You are invited to join Sheryl Williams for a live discussion on ways to control alcohol ink for realistic painting. The discussion will take place live on our YouTube channel and is free of charge. You will be able to ask questions in the chat in our Q&A...
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Sleeping Cat – A Lesson in Painting Fur
Materials List & Resources My material lists, notes and reference materials are in a pdf on Google Drive. Click to open the file, click here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CJgmWVB6wZFYC7E9be8PM7hyXk9LgLLpZSxt9TYbB7c/edit?usp=sharing Click on File in the...
Color Theory and How to Mix Colors
Resources Deep Dream Generator https://deepdreamgenerator.com/ https://youtu.be/uZxSIz6BoY4 Paintinglessonswithmarla.com/12-simultaneous-contrast/ En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Eugène_Chevreul https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/color-theory-for-painting-2578070 ...
Light and Shadows: Add Values to your Paintings
Discover the secret to realistic painting! Value does all the work and color gets all the glory. The illusion of light is created through values with highlights and shadows. Learn to use a gray scale to identify values, create a value study, paint a range of values...
How to Create a Strong Center of Interest
Presentation by Sheryl Williams
It’s All About the Light
It's All About the Light
INKspot LIVE: Making prints, selling on third-party sites and new substrates
Contributors' Discussion June 12, 2019 with Laurie Trumpet Williams, Korinne Carpino, Linda Crocco, Andrea Voykin Patton, Sheryl Williams, and Francine Dufour Jones. Topics discussed: Making Prints (Scanning, photograph, formatting, sizes) Thoughts on Selling on Etsy...
Live Discussion: Ceramic Tile Paper, sharing your art, painting for joy
Live discussion with contributors Laurie Williams, Kellie Chasse, Sharen AK Harris, Sheryl Williams, Serena Williams, and Korinne Carpino Topics discussed are * Insights on the new Ceramic Tile Paper * Legal and Ethical Considerations when Sharing Your Art and...
Alcohol Ink and Masking Fluid
Masking fluid is a part of every artist's toolbox. So what is masking fluid? Masking Fluid is a latex product that you can put down on your surface and any ink applied won't stick there. When you remove it you've got a lovely white space. Why would you use it? Perhaps...
Fantastix – Paint with Alcohol Ink
On the TENTH Day of Christmas... Sheryl Williams, Alcohol Ink artist, instructor and founding contributor to the Alcohol Ink Art community, shares a technique of painting with alcohol ink using FANTASTIX. Materials list for this presentation can be found here:...
Painting with Alcohol Ink – Cool Tools
On the FOURTH Day of Christmas... Sheryl Williams, alcohol ink artist, instructor and Alcohol Ink Art Community contributor, shares a few cool tools that she uses to paint and organize. Sheryl Williams is the founder of the Academy of Alcohol Inks (...
Painting Fur with Alcohol Ink
In this replay from our March 21, 2018 INKsmART Live in the Alcohol Ink Art Society (members only) Facebook group, Sheryl Williams demonstrated techniques for painting fur with Alcohol Ink. You can watch the replay on the Facebook group, along with the timestamped...
INKsmART LIVE February 7, 2018 REPLAY
LIVE Question and Answer session with our contributors Link to LIVE Q& A on the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alcoholinkartsociety/permalink/799522366909746/ OR watch the replay at the bottom of this page. Questions included: * Im...
Experiments with Alcohol Ink -New Masking Tools
Are you curious about masking fluid tools and how they work?
Understanding Alcohol Ink – Lesson #15 Using Pens
Are you curious about adding pens to your alcohol ink paintings?? What types and brands work well with inks? Do you want to see how they can be used?
Understanding Alcohol Ink – Lesson #14 Markers Part 2
Do you wonder how markers compare to brushes? What should you look for when investing in markers? Want to see how they can be used?
Understanding Alcohol Ink – Lesson #13 Markers Part 1
Markers come in hundreds of different colors. We benefit from the recent coloring craze as many manufacturers come out with their brand of alcohol ink markers.
Understanding Alcohol Ink – Lesson #12 Brushes
We love brushes. We use them with other media so why not use them with alcohol inks? Here we look at a variety of brush shapes, synthetic and synthetic blend brushes, layering and mixing and more.
Understanding Alcohol Ink – Lesson #11 Substrates (Surfaces)
Alcohol inks can be used on lots of different non-porous surfaces. I hope to save you time and expense by demonstrating how the Ranger inks pour, move, and lift on 16 different surfaces. Also included is a summary of findings and a cost comparison.
Understanding Alcohol Ink – Lesson #10 Staining
Staining can be a good thing or it can be a bad thing. Learn all about staining, how to make a staining chart, and create a turtle with staining as a part of the painting.
Understanding Alcohol Ink – Lesson #10 Staining – Extended Version
Staining can be a good thing or it can be a bad thing. Learn all about staining, how to make a staining chart, and create a turtle with staining as a part of the painting.