Forte photographic paper

[camtec]

Does anyone know of a source for Forte polywarmtone Art Fiber base paper? I am a colorist using Marshal oils to paint photos. Recommendations for other fiber based papers that absorb oils would be appreciated also.

 

[eddie]

I do a lot of hand painting on the Ilford MGIV matte. I also use their warmtone semi-matte.

 

[chriscrawfordphoto]

Forte went out of business several years ago, so I doubt you'll find anyone who has any of this paper for sale, and if they do, its expired.

 

[mnemosyne]

Does anyone know of a source for Forte polywarmtone Art Fiber base paper? I am a colorist using Marshal oils to paint photos. Recommendations for other fiber based papers that absorb oils would be appreciated also.

Apart from a lucky find of old stock at the usual place your only hope would be The Polywarmtone Project

 

[Michael W]

Foma 123 is good, the velvet stipple surface.

 

[Bob Carnie]

Ilford Art 300 works very well for hand colouring

 

[winger]

I do a lot of hand painting on the Ilford MGIV matte. I also use their warmtone semi-matte.

Me, too. And Ilford's Art300 is a dream with pencils.

 

[Ian Grant]

Forte went out of business several years ago, so I doubt you'll find anyone who has any of this paper for sale, and if they do, its expired.

I bought a lot from the last batch made and it's still perfect.

I've also got somee Fortepan 200 in 10x8, that's fine as well.

Ian

 

[camtec]

Thanks Eddie. May I suggest Ilford's multigrade art 300 paper. It is fiber based and holds oils very well. Ektalure it ain't, but it is the best I have found since Forte went under. It is made by Hahnemuhle and sold by Ilford.

 

[camtec]

Thanks Michael, I'll give it a try. Does it absorb oils well?

 

[Michael W]

Thanks Michael, I'll give it a try. Does it absorb oils well?

This is Marshalls photo oils on Foma 123. Was easy to work with.

 

[Simon R Galley]

Dear Camtec,

May have just been a typo....but.

ILFORD ART300 is made and coated at Mobberley by HARMAN technology Limited on a base made exclusively for HARMAN by Hahnemuehle ( and a lovely base it is as well ) whilst it is a 'Fibre base' technically it is a 'fine art' base adjusted to have 'wet strength' for photo processing.

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

 

[Wayne]

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

 

[eddie]

I like the results using Art300, too. Another thing I do is use liquid emulsion on watercolor papers. You can get very textural results, depending on the paper surface.

 

[MattKing]

Thanks Eddie. May I suggest Ilford's multigrade art 300 paper. It is fiber based and holds oils very well. Ektalure it ain't, but it is the best I have found since Forte went under. It is made by Hahnemuhle and sold by Ilford.

Not quite correct.

Hahnemuhle makes the underlying paper support. Harman/Ilford then manufactures photographic paper using that support and their emulsion coating techniques.

Oops - Simon beat me to it.

I've seen this confusion before, and think that it arises from the listing descriptions at places like B & H

 

[pentaxuser]

Time somebody commented on Michael W's hand colouring on Foma 123. Not much to be said really except one word - Brilliant

pentaxuser

 

[camtec]

Very good Michael. Do you tone your prints before coloring them? To those who corrected me, thanks for the info.

 

[Michael W]

Very good Michael. Do you tone your prints before coloring them? To those who corrected me, thanks for the info.

That one wasn't toned & I haven't coloured a print for a while. Could be a good thing to try however.

 

[subsole]

http://www.polywarmtone.com/index.html

http://www.polywarmtone.com/Blog/English.html

 

[Xmas]

Time somebody commented on Michael W's hand colouring on Foma 123. Not much to be said really except one word - Brilliant

pentaxuser

real nice

Is there a step be step on site or book?

Noel

 

[Simonh82]

I've not really come across this technique before. In my mind I thought it would look much more like painting by numbers.

Michael W's example is beautiful. Much more subtle than I was expecting and still very much a photo. Really lovely effect that I will look in to more.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[camtec]

To get realistic skin tones in portraits, I first sepia or brown tone photos first.