I thank this book for pointing out how dangerous the art supplies are for doing this type of art, so (since I have kids) I will avoid this art form until they are grown and out of the house. So, the book is not for me, but I'm glad to have learned the safety issues.

This is an excellent guide to alcohol ink. It covers the types of inks available, materials and offers several techniques and projects to get you started. Highly recommended!

I love alcohol inks; they are addictive! The nature of the ink is unpredictable; this book will help you explore different techniques to achieve great abstract results.
This book covers the medium, from basic supplies needed, to using different tips and techniques to achieve unique pieces of art. It also includes 12 step by step projects that would make great gifts or works of art to hang on your wall.
I received an electronic copy of this book through NetGalley for my honest opinion.

This book is a great little read. Having loved seeing alcohol ink pictures for some time I wondered how to do it correctly. I was always getting in a big mess.

The book fully covers everything you need to know and has lots of stunning photography thoughout helping with the detailed descriptions of how to make fantastic alcohol ink art.

Well written and full of super information. A book you will go back to time and again for more ideas.

Thanks to Netgalley and Quatro Publishing for the ARC. (My review is my own opinion)

Very interesting book, covers a medium that is very new to me but fun to see the artwork in this book. There is a good description of the types of ink consumers can get, with recommendations from the author. Good to flip through with lots of stuff to learn. There are sections on basic techniques as well as step by step instructions for a few projects including some uniques bases. Good tips on how to seal your work too.

I’m a creative gal and love painting, but can’t paint a landscape to save my life. Enter alcohol inks and I am more than capable of creating something interesting. This book is a great introduction to this technique and will you creating your own designs in no time.

Simple, easy to follow directions and pictures guide you through the process, but you will soon find the confidence to try out your own designs before long. This is the book for the proper introduction to this art medium. Enjoy and get your creative hat on!

received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This is a great book to read if your thinking of or are just starting out with using Alcohol Inks. The author explains with lots of detail and information the safety precautions you mist consider and use when using these types of inks and the right way to use them safely.
The book then goes into some fantastic step by step instructions on different projects you can do or try with alcohol inks and has some beautiful photography of these instructions too.
I really enjoyed this book and found it very informative.

This guide is wonderful. Not only Ashley Mahlberg presents the tips & tricks of her stunning art, but she leads you step-by-step in the realization of a dozen stunning projects.

Totally recommended!!!

This is a really beautiful DIY book on alcohol inks with a wide variety of projects and quite a lot of information to get you started. I really appreciate that the author went into safety information and the risks of using alcohol inks, as I read another recently that's quite popular and that book seemed to kind of gloss over the toxic nature of the materials it featured. Mahlberg cautions the reader to use a well ventilated room and mask, goggles, etc. She talks about how toxic the fumes are and says she never uses alcohol inks around children because of this. Since these are such gorgeous art materials and so many moms craft with kids, I was glad to see her really hammer this point home.

All that said, she goes on to take you step-by-step through using all kinds of techniques and materials to really get the hang of using alcohol inks. She gives you experience with a wide variety of ways to create with these materials and various supplies and tools that can work well with them. The projects are beautiful.

This is an expensive and somewhat hazardous hobby, and it's not one that I plan to take up any time soon because I do art with my kids. I still absolutely love reading alcohol ink books though because the art made with them is so vivid and beautiful, and also because I use it for inspiration for my own cheap, non-toxic spin-off projects. Reading this book was a lot like reading a travel book about Africa for me. I'm not likely to go, but I love learning about it and seeing the photos. :) For those who do want to get started, this is a fantastic primer to tell you all you need to know.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

This book is an excellent introduction to using alcohol inks. There are fully detailed tutorials with lots of clear instructions and pictures. The projects themselves are appealing and inspirational and will kick start your own creativity so you can move on to designing and doing your own. It is so important for books on creativity and art to have lots of detailed pictures and illustrations and this one most definitely does. This is a medium I have never tried but I am definitely keen to have a go after reading this book.

This instructional book on using alcohol inks is absolutely wonderful. The tutorials are very insightful and detailed. I found it incredibly useful and eye opening. I am fairly new to alcohol inks and I find them to be an amazing medium. I have learned so much by working through this book. I would give it 10 stars if I could. I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review and I highly recommend it.