Gum website update
Marek, this isn't directly connected to your post, but I thought
that since you were talking about pigments for tricolor gum
printing, this might be an appropriate place to mention that I've
finally got a page up about tricolor gum. It will probably be added
to and improved over time, with more visual aids, but it's something
I've been trying to get to for about three years and just wanted to
let people know I've finally got something up there.
http://www.pacifier.com/~kthayer/html/tricolor.html
I've also re-organized the site for easier navigation, and
reorganized and reconnected the galleries, which have been
inaccessible since about two years ago when I tore everything apart
in preparation for a planned major revision. Due to life events such
as two moves, illness, surgery, and lots of work needing to be done
to the house and yard of my new home, including building a darkroom
(which was finished this summer) I've never got back to it til now.
I still need to do quite a lot of rewriting of outdated pages (the
pigment page comes to mind especially, as some of the paints I wrote
about five years ago have been discontinued since then), but at least
you can find your way around the site again, and there are a few new
pages. Thanks for indulging this announcement; the website is purely
for sharing information about gum printing, it has no commercial or
promotional purpose.
http://www.pacifier.com/~kthayer/
Katharine
On Sep 4, 2008, at 7:46 PM, Marek Matusz wrote:
I am back with Vista 64 and Photoshop installed. Works like a
kitten on steroids. With all that memory it never hesitates. I am
having some legacy hardware issues, so I might have to keep two
computers for a while.
I am ready to post some color triads for tricolor gum. My new
colors (PR 175 and PBr 25) came and I have been making swatches and
just mixing them on paper. The Pb 25 (thalo blue), PY 150(nickel
azo yellow) and PR175(deep scarlet) give a very nice neutral, but
there is no way to have purples or violets mixed in that triad. Yet
a very nice greens, oranges, earth and reds. I will definitely try
that combination.
Marek
> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:48:11 -0600
> From: zphoto@montana.net
> Subject: A good range of gum colors
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>
> Dear all,
> OK, fall is here, September has begun, and it's time for all of
us to quit
> the summer fun stuff and get back to work!
>
> I thought I'd post a page of all the gum colors I use here to
jump start the
> list from its summertime blues:
>
> http://christinazanderson.com/Text_page.cfm?pID=2076
>
> I usually teach tricolor using a PV19 magenta, a thalo blue, and
an azo
> yellow, but students often wish they could have experimented with
more color
> choices so I made these charts of the colors I switch around in.
When I get
> more time to scan I can perhaps put a print next to different
swatches so
> one can see the combinations in practice. It's not really like
switching
> around in colors is going to make a great gum print or anything,
in other
> words it is not a magic bullet, but it is so much fun! My latest
favorite
> is a combo of PB60 Schmincke delft blue, PR179 Daniel Smith
Perylene Maroon
> and PY153 Daniel Smith New Gamboge.
> Chris
> __________________
>
> Christina Z. Anderson
> http://christinaZanderson.com/
> __________________
>
>
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