Eastbourne Town Hall by Jenny Johnstone

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A lovely, atmospheric piece, Jenny.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Sat 11 Jan 12:22:21

Another great one. Really like your painting style and your colors I find it difficult to paint in browns and greys.

Posted by K 0 on Sat 11 Jan 13:45:48

Thank you Seok and Kevin. No browns or greys in this piece, just black Quink ink. The addition of lots of water breaks the ink down and reveals some of the pigments they used to create the black, in this one it looks mostly blue and some sepia.

Posted by Jenny Johnstone on Sat 11 Jan 14:00:56

Am not sure what went wrong, Helen. Am aware of my complete inability to draw a straight line so I did check that the tower is straight with the edge of the paper as are the main verticals in the main part of the building and I took more care than usual to 'square' the camera up when taking the photo.

Posted by Jenny Johnstone on Sat 11 Jan 14:58:52

Fantastic painting and very interesting method!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Sat 11 Jan 16:50:47

I have no trouble with the towering perspective. I think I have said this in the past. I do hope you are exhibiting ....

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 11 Jan 17:45:13

Thank you Satu and Gudrun - no I don't exhibit my stuff, LOL

Posted by Jenny Johnstone on Sat 11 Jan 20:55:10

Love the angle and the format....very striking Jenny.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 11 Jan 22:38:39

What a wonderful effect you have achieved with this technique! I love your attention to detail while still using your mediums loosely and expressively. Excellent work.

Posted by Thea Cable on Sun 12 Jan 23:13:54

Thank you very much, Fiona and Thea

Posted by Jenny Johnstone on Mon 13 Jan 13:34:38

How well you use this medium. Beautifully drawn too.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Wed 12 Feb 14:33:15

Thank you Derek

Posted by Jenny Johnstone on Wed 12 Feb 21:26:49

Hang on Studio Wall

01/04/2015

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Eastbourne Town Hall, a nice bit of Victorian English seaside 'Toytown' architecture. An experiment, building up washes of black Quink with water - although I did use a few touches of bleach to finish. about 15" X 8"