Hand coloring

[betty@xxxxxxxxxx (B. Schlueter)]

On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, B. Schlueter wrote:

> Jeff,
> If you purchases the Marshall's oils there should be an instruction booklet
> included. I also use water color pencils, they give a beautiful effect.

>>Betty,
>>        Are you working on a wet photo with the w/c pencils? I have not
>>tried them, but have used chalks and oil pastels with some success.

> Gouach (sp) works nicely as well.

>>I also have some gouache at home. Haven't tried it on the photos. Again,
>>are you dampening your paper?

>>I handcolor almost all of my black and white stuff. I usually use
>>Marshalls, but I would like to experiment.

>>Thanks in advance for your help,
>>Bobbi

Bobbi,
I use dry prints with wet pencils. I dip the tips in water to soften them.
They go on like butter. I have never had any great results with oil pastels
but I have seen some beautiful images. With the goauche, I was taking it
straight out of the tube onto the dry print. Very good results. The colors
are much nicer than the oils, in my opinion. I have used the oils quite a
bit, but my best results were with the water color pencils. I'd put mud on
a print if I thought it would look interesting. ;> Does anyone know of any
other good mediums?
Betty


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