yes, matte paper is best to give proper tooth to the surface for the oils to adhere. otherwise, you'll have to treat a glossy print somehow to achieve this. oils don't work well on glossy or glossy dried matte. e --- Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to > www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the > same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.