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

[Laura Valentino <laura@this.is>]

Nice work! I like the woman's face. Is the rock formation several 
layers, or just one? The schoolgirl is classic...if I tried to take that 
pic, the girl would probably look at me funny and walk away before I was 
ready...

Laura

Dirk-Jan Treffers wrote:
> ok, my very first attempts in gumprinting, these are only the monochrome 
> ones... the tri-colour ones, I'm just not satisfied enough to share *blush*
>
> DJ
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/94006621@N00/sets/72157605877193619/
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> 2008/9/26 Christina Z. Anderson <zphoto@montana.net 
> <mailto:zphoto@montana.net>>
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>     I like your brush strokes, Laura...very expressionistic.   Nice
>     dance images!
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>     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
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>     ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Valentino" <laura@this.is
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>     To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca <mailto: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
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>         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