"Lady in Light" ~ Gum Dichromate Print [Reprinted]

 This print image demanded my reprinting it, getting it right. The idea behind the  first go of it had to do with attempting to add mixed and blended colors to the background, in a way, mimicking a version of Impressionism. It's possible, if done right, and if the printer actually  sees the fuller color spectrum, and has the taste and sense to do said mixing and blending in such a way as to leave the printed image pleasant for viewing. I didn't like it.

The second printing was approached in a different way, use of different colors, in a different order. This one is what I had previsualized it to be, sans the Impressionism part. Some day. This was a ten color run, with better textural detail. The first print was destroyed. There can only be one of each image.

Gum Dichromate Print

"Lady in Light"

"Caribbean Beach" ~ Gum Dichromate Print

This print is part of several Caribbean images I want to print. Upcoming prints will be Caribbean sunset images in 11"x14". This one being a mid day shot. I am also now favoring softer colors, more in line with pastel colors rather than the brighter primary colors I have been using.

This print required eight print layers to accommodate the different and areas variant from standard color layering. There was a good deal of local coating for any semblance of color separation between said visual areas. I have also been printing in the skies of the more recent prints far more softer, lighter, than previously. I have been seeking a soft, light blue, just above what might be a light gray. Don't ask me why, it's just a personal thing that tends to change over time. The biggest challenge for me is digitally copying the original print, considering lighting conditions, camera work, and my being pretty much color blind in red/green. It should be at least close to the original.

I stand corrected. There happened to be a color sighted individual that was kind enough  to tell me what they saw of the digital image as posted here. Not what I had thought. The barely light blue sky just above gray, isn't apparently. It's slightly green with a little yellow showing through, which means the blue I added failed to cover that up. The water is not blue/green, at all, and about the only portion of the image being the beach, which should be in the gray arena, the fence, which should be brown(ish) [burnt sienna].and the palm tree, which I am told is green(ish), which I can't see. Hopefully, for the color sighted, the accumulative visual effect is pleasing, or at least interesting.

Gum Dichromate Print

"Caribbean Beach"  8x10

"Last Sailing Ship" ~ Gum over Palladium Print

 The world continues to spin, and all the things demanding one's time continues to spin as well. This latest print was in the works for three weeks before completion. To arrive at the color separations I was after necessitated printing split color layering, and that takes more time.

The color fidelity of the print's digital copy is in question as it doesn't appear, even to me, as saturated as the original print. An outcome mostly attributed to being mostly color blind to red/green. I just do the best I can under the circumstances.

This print image needed local color layering for best results, and of course that takes a lot more print times. All told, there are eight color print layers over the original palladium  print. This print image finishes the 'sailing ship' images I have planned for printing.

Gum over Palladium Print

"Last Sailing Ship" ~ 11"x14"