My Own Painted Desert - WIP by Angela L Walker
Angela L Walker

My Own Painted Desert - WIP by

OK… I’m back to painting full scale works and decided to practice a bit doodling with my brushes, fingers, household items (anything I could find to make print marks), and bottle tips. Just in case I needed more practice than I imagined, I decided to use walnut ink, alcohol ink and acrylic before dipping back into my more expensive stash of paints. This was just plain ole FUN! My son (in spirit) and I had a mighty fine time today! The session left me smiling…

Walnut ink, alcohol ink and acrylic on Strathmore Heavyweight watercolor paper.

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About Angela L Walker

I am a mixed-media artist who is equally at home with a wide range of techniques, including printing with commercially available and self-designed stamps, and a multitude of materials, including paint, ink, canvas, clay, paper, fabric, beads, wire, and wood. I’m also a poet, often working intuitively by weaving wisdom and experience into many of my art projects.

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acrylic, walnut ink, alcohol ink, hope, faith, happiness, jubilation, joy, joyful, reflections, understanding, vibrant, abstract, african american art, sunny day, color, colorful, art therapy, grief therapy, survivor, creative, creativity, inspiration

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  • tori yule
    tori yule3 months ago

    beautiful work, Angela

  • Thanks, Tori. I just finished the piece… but I’m too tired to scan it tonight. My challenge is that the full painting is actually 18″×24″ and I can’t seem to photograph it well enough to upload so I’m stuck scanning it in pieces. Fiddlesticks! :)

    – Angela L Walker

  • JacqueLynn
    JacqueLynn3 months ago

    ‘smiling’=alRIGHT!!!

  • Much better today… it was FUN today! Albeit very painful physically… my back is KILLING me! I’m going to bed early (midnight is actually early for this old girl)… been on my feet all day and I am really paying for it. Thanks so much for checking in…

    – Angela L Walker

  • JacqueLynn
    JacqueLynn3 months ago

    and WHAT….is ‘alcohol ink’?

  • You are too funny! This is alcohol ink

    – Angela L Walker

  • Ulrikeart
    Ulrikeart3 months ago

    Happy Desert, love the colors !!!

  • Thanks so much, Ulrike! :)

    – Angela L Walker

  • Karen Gingell
    Karen Gingell3 months ago

    love your experimenting and thanks for tip on Alcohol ink – haven’t heard of it before

  • I love the stuff! There’s a nice You-tube demo that really gave me some idea on different ways to use this ink…. it’s really good for mixed media artists… helps create texture. Video

    – Angela L Walker

  • JacqueLynn
    JacqueLynn3 months ago

    ‘Funny’ maybe, but I STILL don’t know what it IS….. as in: have never heard of it. ;O LOL

  • OK… well now, my dear girlfriend and sistah girl, you have both a link to the fact sheet on these wonderful inks and a cute video to watch on ways to use them with acrylic paint! Yea! :)

    – Angela L Walker

  • Karen Gingell
    Karen Gingell3 months ago

    Hi Thanks for that – I’m going to art supply store tomorrow and see if I can get some – cool stuff :-)

  • Marlies Odehnal
    Marlies Odehnal3 months ago

    Phantastic work, Angela, love the colours.

  • Mary Sedici
    Mary Sedici3 months ago


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