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

["Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>]

I like your brush strokes, Laura...very expressionistic.   Nice dance 
images!

It's really fun to push the gum expression in all different ways. I've been 
really having fun with this scraping out completely different areas thing. 
Thanks for the encouragement!
Chris
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Christina Z. Anderson
http://christinaZanderson.com/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura Valentino" <laura@this.is>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:28 AM
Subject: Recent work: was Re: tri-color gum at last , nr 2


> Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
>
> > Don't stop with the gum prints either :)  I love it when people post URLs 
> > to a print they are working on. It makes the list more active.  I wish 
> > more people would be less shy about showing their work.
> Ok, I'll bite :)
>
> 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
>
> Christina...about your scraped prints. I say scrape away! It adds another 
> dimension to the look. So what if it's not a "purist" approach (whatever 
> that is).
> Laura