E-Books →Realistic Painting with Alcohol Ink Learn Intermediate and Advanced Techniques with 17 Animal, Landscape

A follow-up to their extensive introductory painting book, Creating Art with Alcohol Ink, which teaches all the beginning techniques for those exploring alcohol ink, artists and instructors Laurie Williams and Sherry Williams return with this instructional resource to help you up your game in this versatile medium.
Discover new insights to mastering the elements of realistic painting including focal point, perspective, light source, color techniques, and texture, then try alcohol ink painting techniques including blending, masking, creating a barrier layer, brush painting, and more. Within the 17 projects, you'll find tutorials for painting skin tones, fur, stones, rocks, water, botanical effects, trees, foliage, and animals, then practice the skills you've learned and put them together into stunning works of art!
Detailed opening sections cover need-to-know basics about alcohol inks, tools, supplies, materials, surfaces, color theory, storage, and more. Get helpful recommendations on what alcohol ink or marker to buy, alcohol ink activators, the painting surface, manipulation and masking tools, and safety considerations.
The authors have years of experience working with alcohol inks, mastering the brushes, blenders, masking, control, and layering that enables artists to create magnificent realistic art, from portraits to landscapes. Laurie Williams is the founder of the Alcohol Ink Art Community, an online portal where she teaches, encourages, and helps artists of all skill levels build and grow their art business. Sheryl Williams is a self-taught artist who teaches painting classes to students across the globe and offers the building blocks of techniques and tools that develop crucial and fundamental skills.
Elevate your alcohol ink painting skills and achieve realism in your art with this inspiring, must-have guide, Realistic Painting with Alcohol Ink!
"Realistic Painting with Alcohol Ink is a comprehensive discussion of alcohol ink art. It's focused on bringing alcohol ink to an intermediate level of painting and includes classic art principles that broaden the range of alcohol ink painting from a craft to a fine art."
-Francine Dufour Jones, Founding Contributor to the Alcohol Art Community and Society
"Everything you need to learn about painting realism is right here in this book. I love the information on materials, design, value, color, and technique. There is so much to learn and enjoy."
-Sharen AK Harris