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packman

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10. Nice - I remember painting ( A long, long time ago)

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Sun Dec 15, 2019, 02:12 PM

Dec 2019

with black walnut nut shells. Well, not really the shells, but the pulp that we used to smash to get to the walnuts themselves. It was dark brown and would stain everything, but made some interesting pictures.

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I made some avocado seed ink a few days ago and had a little time to play with it this morning. [View all] femmedem Dec 2019 OP

pretty!!! samnsara Dec 2019 #1

Thanks. I love the color of that ink. femmedem Dec 2019 #2

It looks very good! lunatica Dec 2019 #3

I'm not sure yet how lightfast it is. femmedem Dec 2019 #4

We'll be sure to use fixative or some plastic lamination sealing. lunatica Dec 2019 #6

I love the resulting painting. It is beautiful and mysterious. MLAA Dec 2019 #5

Thank you! Something about backlit interiors is so atmospheric and mysterious. femmedem Dec 2019 #7

I need to continue to practice on mysterious backgrounds... MLAA Dec 2019 #8

Could be as simple as darkening the background behind the lit side of the portrait femmedem Dec 2019 #9

🙂 will give it a try! MLAA Dec 2019 #12

Is that one of your portraits in your signature line? femmedem Dec 2019 #15

I wish! No it's not. 😊 MLAA Dec 2019 #16

Nice - I remember painting ( A long, long time ago) packman Dec 2019 #10

Thanks! Walnut ink is on my to-do list. femmedem Dec 2019 #13

Whoa! That's beautiful! I love the color and the transparency!❤ Karadeniz Dec 2019 #11

Thank you so much! femmedem Dec 2019 #14