More examples of alcohol on acrylics

With this painting I started by painting watercolor paper with a layer of orange paint. After the paint dried I painted watered down yellow acrylic on top, and with the paint still wet I dripped alcohol on top with a dropper.  After that paint dried I painted 2/3 of the paper with red paint. After that paint dried I painted over the red with watered down blue paint. I tilted the page to let some of the blue to drip off the page. With the paint still wet I dripped alcohol onto the blue with a dropper. I am happy with how this painting turned out, I’m sure I will use this technique often.

I started this painting with yellow, red and orange for the first layer. After that paint dried, I painted watered down yellow acrylic on top of that. With the yellow still wet I dripped the alcohol on top with a dropper. I like this painting a lot. I have not decided if I want to use it as a background, of just keep it as is.

The process for this painting is the same as the second example, only the blue paint is not as watered down with the exception that the blue paint is thinner.  

Acrylics & alcohol

This is another fun technique that does not take a  lot of supplies. I found an old YouTube video I like that does a good job of describing the proses.  Acrylics & Alcohol don't mix, or do they? 

For my first example I started by painting a piece of watercolor paper with yellow acrylic paint, then I let the paint dry completely. Next I thinned down some red acrylic paint and covered the entire painting, before the paint could dry I used a dropper to drip some rubbing alcohol onto the paint. I was very happy with the results.

For my second example I painted a piece of watercolor paper with black acrylic paint, before the paint dried I painted on top of the black with watered down blue and white acrylic paint. With all the paint still wet, I splattered on the alcohol using a brush. The paint blended more than I wanted, but it still looks interesting.

Watercolor and glue

This technique is easy and does not take a lot of supplies. To start with scribble a pattern onto watercolor paper using any kind of glue; I used Elmer’s glue-all.

Next, spray the paper with water, then ad the watercolor.  The color will pool around the glue. Check out Blue and orange collage, stationery box to see what I made with the painting.

I tried the technique again, this time I put some salt on the page to add some texture.

I did not feel like I was getting enough contrast, so I tried again, this time I painted the watercolor paper yellow first. After the paint dried I drew the pattern with the glue. Then I poured on watercolor I had already mixed with water. To add interest I splattered some  paint onto the paper using my paintbrush.

I liked the last painting the best. I would suggest that you pick a color you want for your background, then make whatever pattern you want with the glue, then mix watercolor or acrylic paint with water and pour it onto the paper to pool next to the glue, leaving some of the background to show. 

Mother’s day card

This is the card I made for my mother for Mother’s Day. As a little kid, I was always picking flowers for her. Looking back, I’m sure I must have brought home a lot of weeds, but she was always happy to get them.

For the background of my flowers I glued gold marbleized paper onto cardstock using gel medium. I glued tissue paper with glitter on it on top of the paper.

I colored the sky with blue soft pastels and the grass with green.

I painted the flowers using puffy paints, and drew in the stems with colored pencils. I colored the edge of the cardstock using a blue marker, and then wrapped blue yarn around the card. Then I glued the cardstock with the flowers onto a light blue cardstock.

I wanted the card to look a little rough to remind my mother of the flowers I used to pick for her. I hope she likes the card.