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Baren Digest              Wednesday, 29 July 1998      Volume 04 : Number 228

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@islandnet.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:11:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Baren 1268] White .... never....well hardly ever. 

Dave wrote....
>It is the opaqueness of gofun that leads to it only being used for
>applying highlights on top of other colours, and for such things as snow
>that is sometimes 'sprayed' on top of prints.  It is never used to mix
>other colours into more delicate tints, as it turns them into a chalky
>white and semi-opaque colour which is unacceptable in this tradition.
>Red is red.  To make pink, one simply adds water ... never white.

Sound like me when I taught watercolour in hundreds of places across
Canada.  (It was a way of surviving in the Art world).  I use to put it
very directly.....white pigment in transparent watercolour is for amateurs.
I had quite a reputation and some of the heavies who used it were annoyed
with me.
I have the same feeling about woodblock printmaking.

Having said that I did use white in the piece East Point for purposes of
creating a ghost like (chalky) appearance of a lighthouse tower. It could
not have been done any other way.  So Gayle if you are endeavouring to get
a special effect....use it.  If you are using is as a crutch, don't.  Just
my 1/2 cent worth.  (Value of Canadian $)

Graham

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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 20:33:14 +0900
Subject: [Baren 1269] Re: digital cameras 

Jean wrote:
> ... digital camera at a computer show here for $144 plus tax.  
> It is fun to use but the quality of the photos is VERY disappointing.   
> Sorry Dave, that's a bit off the subject of woodcuts.

Please ... I'm not such an unfriendly ogre as all that!  Don't over-react 
to that simple request I made a couple of weeks ago to keep things in 
balance ...    (And besides, wasn't it _me_ who started talking about 
such cameras?)

Speaking of which, I made up a small page of sample shots from that new
Sony camera, for anyone who is trying to decide if it might be suitable
for them ...

http://www.woodblock.com/temporary/mavica_demo.html

Dave

P.S.  Just finished up #96 this afternoon.  4 left!

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