Re: Recent work: was Re: tri-color gum at last , nr 2

[Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>]

Hi Laura, thanks for sharing these.  I don't know about "gum is  
supposed to be painterly;"  I wouldn't impose any such requirement on  
gum, because it can also be precise and detailed and very  
photographic; it can be anything anyone wants to make it.  That's one  
of the many great things about gum, its infinite flexibility of  
expression.  But yes,  as a painter myself, I tend to prefer a  
painterly approach to gum over a strictly photographic aproach.

Your first one, with the green and red, is a great demonstration of  
how two complementary colors can combine to create a neutral grey.    
I once did quite a study (I forget now what project I had in mind  
that motivated this investigation) of how different complementary  
colors combined to produce different greys, from silvery to pearly to  
pewtery greys.  Isn't it fascinating how colors combine?  Well, I  
think so anyway.

Keep on gummin', and sharing your results,
Katharine


On Sep 25, 2008, at 6:28 AM, Laura Valentino wrote:
> Here are 2 prints I did to take a break from another series that I  
> had started and was getting frustrated with trying to get  
> predictable results. In these 2 prints, I used some soft focus  
> images and more or less randomly chose colors to work with just to  
> see what would happen. Gum is supposed to be painterly, no?
>
> http://lavatop.com/gums/index.html
> http://lavatop.com/gums/index2.html