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Thanks, Jim...
I bought a tube of Naples Yellow a few weeks ago
and just used it as a first layer of a monochrome print. A beautiful
color...
Yellow Ochre's opacity would be ok, since I usually
lay down yellow first.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:50
PM
Subject: Re: tricolor gum question -
yellow
Paul, Cad Yellow Pale is a very high chroma hue, in this case,
a very bright and intense yellow. You could try Yellow Ochre, but it is an
opaque pigment, or try Naples Yellow or even Raw Sienna. These last two have
nice transparent properties so they would be better than the Ochre.
Jim
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Paul Viapiano <viapiano@pacbell.net>
wrote:
Hi all...
After making several tricolor gums, I am
feeling that my yellow layer is a bit on the heavy side. Where I am
expecting muted yellow-browns in my final print, I am seeing a brighter
shade slightly on the garish side. I see this with oranges as well. Where I
expect a more terracotta color I am seeing a brighter orange.
How can I correct for this? Should I mute the
yellow by doubling the gum arabic in the pigment mixture? Or expose that
layer less?
I can also change colors...at the moment I use
Cad Yellow Pale, along with Quin Red and Phthalo Blue RS, all Daniel Smith
pigments. Maybe toning the Cad Yellow down with something like Raw Sienna
will mute the vibrancy...
Thanks!
Paul
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