Re: tonal inversion and pigment loads

Yes, very true. Perhaps if you need a stronger image you should leave
gum alone and go the carbon way, or perhaps oil or bromoil. There is no
need to stretch too far the possibilities of a medium existing others.

Tom Sobota
Madrid, Spain

Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
>> By the way, I am not of the opinion that gum has a limit in the
>> quantity of pigment that it can hold, and that staining is the result
>> of the pigment 'having to go somewhere'. Solutions have a saturation
>> point but gels do not. Any tube of watercolour is the proof that gum
>> can hold more pigment than we ever use in gum dichromate.
>> Tom Sobota
>
> I agree with you, Tom. There may be an **aesthetic** limit to the
> amount of pigment one may need to express a particular depth of color
> in a particular print, but to reach a point where too much pigment is
> too much for gum to handle would be well beyond needing that much
> pigment in the first place. Always exceptions to every gum generality,
> of course, I suppose. Chris
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 27 15:18:10 2006