Digital BW, The Print

Hey Mike, My Old Friend, 

Yeah......blue is usually one of those pigments that fades fast in a watercolor painting.  If she kept the painting displayed in her living room (probably under a small light) for 10 years I would expect there to be significant fading....and if she lives in Sunny Florida....with all those windows and white furniture and tiled floors and white on white decor...there must be lots of ambient or reflected light in the room (of course I am only surmising on the decor).  

"Cerulean" blue is pretty. 

Not all pigments are lightfast....nor are all paints...nor are all inks.  

Steadman

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Kravit 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 1:29 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] For Della On Shadows


  Steadman,

  That reminds me, speaking of painting. I had a water color artist in my
  office last week. She wanted to use my 10000 to print out reproductions of
  one of her water color paintings. You see, the painting was hanging in her
  living room for 10 years. When she recently took it down to have it reframed
  she noticed that the sky in the area covered by the liner was actually
  cerillion blue (Not sure how it is spelled). The sky that was exposed to
  light has little or no pigment color left.

  I found this to be interesting as I have only briefly thought about archival
  issues with water color paints.

  Your posts are alway so informative and of course it is always nice to hear
  from a friend. ;-)

  Mike


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