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Sylvia Evans

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Just rediscovered this hidden in a cupboard…no rude comments please. It’s inks on lovely thick paper A2 .   I want to do something with it, I’m contemplating ,more ink, oil pastel , bleach.   Eeeny,meeeny,miny, mo .  Watch this space…at the moment bleach might be my way forward got a new bottle in the loo. 

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Sylvia Evans

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A bit of bleach.

Ellen Mooney

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I’ve used everything else, but never used bleach……sounds interesting. Looking forward to seeing the results.

Sylvia Evans

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A bit of progress.  Bleach a disappointment , added some oil pastel ,some more ink and now some gouache….mixed media here I come. For what I thought was going to be a bit of a doddle is proving anything but.  Loadsa work to do . 

Denise Cat

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I am really liking the look of this, I have never thought to use bleach in art, ever. So creative.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Achtung!  Warnung! Do be careful with bleach - it can destroy the paper on which you used it: it does indeed produce interesting effects with ink but can be disastrous for some kinds of paper (especially those with a special surface) and isn't going to do any paper any good. 
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Helen Martell

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I used bleach quite often, back in my short-lived art student days. I still have some of the things I created, and they haven't deteriorated as yet... (30+ years later).. I also remember doodling on photographs with bleach... 

Fiona Phipps

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I’ve used bleach with Quink ink, you can get some unexpected effects, especially if you use the bleach at different strengths. I used Milton, neat and watered down both into damp ink washes and also on dry washes.  Not very good examples but fun….       

Sylvia Evans

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Like those Fiona ,I’m using Brusho ink .  The bleach isn’t doing much at all , and as Robert says it will probably destroy the paper surface . Never thought to use it on photographs , I assume black and white? .  Possibly the first layer of ink was done quite a while back so it is really ,really dry and sunk into the paper but the effect isn’t amazing. 

Katy Dean

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I’m loving the bleach and mixed media Sylvia, looks very effective. Some lovely examples, Fiona, of quink and Milton, I did try it but it was the wrong quink I believe and nothing happened! Very disappointing but I’m reminded to try again.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Coming back to this briefly - the smell of bleach, even Milton's baby fluid (which is at least mild), sickens me.  So I wouldn't use it for that reason alone.  In terms of longevity - in truth, none of can really know how long a piece will last - 30 years is no time at all, chemical reactions occur over 50 to 100 years and more.  But given that  Quink isn't lightfast; and bleach certainly isn't; and that paper fibres can be attacked by bleach, weakening and rotting them, I wouldn't put the chances of any original artwork produced this way lasting all the way into your grandchildrens' time.  That may not matter: you can always photograph and store them digitally.  But - let me be honest: I've seen quite a lot of work with bleach added to it - and by and large, it's looked to me like a passably successful watercolour: with bleach added to it.  In other words: I wouldn't have bothered with the bleach, unless I wanted to whiten my shirt cuffs.   In other words - you can add all sorts of schmutter to paint, if you really want to, and all of it will alter it in some way - some way well beyond your control.  I'd much rather see what YOU can do with paint, than observe chemical reactions when you decide you want to arse about with it.  

Fiona Phipps

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I think you nailed it with the last four words Robert…..it’s an arse about, nothing more, nothing less. If I can remember which years I did these, I can probably tell you at which level, in which compost bin they are.
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