I hope you do not mind if I come in here.
>Thank you for your replies. My original questions were more out of
>curiosity, and for the purpose of starting a conversation on negatives,
more than any thing else (I think that is what caused my problems on the
>list). I asked how many negatives, and if negatives used were high contrast or
>continuous tone when gum printing. I have done most printing with at
>least three negatives and up to seven for one print (using a different
>color with each negative).
They can be both. It depends on whether you are thinking in terms of using a
negative for a particular area or tone or combinations of the two. My own view
is that using solid colour rather defeats my objective in making a gum print.
You might as well print an edition as a screen print.
>I also ad color with pastels, watercolor and/or ink when I am done
>printing. In the world of "true alternative printing" is this degrading
>the product?
I hope and pray that there is no such thing as 'true alternative printing'. To
thine own self be true.
Terry King