These are great, Tom. I like the golds too.
I've used burnt umber as the "magenta" which softens and subdues a
landscape considerably. I don't think I have anything around to
demonstrate that.
kt
On Dec 2, 2005, at 3:34 PM, Tom Sobota wrote:
> I absolutely agree with this, Christina. The freedom that we have in
> choosing and combining colors has to be used and even abused
> mercilessly. The risks are very low, and the gains ... ah, the gains!
> (OK, I'll try not to overdo it :-)
>
> I have never tried cerulean or nickel titanate, but red oxide is one
> of my favorites for monochrome, I feel confident using it and yes, I
> once or twice substituted it for my 'normal' magenta for trichromy. I
> wouldn't say that it came out 'gorgeous', to tell the truth, but
> certainly interesting and perhaps even promising.
>
> I do not have a web page, but I uploaded a couple of images, should
> anybody want to see them. It is part of a series I'm doing on Venice.
> The original size is 17cm x 23cm (some 6.7" x 9") scanned at 150bpi.
> Each image is some 270Kb.
>
> The first gum is too dark and too yellow, but I kept it because I like
> the golds :-) The colors are intended to be realistic and they, more
> or less, are... up to a point. It is fortunate that you cannot compare
> with the original. Currently I'm trying to keep the golds as they are
> and subdue the other colors.
>
> It is here:
> http://usuarios.arsystel.com/tksobota/Venezia-maschere-1.jpg
> A detail some 3 inches square from the center scanned at 360bpi
> is here:
> http://usuarios.arsystel.com/tksobota/Venezia-maschere-1-det.jpg
>
> In the second gum I used W&N Indian Red (red iron oxide, PR101)
> instead of the quinacridone that I normally use. The result tends
> rather towards a violet hue. I gave it also a touch of Ivory Black in
> the shadows.
>
> It is here:
> http://usuarios.arsystel.com/tksobota/Venezia-maschere-2.jpg
> and a detail here:
> http://usuarios.arsystel.com/tksobota/Venezia-maschere-2-det.jpg
>
> As expected, the golds lost much of their vigour, and are much more
> subtle. The reds, which I expected to suffer the most, have lost
> brilliance but still are recognizably red. The blues also changed
> somewhat, naturally. Sadly, or luckily, it depends, there are no
> greens...
>
> Tom
>
> At 20:35 02/12/2005, you wrote:
>> ... But heck, maybe a tricolor printed with cerulean and nickel
>> titanate and red oxide would be gorgeous...one of my next thoughts is
>> to try different renditions of tricolor (e.g. raw sienna, venetian
>> red, etc.)
>> chris
>
>
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