Coloring Photographs

[photomc]

Cool - thanks!

Well home now after loonngg day..but as promised here is the humble hand colored image. Seriously, there a many on this site and elsewhere that could show you some very good work..this is what can be done with NO knowledge and only an interest - plus some Marshall pencils...

Take a look at Paul Kozal's site to get an idea of what someone that knows more about this than I do....

What ever you do....DO NOT skip doing this, it is fun and to me a big part of what makes us do the kind of work we do. If we do the same thing, day in and day out our work starts to look the same and while that is not a bad thing...I like to sample a bit and see what works for me. A VanDyke here, hand colored there...who knows, the next thing to try is a hand colored Ziatype...never seen on of those before....

Enjoy

 

[Digidurst]

Well home now after loonngg day..but as promised here is the humble hand colored image. Seriously, there a many on this site and elsewhere that could show you some very good work..this is what can be done with NO knowledge and only an interest - plus some Marshall pencils...

Take a look at Paul Kozal's site to get an idea of what someone that knows more about this than I do....

What ever you do....DO NOT skip doing this, it is fun and to me a big part of what makes us do the kind of work we do. If we do the same thing, day in and day out our work starts to look the same and while that is not a bad thing...I like to sample a bit and see what works for me. A VanDyke here, hand colored there...who knows, the next thing to try is a hand colored Ziatype...never seen on of those before....

Enjoy

A long day, huh? Sorry to hear that but thank you for taking the time to post your work anyway. The flower turned out just lovely!

And there is no way I'm going to "skip this"... I remember, as a little girl, spending hours coloring in my coloring books - happy as a lark. I've wanted to try photo coloring for a while... Bought some pencils years ago but then life got busy and you know how that goes. Now, it's time.

Thanks again for sharing your work and the link - I'm gonna go check it out!

 

[Digidurst]

Hey ya'll... on another APUG thread, there was mention of a website called handcolor.com. Since I've become interested in this topic, I checked it out. Unfortunately, handcolor.com is no longer in service but there's a Dead Link Removed where I found a set of Marshall's pencils (a whole bunch of them) and some Marlene solution for cheap!

As a side note, these folks don't seem to answer their phone and an email I sent bounced back (after I'd placed my order which made me nervous) but the stuff showed up yesterday - pretty quick considering I placed the order on Monday. Free shipping too

So I just thought I'd pass the info along for anyone who is looking to try this hobby with minimal cash outlay. Enjoy!

p.s. I looked for Marshall's website but I couldn't find one for them. Odd, I think. Does anyone know if they have one and what the link is?

 

[gldn]

Digidurst,

I use Carbosol right out of the can, just dip the cotton in it a little goes a long way. I use it to remove color if I mess up. Say if you are doing somethig with a lot of detail, a lot of different colors close together, use the Carbosol or Marlene to clean the color out of unwanted areas with a cotton wrapped skewer or toothpick.

I like the Prisma color pencils, prime the paper with the pm solution, rub it out then use the pencils and they flow really well, then take your cotton ball or skewer and gently rub it to blend. You can dip the pencil in the PM or put some PM on a cotton ball and rub it on the end of the pencil to make it flow a little better.
In a previous post I made a mistake, the recipe for PM that I use is 1/3 Safflower oil to 2/3 turpintine, Sorry mind is going.

Marshalls is at this link:
http://www.bkaphoto.com/search_results.asp?path=search

 

[gldn]

In the previous link type in Marshalls in the search box and it will take you there.

 

[reellis67]

Just a quick thanks to all who contributed to this thread. I have recently started a project to make hand colored post cards and found the info and links in this thread very valuable. Thanks again!

- Randy

 

[rbarker]

FWIW, Wayne, I have a hand-colored portrait of my father and his older brother that was done in 1918. The colors have probably faded a bit, but I think that's still pretty good.

 

[Daniel Lawton]

FWIW I think Tony Worobiec's work is the best example of handcoloring I have ever come across. I think his sucess is due to his ability to not overdue the application of color in an attempt to mimic a color photograph, but rather the restrained use of color to highlight a central theme and add a sense of drama to the image. He uses a number of mediums to do this (including Marshall's oil pencils). Many of his images in "Beyond Monochrome" are some of the most captivating photographs I have ever seen.

 

[reellis67]

... I think his sucess is due to his ability to not overdue the application of color in an attempt to mimic a color photograph, but rather the restrained use of color to highlight a central theme and add a sense of drama to the image...

I agree that his work is very powerful due to its specific use of color. Having said that, I also think that most color films today are oversaturated so perhaps that adds to his appeal, for me anyway.

Oddly enough, I forgot that there were hand colored images in his book. I still haven't managed to buy a copy for my library, but it shouldn't take too long to rectify that! Thanks for bringing it up.

- Randy

 

[gandolfi]

Does anybody have any example of their hand coloring efforts in any of the APUG galleries?

Thanks all

but of course..
(I do it all the time..)

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

liquid emulsion on very heavy paper.
then hand coloured using the all time best material I know of: The (discontinued!!) silk dye from PEBEO ("orient express")..
I still have some left, but the stuff so good is gone..

remind you of anything?

 

[waynecrider]

...Take a look at Paul Kozal's site to get an idea of what someone that knows more about this than I do....

Amazing portfolio's.