What latest updates have I found with my second Chairman Mao layer?
I manage to get my printing technician to print out my second layer for me for my chairman mao image and it manage to turn out very nice. It looked very clear and good enough to expose onto the photo emulsion so he exposed it for me which took about 20 minutes. It came out very good but there was just one small problem, it had a small hole where it was not exposed enough so I just filled that in quite easily using the red filler and brush.
I also knew that the time was gonna come where I would eventually have to make one of the toughest screen inking colours for one of my prints and that colour is skin colour which was not gonna be easy for me.
Were there any problems?
Yes there was… and it lasted me for 4 hours of constant ink mixing to try make the right colour formula. I basically had to make almost every known colour to try make the colour of skin. What is most frustrating for me, is that the pigments are all wrong… when I mixed a n ice green with some red it did not turn to brown how I expected but it turned to purple instead… lol… I mean how crazy is that?
How did I solve this colour twisting phenomenon?
So it was almost like trying to find the skin colour blind folded, but when I finally managed to mix a good brown, I used Blue + Yellow = Green + Red = Purple + Yellow = Brown? Really? and… Brown + more yellow = Yellow Ochre + White = Skin colour – Peach or Carci colour. So that was the result for the day for my inking and pigment twisting equation, solved and dusted within 3 hours….
What Will I do next?
So now… I am free to go ahead with my second layer to print the main colour of my Chairman Mao’s face. With any luck my eyes will be as good as that ink when it touches the surface of that paper, Hopefully will be the same colour and will look great. Will keep you updated when I go to print the second layer.
Please feel free to watch or browse through my 6 minute commentary of mixing colours and seeing the end result…
