So many things inspired this…. a piece of art I saw, a quote that I read from my new book by Edith Eger and a drop of ink that changed the direction of this beauty.

And……..I painted with acrylic inks for the first time and I’m hooked!

My quote is from Dr. Eger’s book ” The Gift” , I think I could paint the whole thing.

There are so many nuggets of wisdom and soul penetrating sentences, that it’s hard for me to get through the chapter because I stop and savor the words and picture what I would paint to express them.

The quote reads “Hope – A willingness to cultivate within yourself whatever kindles light, and to shine that light into the darkest places.” —- Amen!

I share more about it in the video. Have fun watching!

This original is available here and the print is available HERE

Supplies used:

11×14 mdf board, Nova Color gesso, and matte gell, Nova Color Acrylic (fluorescent magenta, phthalo turquoise,quin magenta, portrait, azo yellow) Liquitex matte medium to put tissue down, Liquitex acrylic ink (muted turquoise, muted green, transparent raw umber), Charcoal pencils and tissue paper to print on

Stencils Used:

Spanish tile 2, newspaper font, carved vine, Spanish element, mums, flower silhouette 2, large rose, pansy trio, pattern 5

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