Re: Girls & Hand Coloring

[Bobbie Doyle <doyleb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Stanee Rae Pettit Murray wrote:

> At 02:54 PM 8/20/96 +0000, Bobbi Doyle wrote:
> 
> >     After reading the list for about a week now.....I was beginning to
> >think that I was the only female subscriber...then I saw the name Janet.
> >Not that it matters.  But, I had just taken notice of that fact.  We will
> >have to get some of us "girls" on the gallery page asap!
> 
> My name may fool you, but I'm a girl too!  Named after my dad, Stanley Ray;
> my first name is pronounced "stanny."

I LOVE YOUR NAME...THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW.

> >Most of my stuff is handcolored....IR...
> 
> I like to hand color as well.  What do you use?  I've mostly used Marshall's
> oils and pencils.  Usually I just spot-color part of the image, rather than
> the whole thing.  I've also used water-based markers; the color is very
> intense and almost neon.  The drawback is they leave a little dot where you
> lift the marker from the paper.

I USE MOSTLY MARSHALL'S OILS.  I DO NOT HAVE THEIR PENCILS.  TRY SOME OIL
PASTEL....IT LOOKS AWFUL GOING ON, BUT RUBS DOWN NICELY.  BUT, FOR THE
MOST PART, LIKE YOU I USE THE MARSHALLS. I ALSO USE REGULAR ARTISTS OIL
PAINTS.  I USUALLY COLOR THE WHOLE IMAGE.  

 
> The oils work on E-surface, but the pencils need something with more
> texture.  My lab prints on a paper called RCR (resin-coated rough), by
> Luminos, I think.  Pencils work well on this paper as long as you put some
> PM Solution on the paper first.  Otherwise, the pencil marks don't smooth
> out when you rub the colored areas in with some cotton.

I PAINT MOSTLY ON FIBER-BASED PAERS.  I HAVE TRIED ONE SHEET OF THE
LUNINOS RCR, AND LIKED IT.  IT WAS IN A SAMPLE SET THAT I ORDERED. THEIR
PAPERS ARE REALLY NICE.  I LIKE THE CHARCOAL, AND THE TAPESTRY ALSO. I AM 
GOING TO ORDER SOME OF THEIR RCR SOON.

THANKS FOR SHARING YOU INFORMATION....LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
AGAIN.

EXCUSE THE CAPS.....IT SEEMED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO KEEP EACH
COMMENT SEPARATED.

BOBBI
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