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Bromoil Prints

By Gene Laughter

Safety

Method Overview

Materials

Guidelines for Bromoil Printing

Tips

Brush Actions for Inking

Print Finishing and Enhancement

Tips

Image

13.1  Wayne Firth, Purington’s Store, Randsburg, California, hand-colored bromoil print on Kentmere Art Document paper, 6 × 9 in. (15.24 × 22.86cm), ©2016 Wayne Firth.

The print was made on non-supercoated paper, then the photographic image was bleached away. Afterwards, an ink image was created by applying Van Son lithographic ink to the damp print using a foam roller. The color accents were added with pencils after the print was dry.

Gene Laughter, a retired advertising ...

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