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You are here: Home / Featured / Beautiful Alcohol Ink and Pencil: Coral Reef Doodle

Beautiful Alcohol Ink and Pencil: Coral Reef Doodle

June 3, 2022 by Sandy Allnock 7 Comments Filed Under: Featured

TGIF! What a brutal couple of weeks it’s been eh? I had to find something to help get me through it and often just doodling does me a lot of good; not a ton of thinking to do, and I can still come out with something beautiful as I process thoughts about all the violence happening nowadays.

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I stuck with analagous colors so I wouldn’t be fighting neutral mixes. Blending was almost entirely pencil until I got to the end – a few spots needed more contrast, since pencil on Yupo doesn’t get very dark, and a couple marker strokes helped. It was super hard to blend into mediums to get transitions though, so I wouldn’t use much Copic for something like this; I had to fight to fix some chunky marker lines.

This is the before and after…

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  1. Henriëtte says

    June 4, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    Stunning piece of art Sandy! I hope the doodling helped you,
    Wow, I love it. There is so much movement and interest in this,
    the longer I watch it the more beautiful details I see.
    I can’t find a name that does justice to this art Sandy, I also think everyone sees
    something else in it.
    Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful weekend.

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  2. Anna Kay says

    June 4, 2022 at 6:37 am

    I think its lovely….. and I see two Beta fish in your work…….. very beautiful.

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  3. Janis Miller says

    June 4, 2022 at 6:25 am

    Amazing! We all have our outlets and hope it helps!! I am amazed at this one!!

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  4. Gab says

    June 3, 2022 at 5:15 pm

    Stunning

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  5. Janet Parker says

    June 3, 2022 at 6:58 am

    this is so beautiful. You might call is Ocean flowers. It looks like a combination of flowers and sea life. I will definitely be trying this!

    Reply
  6. Karen says

    June 3, 2022 at 6:29 am

    This is so amazingly awesome. I agree that we can see the timely sea creatures. I would call it sea side dance. How much was you selling it for.

    Reply
  7. June from Minnesota says

    June 3, 2022 at 5:13 am

    I would have been happy to achieve the “simple” ink on Yupo result, but your project is OUTRAGEOUSLY AMAZING! You have definitely hit your stride with alcohol inks on Yupo paper. At times I see kelp, then a shell, seahorse head then lace. I can “see” the flowing water around this abstract “thing”. Your line work is terrific! The added touches of dark Copics did a terrific job for deepening your shadows. SIMPLY FANTASTIC!

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