Final Gum over Palladium print

Working with gum over palladium prints is quite a bit different than making gum prints. The subtleties of gum printing get lost when applied over a printed palladium print. You can get away with a lot. The  color mixtures are so much denser when layering over a finished image, as each color layer doesn't show up as it would if applied as another color layer over other sheer color layers.

The final image includes three gum print layers, using six color mixes. I am not after bright colors here, like a color photograph. What I want to accomplish is subtle colors and increased textural depth in the image. For me to be able to keep things right at the breaking edge of loud color and very subtle color flavoring, necessitates keeping what I can see of the color just showing up. If I can clearly see the color red in a print, it's really red. What can be noticed right off, for those having seen the image in the last post, is the yellowish prevailing color, which is the dichromate stain. The print was cleared for this image. What should remain is a subtle green in the foliage and warm toned rocks beneath the girl, with her dress just breaking at zone 7, showing a bit of color from the sunlight. And of course, the flower she is holding should be red(ish), although I am unable to actually see what that looks like.

So, my interpretation of a "Girl with Flower"

Gum  over Palladium
"Girl with Flower" ~ 8x10 ~ Unique
Eugene, Oregon ~ 1984