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| 10/20/2007 5:13 PM |
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| These two are painted using Quink writing ink, water to wash the ink and bleach to create highlights. They are going to be framed in limewaxed old oak frames for an exhibition next month in salisbury. I really like working in this medium..the ink produces so many different colours of pigment when I drop water onto the drawing. I then push the fluid around the paper with a watercolour brush. I drew the image using a kebab stick dipped in the ink.. |
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Jim
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| 10/20/2007 6:44 PM |
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Amazing work. I have never seen this process before.
The results are great. Where did you learn to do this?
Jim
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All the best,
Jim
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| 10/21/2007 12:04 PM |
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| I learnt it at an evening class that I go to Jim..although we used black drawing ink at the class which I dont like as much because it only dilutes to shades of grey, unlike the writing ink which produces all those lovely tones. We had used ink and bleach at college when i did my HND but not to the same extent and it really does lend itself to the still life because there are so many tones.I haven't done any still life since i left college a couple of years ago so it was good to explore it again.Have a go..its fun because you can't always control what happens to the ink and water especially if you use a more absorbant paper. I used a very smooth paper from Great Art for these whcih is made specifically for using with ink. |
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sandichot
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| 10/21/2007 4:29 PM |
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Wow! this is amazingly beautiful!
Did you mix some other colors in the ink too? I noticed some sepia or brown or is it the natural color in ink that shows.
When you mentioned"bleach" do you mean bleach as in washing clothes or do you mean the action of bleaching the ink away?
I've never attended a painting school so I am not familiar with some of arts jargons.
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| 10/21/2007 6:04 PM |
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| Hi Sandi, no there are no other colours mixed into the ink.It is the kind of ink you put into a writing pen (called a fountain pen in England) Although it is black ink it obviously has a lot of lue pigment in it when you draw a line with the ink it looks black but as soon as you add water to that line all kinds of colours seep out across your paper. you can get blue, a sort of blue green and a brownish orangy yellow. It all depends on how much water you add to it, The bleach is normal household bleach , the kind you pour down drains or in washing clothes. I dilute it with water before I put it onto the paper as otherwise it bleaches all colour out of the ink leaving a pale cream colour..it is also more controllable if it is not so strong.The sepia tones you can see are where i put the bleach. i also worked back into bleached areas with ink when it overbleached it.I am glad you like it. As I said to Jim , have a go its a very interesting medium to work in.I've done landscape paintings like this too. |
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| 10/21/2007 6:15 PM |
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| This is a landscape sketch that I did using ink and water wash with touches of bleach |
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Kim
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| 10/21/2007 6:25 PM |
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| I've not heard of this either. I'm fascinated. You really get a lot of variety of colors from the one ink and bleach. These are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. |
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gene
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| 10/21/2007 6:25 PM |
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| Very interesting! I, too, had never heard of doing this. Doesn't the bleach damage the paper? It sure looks nice................Thanks for posting........Gene |
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sandichot
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| 10/21/2007 8:35 PM |
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I have heard of "Indian Ink" that they used in the old days for calligraphy. Is it the same thing? I don't think it's from India though.
There is also Chinese black ink but I think it comes in tablet. This is interesting. I might try to look for the ink at arts supply stores.
Do they still use fountain pens in England?
Your landscape looks almost like chinese painting. Maybe it's the ink. It's georgeous! |
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| 10/22/2007 5:53 AM |
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Hi sandi
http://www.amazon.com/Super-Bottled-Fountain-Permanent-PAR30071/dp/B0006VRCCM
this is a link to amazon where they are selling Parker Quink ink which is what I used for the pictures. It is not indian ink or chinese ink . They are both very black ink and do not give all those lovely colours.You might find you could get the ink in a shop that does stationary or office supplies.Yes people do still use fountain pens here. Some of the students I work with at school use them although they tend to have cartridge pens as it is less messy than filling an ink pen.!
Hi Gene, no the bleach doesnt seem to damage the paper, . i do use it diluted with water and I have some drawings I did using this technique at college about 4 years ago and they seem absolutely fine. I used a paper designed for ink for the two still life ones and that has a hard and slightly shiney surface so should be fine. |
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| 10/22/2007 6:01 AM |
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if you want to see some of my other work i have a page posted on the saatchi online gallery
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Jane+Shepherd/32198.html
the top one there was covered in lots of crumpled tissue paper before I painted it to create a very textured image. |
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sandichot
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| 10/22/2007 4:12 PM |
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| One more question: How do you preserve your finished work? We use varnish for acrylic painting. I would think if you don't preserve it, the ink might fade away with time and exposure to humidity.-Sandi |
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| 10/22/2007 5:56 PM |
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I don't put varnish on it because it would make it discolour and could cause the paper to cockle up I think. I am going to frame it behind glass which will hopefully protect it from humididty.
I dont varnish my acrylics either as it seems fairly hardwearing and colour fast as long as you use decent paints. I have seen acrylic paintings from 30 years ago and they still look good. |
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