Re: Non-staining Blue for Gum? (reply)
Hamish Stewart & Sophie Colmont (Hamish.Sophie@wanadoo.fr)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 07:39:50 +0200
>Subject: Re: Non-staining Blue for Gum?
>Sent: 11/4/98 12:58
>Received: 11/4/98 21:27
>From: Les Newcomer, lnphoto@ismi.net
>To: dalrymple@truelink.net
>CC: Alt-photo-process, alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
>
>rdalrymple wrote:
>>
>> How can one tell if a color is "staining" as opposed to "printing"?
>>
>> Marilyn Dalrymple
>> dalrymple@truelink.net
>
I usually look to the highlights, if non-image colour is present then I
know that I have staining. I also find that with papers that have a
tendency to stain after several coats it gets harder to brush away layers
of colour and the highlights can become a little muddy. If this is
controled well though, I find that a beautiful tactile richness is
possible to achieve. It works well with landscape were the slight
staining can create the feeling of a rock surface for example. The trick
is to get to know your papers so that you can choose the appropriate one
and lay the colours in the right order to get the feel you want.
So a little staining can be useful, though hard to detect. Gross staining
is easy to see, it appears as dots of pigment on the print, you can just
about see the pigment sticking to the paper fibres.
Cheers
Hamish