[alt-photo] Re: pigments for gum

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hey Marek,

That's right-- I think it was either Katharine or Keith (or both?) who  
might have suggested quinacridone gold for yellow, and I tried that  
and love it.  I've tried other pigments for yellow, but nothing beats  
that one, for me anyway.  And, yes, deep scarlet-- I'm pretty sure I  
got that from Katharine, too, but I do use that consistently -- and,  
yes, perfect for certain skin tones.  I've also used DS quinacridone  
scarlet which works pretty well, too.  And someone here mentioned to  
me, long ago, about this odd color-- I can't remember the exact name  
right now, but I'll find it tomorrow-- that looks really strange--  
kind of a loud pink/orange color right out of the tube, but if you use  
just a tiny amount, it's really good for skin tones, too.
Anyway, I use those pigments you mention pretty much all the time.

DS took nearly two weeks to send a package to me last time I recently  
ordered from them, which I thought was odd-- not like we were in two  
different countries-- so I ordered from somewhere else, some M. Graham  
pigments, which are also very nice.

Diana
On Dec 13, 2011, at 11:22 PM, Marek Matusz wrote:

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> DianaIt was just a while ago that you mentioned this pallete of the  
> three off-beat pigments: PO49 (quinacridone gpld) for yellow,  
> prussian blue and Deep scarlet (Pr175) for red (not sure if it is  
> what you had for red), all from Daniel SMith. Deep scarlet was a  
> discovery of late Katherine Thayer for me. I was digging in my box  
> of pigments and found that I used them all before, lucky for me  
> there was just a bit left of PO 49, which I don't know if it is  
> still available from Daniel Smith. They said that is was being  
> discontinued a while back.I was working on this print of my  
> grandson, his has very pale skin and I was looking for a muted  
> pallete. It just snapped like a charm and thanks for reminding me of  
> this particular pigment combination.These pigments  gave this most  
> amazing and glowing skin tones.I size with PVA now, no issues with  
> staining.Marek 		 	   		
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