercolor2018 - Day 23 - Farmer's Market & More Tiles

Today was an overcast, cool day with showers forecast. I headed over to the Saturday Farmer's Market in Sayville. I figured I could sit in my car to paint since it was misting at that point, and then I could shop. I almost always miss the Saturday market because I'm usually in the city.

Here are more tiles that I dropped off to sell at the Catbird Seat.

#30x30DirectWatercolor2018 - Day 22 - Sayville House & New Tiles

I've been busy this week so getting out for a quick painting for my day 22 of #30x30DirectWatercolor2018 was my goal this morning. I found a cute house in Sayville.

My friend, Debbie who owns the Catbird Seat in Sayville has been selling my alcohol ink tiles in her shop. The other day she conacted me and told me they were flying out the door. All of the sea creatures had sold so I have to do more of those. I had left her about a dozen tiles two weeks ago and all that was left were three. So this week I did some to replenish her supply. Here is the first group. The lobster is 6 x 6. All the others are about 4 x 4.

I also taught an alcohol ink class at her shop last night. I forgot to take photos but I know she took one at the end of the class. I'll post that once she uploads it.

Sea Tiles

I decided this had too many images to try and post them on my iPad, so I went straight to my laptop. I have some of my alcohol ink tiles at a gift shop/gallery called, "The Catbird Seat" in Sayville, the next town over from me. The owner suggested that I do some sea themed ones for the upcoming summer season. I will be taking these over to the shop before I leave on my trip next Tuesday. These were a bit harder to do than the flowers I've posted before because they need to pretty much resemble the creature I was aiming for. The flowers can be a bit more abstract. I like the way these came out. Do you have a favorite?

Alcohol Ink Tiles

On Sunday I went to visit my sister, Michelle, in NJ. We did a few alcohol ink tiles. I've decided that when I do these I need to take notes on what I did, since I seem to forget by the next time I want to do them.