Jars in the Window ~ Third Layer

The first two layers were used to define the image area, with the first coat, then bringing in the off the chart density area of the open window, with the second coat. The second being magenta, a natural first color for background. This third layer, using Yellow, will shift the magenta to an orange(ish) color, mostly in the highlight area outside the window. The foreground will continue to fill in the details each applied coat, also darkening the shadowed areas.

This Yellow layer was applied all over the image, with the yellow mixture just shy of opacity. This layer will influence the next layer of Cyan, shifting the foreground color to a more warm toned brownish color and the area outside the window will shift green, and being there is mostly Oleander bush as backdrop, the green will work well. It is at this juncture of the printing that decisions have to be made, about the final applications, where the image is to go. There is only so much theory that can be predictable, as there are so many intervening variables during each coating, each printing and floating, specific predictions of outcome is simply silly.

What is coming along is the added detail of each layer. I am working with mixtures that are transparent, allowing for further depth and textural detail, without losing the spectral light, or the glow of the image from the window light. I am photographing the print before it is completely dry, thereby leaving the warped light in the foreground, light and dark streaks. That is the curl of the paper before being pressed when dry. Note the added texture in the window area and outside, as well as to the wood backdrop behind the jars. Each layer adds a little more to the final image.

3rd color layer; Jars in the Window