GLASS BOTTLES - REDUX!

Remember these glass jars from some time ago???

Before . . .

My intention when I began painting them was to do some line work on them, but then I just couldn’t decide. They have been laying around all this time until I finally decided that, yes, they did need that line work.

Here is the now (hopefully) completed painting.

. . . After

Here are a couple of close ups of the line work – I didn’t outline all of the areas, just some, and I’m pretty satisfied with the results.

Up close and personal with the line work (above and below)

This painting was a nightmare from the get go!

First, I had ordered what I thought were the acrylic inks, which turned out to be India ink instead.

Then I spilled some of the ink, fortunately inside a plastic tub even though I managed to spill some of that onto another painting on the table and the floor!

Since obviously I didn’t have all of the caps tight on the bottles, some of the blue ink which spilled all over spilled into the yellow ink container – so now I have no yellow but a really brilliant color of green!!!

Then I couldn’t decide whether I should go with my first idea, outline some of the bubbles, etc. with line work, so the painting sat for a while.

Once finished, I wondered whether these inks would be lightfast.  According to the Dick Blick website they are, so guess I’m safe!  Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India Inks offer powerful color in a convenient dropper-stopper glass bottle.  These highly pigmented India inks not only remain lightfast and permanent, but are also totally waterproof when dry.  They adhere to nearly all surfaces and are non-clogging when used in pens.

I note that these inks now come in the eye dropper bottles – apparently for dolts like me who tend to spill things!