{"id":100,"date":"2006-12-07T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-07T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=100"},"modified":"2006-12-07T14:03:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-07T14:03:00","slug":"experiments-in-metallic-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/07\/experiments-in-metallic-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiments in Metallic Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s an example of a valuable scrap of an experiment I’ve saved from a job in which I had to match a very greenish gold printing ink. The notes have come in handy in later years. If you click on the image above, you should be able to read my penciled notes. In case you can’t, I’ll repeat them here. All the paints are gouache, a calligrapher’s best friend because they aren’t transparent as watercolors are, and yet don’t dry fast and turn to plastic as acrylics do.<\/p>\n

Row 1: I started with equal parts Schmincke Glitter Gold + Schmincke Bronze.
Row 2: added Winsor Green.
Row 3: a little more Winsor Green, and a little more.
Row 4: a little more Winsor Green to the first row-3 block, and a little Yasutomo black stick ink to the second row-3 block; then a little more stick ink, and then a little less stick ink<\/p>\n

Since a block of paint doesn’t look like a block of lettering, I continued on with lettering to further tweak the ink matching, using the ink from the last block on row 4, then adding more and more black. Notice that on the 4th line of lettering I didn’t change color at all, only taking off the pen nib’s reservoir; however, the 4th line looks darker than the 3rd line. Especially with metallic colors, the reservoir seems to collect color\/metallic particles behind its tip and make the delivered paint more watery.<\/p>\n

By the way, I’m using a Mitchel Roundhand nib here, probably a size 2\u00bd. The whole page is about 7″ x 8″. And this photo shows no light reflection. I tried to get a photo to contrast the color with light reflection, but no luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an example of a valuable scrap of an experiment I’ve saved from a job in which I had to match a very greenish gold printing ink. The notes have come in handy in later years. If you click on the image above, you should be able to read my penciled notes. In case you … <\/p>\n

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