[pure-silver] Re: learning to hand color photographs
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 13:53:11 -0800
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From: "Shannon Stoney" <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 8:51 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: learning to hand color
photographs
These sound interesting. Is there a web source that sells
them?
--shannon
On Dec 3, 2007, at 7:33 AM, Snoopy wrote:
Dear Shannon,
in this country we can buy liquid colours which are
protein-based (Anilin colours?) and these bond
chemically with the gelatin of the paper.
There are about 13 or 15 colours available, different
blacks, sepias, black-browns, the primary colours as
well as some nice shades (dark green, skin colour etc.)
and since they are liquid you can easily mix them.
They basically "preserve" the finish of the paper, i.e.
glossy stays glossy and matte stays matte, as the
colours really "sink in" and will not wash out even if
the print gets wet again.
You apply them with a brush, not pens.
If you want more details, shipment or somesuch let me
know.
Love,
Snoopy
At 16:58 01.12.2007, you wrote:
I am interested in learning how to hand color silver
photographs. Yesterday I did one with a little kit that
somebody gave me, with felt tipped pens. It turned out
pretty well. But I'd like to learn to use the photo
oils. Is there a good book about this?
I looked at some in a store yesterday, and the box said
that glossy prints have to be sprayed first before
painting, but the one book I have about hand coloring
doesn't mention that. Is it true?
--shannon
The dye sets used to be sold for retouching color
images. Most hand coloring is done using transparent oil
paint. The largest seller is Marchall's, they have a web
site. You can get a sampler in the form of a kit.
For the most part hand coloring is mostly just tinting
but the real thing looks like a color photo with brilliant
colors. The transparent oils prevent it from looking like a
painting although you can achieve that effect. The fully
colored photos I've seen were done by very skillful people.
I suspect it helps to know how to paint with oils. Just
tinting is easier and may be quite acceptable. The results
with oils is different than working with dyes. Its also
possible to work with "Hi-Liter" pens. You can get some
curious effects by coloring in just parts of an image, say
eyes and lips.
In the "old days" which seem to me to be yesterday, the
recommended surfaces were semi-matt and warm-tone stock was
preferred. This is probably because it made getting
caucasion skin tones right easier. However, I suspect a
skilled colorist can work with a neutral stock and image
just fine.
I think a search through a good library will find many
books on hand coloring. I don't know which is the best book.
I have just a little background in art but find "real"
coloring to be beyond my skills although I've managed some
decent tinted pictures.
---
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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