[alt-photo] Re: Another tricolor...

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hi Paul,

Yes-- absolutely.  I've used Fabriano before (is that what you said  
you were using?) without sizing and without preshrinking-- and it was  
perfect for the first coat; pretty good for the second; and then, for  
me, all hell seemed to break loose with that 3rd coat.  I did switch  
to using Rives some time ago, and I changed the order of the pigments  
I put down, too (which I feel does make a difference), plus I figured  
out some other problems I was having-- so maybe I'll go back and try  
the Fabriano again, without the pre-shrinking and sizing, to see how  
it goes.  I've used the Rives without pre-shrinking, and that seems to  
work pretty well up to a point.  At larger sizes, I had more of a  
registration problem.

Anyway, I really like the images you've shown-- and the printing.

Diana
On Jun 6, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:

> Thanks all...
>
> Diana, could it be that because I am not preshrinking, more of the  
> original size is protecting the paper?
>
> I'll have to try a preshrink and keep all else exactly the same and  
> see what yields.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Bloomfield" <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net 
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> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 4:09 PM
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Another tricolor...
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>
>> This one is also really nice, Paul.  I can't believe you're  
>> getting  such whites with no sizing.  Impressive.  Also, I love the  
>> rich blue  in this one, too-- as I did in the other (and didn't  
>> think the blue in  your first one was too blue, or too saturated--  
>> at all.)
>>
>> Diana
>> On Jun 6, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone...
>>>
>>> I thought I'd try another tricolor that had a lot of white and   
>>> neutrals in it with one basic color to test for casts, etc.
>>>
>>> I was pretty happy with the results, and it will help me to hone  
>>> in further.
>>>
>>> Once again, unsized, unshrunk (smaller image this time) Fab EW  
>>> soft press...
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/viapiano/4676426612/
>>>
>>> Paul
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