New Clothing Line!
I now have my own clothing line! (thanks to Jacquie Hawk who directed me to this wonderful site) I always thought my alcohol ink paintings would make great designs for clothes and now I have found a place called Vida Voices that will accommodate my thinking!! You can purchase my designs in scarves, sleeveless tops, and silk tees here. http://shopvida.com/collections/voices/alene-sirott-cope VIDA is a global partnership of creators, pairing designers from around the world with makers in Pakistan in accordance with high ethical standards, to create original, beautiful products. And the best...
Read MoreCaribbean Rooster
So I go away on vacation and for the first time in 20 years on this Caribbean island, it rains for 2 weeks. Cloudy, cool, windy, rainy. Lovely. So I am so glad I brought 3 little bottles of alcohol inks with me and a few alcohol ink markers and had fun anyway discovering what I could do with such limited tools. I used original photos we took while there. These roosters and chickens are all over the island, running wild. There are chicks and moms crossing the roads everywhere so you have to be careful, plus, you drive on the left. Quite challenging! BUT, it was certainly a lot warmer than...
Read MoreAt the Beach
With all of the snow we are having, painting beach scenes while watching the snow falling heavily outside my studio window, makes me long for the beach. Any warm beach with palm trees will do. Although the tile painting was relaxing, easy, and a whole lot of fun, harnessing my obsession of the medium has been very rewarding for me. I am so excited to be able to hold workshops and teach this medium to others who are unfamiliar with it’s properties. I never thought I could produce a lovely painting, as this is definitely not my forte. Because this medium nearly paints itself, the outcome is...
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Black Horse
This painting was a challenge for me but I needed to see if I could handle it. Using the lessons learned from one of the only famed alcohol artists I could find online, I used her process, not believing it could ever work. At first, I disliked the fact that covering a large area the first time with tihs medium was almost impossible. After I learned to accept what came forth, and after I completed it as far as I could take it, I loved the effect that I had originally thought was a disadvantage. I am so happy that this medium has opened up a new art direction for me. I love...
Read MoreAlcohol Ink Workshop
I held a alcohol ink studio workshop today with some lovely ladies who were watercolor artists. The consistency of the inks resemble water color in liquidity only so they were impressed to find it’s serendipitous qualities and the ease of working with it. They were happy to find that the inks almost paint themselves. I was happy as I always am, when teaching something to a student for the first time, that always ends up in a form of awe. That’s why I got into teaching in the first place. I love that “feeling” when a student gets so excited when they learn the techniques that I am so...
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