Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

Txs for the detailed reply - as always interesting perspective from you.

I saw some inkjet sketch prints (carbon?) + watercolor over painting @ at
this summers Royal Academy Exhibition in London a few months ago. They were
displayed alongside all the other paintings. They looked pretty interesting.


Do let us know how this project progresses.

Many txs,

Mike

2009/10/2 pr_roark <paul.roark@...>

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> Michael King <drmrking@...> wrote:
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> > Paul,
> >
> > Why so keen on it working with Arches uncoated watercolor ?
> >
>
> Arches has a great reputation in the art field and is the only watercolor
> paper I've found that has an acceptable dmax. None of the inkjet papers has
> stood the test of time. Coatings of any kind will probably cause problems
> way down the road, though I am certainly not stopping my use of inkjet
> papers.
>
> The Arches can be surfaced washed with very minimal loss of carbon. This
> stops the rub-off. The resulting print is very durable and resistant to
> abrasion. If the paper is not totally flat, a hot press makes it so. The
> internal gelatin sizing holds the hot pressed flatness.
>
> Arches is readily available in sheets and cheaper than most of the best
> inkjet papers.
>
> The watercolor paper is free from the flaking problems of inkjet papers. It
> can also be easily retouched, tinted, and painted on after the image is
> printed.
>
> It is my intent to merge carbon printing with the watercolor medium. How
> much watercoloring or tinting is needed to remove the stigma that holds down
> the prices of photos because they are "multiples" that can be easily
> reproduced is an open question. However, having the hand of the artist be
> the last and a significant part of the product may be necessary to avoid the
> "print" category. Moving the medium up the food chain in terms of how much
> people will pay for it is an interesting possibility. I'm going to be
> collaborating with a few watercolorists to see what we can come up with.
>
> And, it's an interesting challenge, which is probably enough in and of
> itself. I've always considered "carbon on cotton" to be a medium that can
> hold its own with any, but we've been fudging a bit on this with color pigs
> in the mix and coatings on paper. I think carbon on Arches gets us closer to
> what I see as a purist medium that does not have to apologize for or feel
> second rate compared to anything.
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>
>
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