From: James Romeo (jamesromeo@mac.com)
Date: 09/08/00-11:55:18 PM Z
I use a spotpen set of ten brush-ti pens containing photo retouching dye
they come in cold and warm tone set
I found the warm tone is good for van dykes.
I used spotone for many years but found the spotpen is very easy to use as
you can pick the tone you need
James
> From: Sarah Van Keuren <svk@steuber.com>
> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 21:28:36 -0400
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: spotting van dykes
>
> If one buys the complete set of 6 bottles of Spotone, it is very easy to
> match any shade of brown in a vandyke with combinations of the two browns
> and the neutral gray that come in the set. I don't exhibit vandykes but my
> students do successful spotting of them this way. I use Spotone for my
> cyanotype/gum prints when I have to but keep it to a minimum. I used to use
> Primacolor and Derwent pencils but was upset to see that when a work that
> was spotted that way was exhibited with light coming from the ceiling, the
> difference in texture between the pencil and the gum emulsion was glaringly
> apparent. I like the way Spotone absorbs into the paper and doesn't leave a
> ring the way I think watercolor might. I know that Spotone is a dye and
> might change a little over time. That is not too much of a worry with my
> prints since I don't do more than a couple of pin points of spotting that
> could shift without making a big difference but it might be an issue with
> extensive spotting on vandykes. Perhaps others will have comments on the
> permanence of Spotone.
>
> Sarah Van Keuren
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