Re: what a hoot

Judy wrote:

> 2. Your students might be interested to know that the print was made from
> one monochrome negative -- on lith film -- in 3 gum coats, with some touch
> ups & brushing out inbetween (of course). A red coat was usually first,
> then yellow, finally blue. The sky was too dense anyway to print through
> that lith film, so, making a virtue of necessity, I painted it yellow.

So are you saying you used a thin card mask that you brush the gum into.
Does that not suck the gum in under the edge? I guess not but it seems there
would be a tendency for the gum to be pulled in by capillary action...

Jack
Received on Tue Jan 24 09:42:20 2006