Creating Art with Alcohol Ink

Learn how to paint with alcohol ink!

• Complete guide to everything you need to know about painting with alcohol ink
• Detailed overviews on the basics about alcohol inks, safety, tools, materials, surfaces, color theory, storage, and more
• Technique tutorials for 12 different painting methods, from pouring, dripping, and blowing to blending, masking, and brush painting, plus more bonus techniques
• 17 step-by-step projects for beautiful abstract designs, natural landscapes, flowers, and home décor projects for tile coasters, jewelry pendants, and decorative ornaments
• Learn to paint on different surfaces including glass, canvas, cloth, wood, plastic, silk, metal, paper, and many other mediums
• Inspirational gallery of alcohol ink art on guitars, tabletops, switch plates, candles, bottles, ornaments, and more

Whether you're a seasoned artist or are about to paint your first brush stroke, Creating Art with Alcohol Ink will show you how to paint with alcohol ink!

In this complete painting book, you'll discover 12 of the most popular alcohol ink painting techniques — including pouring, dripping, blowing, blending, lifting, and staining, masking, brush painting and evaporation, push and glide, layering, stippling, doodling, creating texture, and nozzle application — so you can practice and master them all on different surfaces! Perfect for artists of any experience level, you'll also find detailed opening sections on the basics of alcohol inks, surfaces, color theory, and other essential topics to know.

Stunning step-by-step alcohol ink painting projects are provided to recreate beautiful birch trees, tropical scenes, mountain landscapes, a starry nebula, and even home décor items like tile coasters, ornaments, and a scarf using easy-to-find and affordable supplies. With expert guidance, easy-to-follow technique tutorials, and inspiring, skill-building projects to try, this is an absolute must-have resource to take your art to the next level!

Co-author 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 business. Co-author 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.

Gain all the knowledge you need to paint with confidence and creativity inside Creating Art with Alcohol Ink!

"Expand your creative prowess with alcohol ink as Laurie and Sheryl guide you through a world of artistic wonder. This book demonstrates that alcohol ink art knows no bounds!"
—Tiffani Buteau, Artist and Cofounder of T-Rex Alcohol Inks

Laurie Williams is the founder of the Alcohol Ink Art Community. When she's not in the studio creating art, she is helping businesses across the US succeed in online marketing. Her painting journey began 20 years ago when she first discovered alcohol inks. The Alcohol Ink Art Community is an online portal for everything alcohol ink, contributing to a by teaching, encouraging creativity, and helping artists, of all levels, build and grow their art busines.

Sheryl Williams' classes are the building blocks of techniques and tools that develop the necessary skills to express the art within. Nothing means more to her than her students finding their artistic voice. Born in Los Angeles, California, but now residing in Delta, Colorado, she began painting in 2011 through an art journaling class. She taught herself watercolor and developed a distinct, detailed style by painting with an almost dry brush. She began working with alcohol ink in 2013 and realized there was no limit to what you can do. She has been teaching online since 2015 and has hundreds of students worldwide.