• 2026
  • AUG
  • 18
  • 10-3:30PM
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The Art of Painting with Alcohol Inks

Mary Wojciechowski

Session One: Beginners (Those with experience are welcome as well)

Alcohol inks, highly pigmented and quick drying, differ from other fluid mediums as they flow, intermingle and create distinctive textures, often with unexpected results.  One of the benefits of painting with alcohol inks is the opportunity to begin with an abstract composition and then, as the alcohol evaporates and the ink pools, to see the possibility of adding realistic elements.

During the five-hour workshop students will explore the unique qualities of alcohol ink and how it may be used for flowing abstracted works or representational images. This workshop is designed those who have had little or no experience using this medium and encourages experimentation with a sense of creative playfulness. Class time will be divided between instruction and demonstrations and students creating many explorative paintings using this exciting and unpredictable medium. The workshop will end with a critique allowing participants to share their paintings and to discuss what they have discovered.  Students should bring their own paint shirt or apron.

All materials will be provided by the instructor with the exception of a student paint shirt or apron.

Materials Fee during to instructor on day of class: $7.00

  • LOCATION: Portsmouth Arts Guild
  • TUITON: $125
  • MEMBER DISCOUNT: Use code PAGMEM for $30 OFF
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Mary Wojciechowski

Mary Wojciechowski, a retired visual arts teacher, received her BFA degree from the University of Connecticut. Mary, a signature member of both the New England Watercolor Society and the Rhode Island Watercolor Society where she currently serves as co-president, She is a juried artist in the Cape Cod Art Center as well as the Wickford Art Association and has been a longtime member of the Attleboro Arts Museum.

Watercolor has been Mary’s principal medium during her painting career with subjects taken frequently from the natural surroundings of her New England home. Most recently, Mary’s art  has often expanded  beyond representational to include a more explorative and experimental approach. Using alcohol ink as an supplemental medium has encouraged this and has had a positive impact on her watercolors as well.

Mary’s work has been accepted into many juried exhibitions, local, regional and national, and has has received awards. She is currently represented by True Grit Art Gallery, Middleborough, MA and Fuller Art Gallery, Jamestown and, for the past few years, Mary has happily returned to teaching  as a workshop instructor for many art groups throughout southern New England

Registration

This workshop runs on Tuesday, August 18 from 10 am to 3:30pm.

PAG Members use discount code PAGMEM to receive the $30 member discount. Enter the code on the 2nd screen. Remember to click the APPLY button on the right.

Please note: we don’t accept checks as payment for workshops and classes.
Questions? Contact workshops@portsmoutharts.org.