Digital BW, The Print

> Bob,
> That is my next project too.  I saw some ink jet portraits in the
Cleveland
> Art Museum (in their collection!) that used hand-tinted rag paper. Very
good
> looking. I printed some ink jet over light washes on Arches paper and they
> show promise.  A friend just did some incredibly beautiful ink jet prints
on
> water color paper using color inks to print b/w. He ran the fresh prints
> under running water selectively washing out and blending.
>
> I think being overly focused on achieving replicas of traditional
> photographic techniques may hinder development of a new ink jet aesthetic.
>
> AZ

The strategy I'm thinking about...

Print reversed image (mirror image) full size.

Place image under plexiglass plate
and maybe on a light table....as a guide to painting on the plate.

Apply washes / tones to areas based on the print underneath.

Print monotype image from the plate.

Let dry.

Re-Adjust image in photoshop (move toward hi-key and open up I would guess)

Run monotype thru the inkjet...

The issue with many inks (createx water based for example)
is the paper must be wet to lift the image from the
monotype plate... then when it dries unless you have huge weight
on paper while drying  - its too wrinked to pass thru the printer.

With the akua-color inks they lift off onto dry paper
giving you a smooth surface to then injet print.

Thanks
Bob Obenland