too much messing by Jenny Johnstone

you are very clever to think about using Milton to create your paintings, it is for me unique :-) do not bin these paintings :-p a collection of these, would be perfect :-)

Don't tell people you've ruined it,because most of us wouldn't know..... this has a lot of character, and I assumed that any splashes, sploshes and liftings-out were deliberate rather than inadvertent.

Jenny, I don't know how you do these, but they certainly have an impact, have to look it up on the Internet. Like every one that you have done.

I'm amazed at how you can produce such striking artwork with Quink and miltons. Am I right in thinking you produce the image by bleaching out the ink with the miltons? Negative painting in fact, which I admire as my brain has great difficulty thinking that way LOL The face is so full of character as is your previous one yesterday. I am gobsmacked that you don't exhibit or sell these works of art, the world is missing out.

Thank you Rebecca, Robert, Peter and Val. You are all being very kind. I didn't invent using ink and bleach, Rebecca, other people have done lovely things with it. If anybody fancies having a go it has to be black Quink (doesn't work with blue) and any bleach, I'm only using Miltons because I happened to have a large bottle of that in stock. If you have to buy bleach buy the cheapest. Yes, Val, I don't know how it is supposed to be done but what I do is wash ink over the paper, the bluer parts are just ink diluted with water. Allow to dry and then draw on it with bleach, the bleach 'splits' the ink. The resulting colours depend on which paper is used, how strong the ink wash is and how diluted the bleach, it will vary - sometimes more ochre sometimes more sepia. Sometimes I use the bleach wet on dry, sometimes I wet the ink again and drop the bleach into wet ink. Sometimes I use it neat, sometimes I dilute it. The difficulty is that you cannot see what you have done for some time - until it finishes 'eating' ink.

Jenny, you are truly inspirational, in your art work and your comments. Val is right, the world is missing out! This is full of character, another great one....NOT to bin.

Thank you Fiona, glad you like it

I agree with Robert et al - where is it ruined? - don't say it! As you know I think your work is exciting. Find an outlet please. There is one somewhere.

thank you Gudrun, you are always kind in your comments.

No no no, you didn't spoil it!..This has tremendous impact, Jenny, and a wonderful concentration of colour, which spotlights your subject perfectly....A powerful piece of work. Am going to click on 'reply' so you get my comment, then have a good look at your portfolio....

Wonderful, wonderful gallery. Really unusual and inspiring. Please do not destroy any of this wonderful work, it's beautiful

Thank you Ruth and Beverley for your lovely comments

A great piece, as everyone has said, don't bin it, I think the idea inspiring.

Thank you, Sue.

This is lovely?.. Do not bin! And thanks for mini lesson, fingers are itching. I have used neat bleach...the lavatorial sort with Brusho inks... (Will get ostracised for that) But i have used it to just lighten and to splat at happy random. You have given me a whole new way of thinking. Oh and did i say, your gallery is lovely.

Thank you Sylvia, I havent seen brusho inks, thought it only worked with black quink