Digital BW, The Print

On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 05:28  AM, Jake Hellbach wrote:

> Hi,
> I do hand coloring with my digital prints.
> I've been using Epson matt paper and after its printed I spray it with 
> a
> matt finish poly before tinting with the oil paints. I've read about 
> using
> Marshall's inkjet paper without prepping it with the polyurethane 
> first but
> haven't tried it.
>
> Jake


A while back Marshalls sent me some samples of their inkjet canvas 
which is designed for hand coloring. It worked fine but sometimes I 
found it to be a little too textured. That occasionally made it hard 
blend the colors. I teach a workshop at the local community college on 
hand coloring silver prints but I've increasingly been getting people 
wanting more info on coloring inkjet prints. Hopefully I'll get some 
time soon to experiment with some different papers to see what works. I 
think I'll also take your suggestion, Jake, and try different sprays. 
If anyone has any other suggestions of what works and what doesn't, my 
students  would appreciate  it. Thanx.

-Alan


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