SPOTTING SEPIA TONED PRINTS??? HELP

Floyd · Oct 21, 2004

Okay I'm doing a series of prints 12x16 inches they are sepia toned and then selineum toned but have a few spots from tiny scratches as they're taken from 35mm film where do I buy a spotting pen kit for sepia? That's a problem but the bigger problem is that once I've toned them sepia then I tone them selineum which a leaves a slight cast of a beautiful plum colour in certain areas, how do I get that coloured spotting pen? Can somebody please help me as this will be for an exhibition and I have no idea. If someone has a kit to do this I'd really like to buy it off you.

rangefinder · Oct 22, 2004

Did some spotting many years ago. We didn't use pens. We used fine brushes and oils. Took some experimenting to get a match in color then up and down or stipple strokes to fill in the scratch and make it as normal looking as possible.

Floyd · Oct 22, 2004

So does anybody have a spotting kit with brushes that would work for the prints I've just described: sepia with hints of plum? Or does someone know where I can buy one online without a credit card or better yet somewhere in Australaia that I could order through and have them send me the kit to Tasmania?

ksmattfish · Oct 22, 2004

There are definately sepia spotting kits, but they still might not be an exact match for any particular sepia print. I agree with the above suggestion, you may have to use paints or markers.

Floyd · Oct 22, 2004

ksmattfish said:
There are definately sepia spotting kits, but they still might not be an exact match for any particular sepia print. I agree with the above suggestion, you may have to use paints or markers.

So then do you know a place I can buy these?