Girl with Horse ~ Gum Layer 2

This second gum layer was a mixture of Cadmium Yellow, added to deepen the darker background area, and add yellow to the middle tones of the foliage, as well as a good underlying yellow color to the lighter grasses in the mid-ground. The horse got nothing, as it will become ever more prominent as the print progresses. The girl's hair also got a dab of yellow to add a bit more warm color.

The layering technique changes from print to print, with each image as each image brings its own particular needs, all depending on how the image is perceived by the printer and where the printer decides to go with things. Which colors to use, mixed in potentially endless ways and opacities, layered in what order are some of the choices made by the printer, for every applied layer. There is no such thing as a standard process for gum printing. Gum printing is nothing like printing in silver or palladium, or any other hand coated process. A gum print is a photographic watercolor. There are no rules in watercolor painting. There is only technique as in gum printing.

Gum Layer 2 ~ digital negative
"Girl with Horse" ~ 8x10