Hi. I was trying many a substance in order to hide white specks on a black and white print last night. Strange as it may seem, in an act of desperation, I tried pencilling in the areas using a #2 pencil. Although not perfect, the results were startlingly impressive, compared with the results from using Spot tone. Anybody else do this? The only drawback seems to be a shiny glint when viewing the print at a particular angle under strong light.
Percy, try a charcoal pencil for less glint.
Percy, on second thought charcoal is not a good idea, it would scratch the print surface. But an 8B would be darker than a number 2.
HB, etc. - can build up the darkness tone to your tastes - just make sure you blow off the residual graphite dust that develops as it can affect the rest of the neg
hey percy
you can use pencil lead-dust. it might give you another tool in your tool kit ...
i worked for an olde tyme portraitist who used to abrade her prints and add
dust to them when she had highlights to hot ...
have fun
john
The learning curve of using spot-tone is pretty steep, but rewarding when you get at the plateau.
Start by diluting some spot-tone on a plexiglass with water: form little pools with different shades.
Build up the tone, don't try to match it right away, that is cause for disaster.
Second you need a 000 brush a a good quality one too, that will make your job much easier.
It is a great feeling to achieve the result you want with the old method.
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