I’m figuring out, at last, how to use digital black and white carbon prints for hand coloring. Turns out the carbon pigment is well bound to the paper — mostly. So what you need to do is remove the loose particles. About 30 seconds under cool running water and an all-over scouring with a paintbrush [...]
After a couple weeks of playing with it, I have to say that digital black and white is growing on me. The proof, of course, is in the printing. And that has always been digital’s weak spot. But let’s start with the strengths. Everyone pretty much knows the advantages that digital offers over film in [...]
I love this effect. And the neat thing about digital is that you get instant feedback on whether or not you’ve done it right. On the other hand, I still haven’t figured out how to print digital BW so that the prints can be hand colored…. a longer topic for another post. photo: Pear tree [...]
I’ve been keeping the printer busy with experiments in black and white. As you can see in the photo, I’m working out ways to make digital prints that — maybe — look something like the black and white prints I get in the darkroom. And, yes, it’s a steep curve. The material you can read [...]
OK, I’m not a total Luddite. (I’m writing this on a computer, after all.) And I truly am interested in digital printing. Up until lately, though, I haven’t much liked what I saw. But reading more the other day about carbon-ink printing on 100 percent cotton watercolor paper — and, especially, the fact that my [...]
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