* Correction; This print layer is the 9th print layer, the second printing using a split color application. The sixth printing layer got lost when posted as the seventh.
This printing was to take care of two areas outside the window, the foliage on the left, and top of the image area, and secondly, the edge of the house outside, which was a turquoise color. Once the print has fully dried down a final judgement will be made on the foliage. That area is in bright sunshine and I want to leave that effect. The side of the house has a slight cyan(ish) tone to it, which actually works, representing faded house paint. The final area to be handles is the whites, f the fascia board along the roof and the window frame that remains almost blank white. I also want to strengthen the black tar that has run down over the fascia board. A final touch to the image may be to make a thin, shear mix of Cadmium Yellow to brush over the jar with the peaches in it, and the gold colored bands.
The print image as seen here was copied before it was fully dried down and pressed flat. Multiple layers of dried gum, each of different thicknesses in different areas, begins creating highs & lows in the paper, between those densities. One of the reasons I use Arches hot press watercolor paper is because it holds up well to this repeated layering and soaking. It is this effect that makes the bottom of the image in the darker area to appear streaked. The light reflected off the highs & lows. The finished print will have been cleared of the yellow dichromate stain and pressed flat after dry down.
Jars in the Window ~ 9th coat ~ Split Color
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