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scribes digest       Thursday, December 2 1999       Volume 02 : Number 1229



In this issue:

    Re:  [scribes]: whitework
    Re: [scribes]: metallics

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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 10:16:28 EST
From: Luiseach@aol.com
Subject: Re:  [scribes]: whitework

In a message dated 12/01/99 09:24:18 PM, Mark wrote:

<<If I may throw my tuppence worth at you as well, have a look for something

called "Dr Ph Martin's Bleed-Proof White">>

Yes, yes, yes.  Bleed-Proof White is good stuff.  In California it tends to 
be available at big art supply stores as well as the places that cater to 
draftsmen and architects or engineers.  In fact, if you can't find it at your 
local paint and brush emporium, try a place that makes blueprints.

Luighseach in Caid
who also has a bottle of Bleed-Proof White that's old enough to go to 
kindergarden.

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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 10:24:31 EST
From: Aralyn67@aol.com
Subject: Re: [scribes]: metallics

In a message dated 12/2/99 12:29:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
bakerswood@msn.com.au writes:

> Just on the metallic inks thread-I've tried and lot of things over the
>  years, and I never found metallic inks much good. I prefer using Pelikan 
Pale
>  Gold or Pelikan Rich gold gouache.It's stable, looks good, is easy to use,
>  and rehydrates.Properly applied, it looks almost exactly like shell gold
>  (which is also called ground or powdered gold).If you don't have it in the
>  US, I would be very surprised.
>  
>  If anyone's interested, please email me and I'll send you a copy of my
>  article on SCA gilding tecniques.
>  Hope this is useful.
>  
>  yours
>  Mark
>  

Can you get replacement color pots for Pelikan opaque watercolor where you 
are?  I love these paints but can't replace my favorite colors without buying 
the whole set each time here.  Apparently Pelikan requires distributors to 
order huge quantities so most American disributors will carry the sets but 
not the replacement pots.  
For the record the gold and silver in their opaque watercolors is awful.  It 
tarnishes right in the pan, my gold is muddy brown and he silver gone grey.

Aralyn

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