Jars in the Window 4th Coat

The addition of the last color layer, continues the direction I'm headed with the print. This fourth color layer is Cyan, the first of the CYMK colors, although not printed in that order. My biggest weakness is seeing colors. Being nearly color blind to red/green, making gum prints using colors might seem counter intuitive, and for a logical person, would be. Making gum prints takes some logical analysis for print direction of each image, however, I would tell you that gum printing isn't a cognitive exercise, which covers pretty much the spectrum of Art in general. Art is a personal expression using an artistic medium. I use photography to make photographic watercolors.

I was forced to use a corrective technique for removing unwanted gum from the print, without destroying the print of course. When I pulled the  print off the surface of the water after floating, the pigmented gum flows off the print, in proportion to the amount of gum that has yet to be hardened in some degree. That happened on this print, with the blue layer draining down towards the bottom of the print, leaving a streak where it covered an area that shouldn't have gotten that run off layer. Hence the removal by heating the water to near 100 degrees and using a fairly stiff artist's brush to work that area and hopefully remove sufficient cyan pigmented gum off the surface area in the image. For the most part, that worked. The remnant of this will decrease with further layers that will even out the color differences in the end.

What can be seen at this time is the continued filling in of detail in the foreground and more detail outside the window, with the window frame now roughly zone 7, which is where that will remain. What I'm after now is filling in the flora outside the window as well as the house and roof line. What I am being careful not to lose is the spectral light, shown on the window frame and back wall behind the jars. That is the light that can be captured with correct printing/floating. Also keep in mind that the Yellow stain of the dichromate is still visible. That will be cleared after the printing if finished.

Jars in the Window ~ Fourth color layer ~ Cyan