Re: deep dark shadows monochromatic gum

Christina,

What you say is interesting, since viridian green (PG18) is a form of
hydrated chrome oxide, and as such for all I have heard, it should be
one of those pigments incompatible with dichromates. But you have tried
it with gum and it did work?

Tom Sobota

Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
> Paul,
> just a quickie tip--you can get a wicked, goth chick black from mixing
> viridian green with a lightfast alizarin crimson (substitute--alizarin
> is not lightfast). Deep and mmmmooooody. Viridian green is a highly
> pigmented, garish green, but in mixes with a transparent red like
> alizarin it makes almost an irridescent hue. It's a watercolorist
> secret to not use black but use this instead.
> chris
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul gega" <pawel_gega@o2.pl>
> To: "altphoto" <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:42 PM
> Subject: deep dark shadows monochromatic gum
>
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> What is the deepest value that can be achived from a typical (not too
>> dark or
>> light) pigment ? i'm trying now to make monochromatic gum bichormate (in
>> violet) but the most important part of those prints are the shadows -
>> i want
>> them in deep , almost black value - those prints im mading in violet.
>>
>> Is it the good idea to mix violet with black pigment to last , most dark
>> layer?
>>
>> -some useful tips quickly needed :)
>>
>> regrds,
>> paul gega.
>>
>>
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>
>
Received on Wed Feb 8 05:57:49 2006