Re: [Digital BW] Re: Varnishes, was Beyond the name
2001-12-06 by shashinka@aol.com
Great info Mark: I smell a canvas print exchange somewhere in the future. I mean that literally, with all the crazy coatings! -Andy Darlow << I'm loving playing around with these sprays on this MediaStreet canvas. Here's the status report: When the liquid varnish hits the canvas, it immediately shifts the color pretty greenish. So this last version, I did Levels in the green channel, and made the print VERY magenta. When the varnish hit it, it pulled it back pretty much where I wanted it (neutral). This is using Gen4 inks in a 7000. I guess if you got into it, you could profile it by printing out the black chips, then varnish the canvas, then send it out to be read. You couldn't judge the prints til they'd been varnished, but it would be pretty darn close. I got a spray by Blair (gloss), and Grumbacher (gloss), and Krylon TripleCoat (gloss); all aerosols. Then this brushon by Weber called Synvar (oilbase); that's my favorite; it richens the blacks and dries matte, after a coat or even two. Another good one for effect was Ageing Varnish, but it was VERY yellow/green after two coats. But neat for something; just don't know what. Now what to do with the canvas: stretch it on a frame like a painting, or just mat it like a photograph? Or dip it in wax! >>