Re: another 3 layer gum attempt

[Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>]

I agree with Jim;   the color and value of the borders suggests that  
your pigment is adequate, but the negative is apparently keeping it  
from printing as deep in the image itself.


On Jul 13, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Jim Larimer wrote:

> You are doing good, Paul!  Just a guess, but I think that a less  
> dense negative is the answer.
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Paul Viapiano  
> <viapiano@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Hello everyone...hope you had a nice weekend.
>
> I tried another 3 layer gum print (same image as before) and  
> althought the colors are better than the last time I did 3 layers  
> only, I'm not getting enough color down to give my print a nice  
> strong density. I'm getting good strong color in the clear borders...
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/viapiano/3718825618/
>
> I'm getting good clearing in approx 20-40 minutes...
>
> My guess is I should be using a less dense negative. Do you all  
> concur?
>
> Thanks to everyone for your help...
>
> Paul