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Sylvia Evans

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Well just had fun, I noticed one of the other members from my art group has used acrylic ink onto canvas….something never in my ken.   So having a small square canvas and some ancient inks I thought let’s have a go.  I have always been a tad messy and my fingers are now coated in purple.   Not my bestest paintings but an interesting result.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Love those vibrant colours Sylvia, you can always pretend your wearing glove for the next week or so . I like your experimental painting particularly the front petals, a bit of work on the back one just a few lines to give it shape and it would be a excellent piece.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Woof....! Exciting, vibrant, an explosion of colour - I wouldn't worry a bit about purple pinkies if I'd done this. I have never used coloured inks - all sorts of black inks, sepia and so on, but never coloured inks: obviously, I ought to, because this is just bursting with life: to be honest, I've always been nervous of them - but I just need to get an order in: what do you recommend, Sylvia?  

Norrette Moore

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Love it, Sylvia.  I've used acrylic inks for detail with a pen, but of course with brush, they're something else again.

Sylvia Evans

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Thank you….Paul, Robert and Norrette.  I thought I had replied but it seems to have vanished.This is Liquitex Robert. I will have a go with Brusho and Chroma.  Apparently I can varnish it and a suggestion to use wax.
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Carol .

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As we get older, purple is a good colour Sylvia, and more so when you portray one of your favorite subjects, Iris. Nice work. Thinking of the poem by Jenny Joseph.
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Marjorie Firth

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When I am old I shall wear purple….. Yes, it seems easy, the idea of doing or saying what you want when you’re older ( notice I didn’t say “old” )…personally I still find it difficult. Privately it’s another thing entirely.

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Robert Jones, Napa

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Chroma is so great because it can be used either as a regular acrylic OR an ink - and I have used that, just not products specifically labelled as inks.  

Sylvia Evans

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Well at 83 Carol I am allowed to wear purple with a red hat that doesn’t go……
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Carol .

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L.O.L,  and I wouldn't want to be the person that tries to tell you to do anything different, Sylvia :)