[alt-photo] Re: Tri-Color Starter Colors: Gum and Caesin

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hi Trevor,

I'm sure that others who have been doing gum a lot longer than I have  
will jump in here, but I do use Daniel Smith. I love their  
Quinacridone Gold which works so well for the yellow, in my opinion.   
I think Katharine first mentioned that here.  And I think you can't go  
wrong with their Deep Scarlet, which Katharine had also mentioned--  
works really well for me-- and I love their Prussian Blue especially.   
Those are pigments that I think would get you off to a good start with  
gum-- but, as I said, others will probably have different suggestions  
that work equally well for them.  I used to use W&N from Jerry's, but  
the Daniel Smith pigments do seem superior to me.  I don't have a clue  
about caesin or what works best for that process.

By the way, did you pick up some PVA while you were at Jerry's?

Diana

On Jun 20, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Trevor Cunningham wrote:

> I just walked into the local art supply place here in Raleigh  
> (Jerry's) with what I thought was a good list and walked out even  
> more confused. I'm looking for a good starter combo of colors for  
> beginning with tri-color gum and caesin prints. I'd like to explore  
> both tube paints (I think Windsor Newton is all I can buy in Riyadh,  
> but Jerry's doesn't have Daniel Smith which is what everybody talks  
> about here...perhaps I could order these in bulk online) and pure  
> pigments. I was hoping people could suggest what they feel would be  
> the most neutral starting point with respect to colors for these  
> processes.
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