tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post1714539328325786029..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: That "Hand-Colored" Thing...Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-34010869778638481172008-07-28T13:05:00.000-06:002008-07-28T13:05:00.000-06:00Marlena: What a great surprise, and thanks for ...Marlena: What a great surprise, and thanks for dropping by! I enjoyed your site, as well (you do <I>great</I> work). Maybe one of my (three) readers will commission some sort of work from you as a result of my mention... or at least buy your book!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-47516781989090805582008-07-27T12:43:00.000-06:002008-07-27T12:43:00.000-06:00Hello there, I just wanted to tell you how nice it...Hello there, <BR/><BR/>I just wanted to tell you how nice it was to find your link to my site, Smiling Dog Studio. Also glad you liked it! <BR/><BR/>That book on hand-coloring is available, now, through lulu.com. However, my contact info on the website is wrong due to some sort of hacking meltdown within Yahoo. <BR/><BR/>I'm working on fixing, but in the meantime, I can be reached through my other site, showmethedough.weebly.com. <BR/><BR/>I've enjoyed your blog immensely, like the witty commentary. Those Russian photos are gorgeous. I especially like the stories about your travels while growing up. Thanks for sharing!<BR/>MarlenaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-58987829581029110682008-07-23T15:16:00.000-06:002008-07-23T15:16:00.000-06:00Jenn: And now you know "the rest of the story..."...Jenn: And now you know "the rest of the story..." <B>;-)</B><BR/><BR/>(I'm <I>always</I> looking for opportunities to work Paul Harvey in, somehow... somewhere.)<BR/><BR/>Pat: You have some of the best archives I've seen on the blogs. Hopefully you'll scan and post some of your hand-colored pics. I'd LOVE to see the older stuff!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-23294613656759720942008-07-23T13:20:00.000-06:002008-07-23T13:20:00.000-06:00I've got hand colored photos of the family from as...I've got hand colored photos of the family from as early as 1859(great-grandparents wedding)...one of the earliest....up until the 1940s and 50s. <BR/><BR/>Also some great hand colored postcards from various 20th century eras.<BR/><BR/>Great stuff!PRHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429172501061105316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-38978375289330986702008-07-23T11:05:00.000-06:002008-07-23T11:05:00.000-06:00Ash: You're so right!Jim: That's particularly tr...Ash: You're <I>so</I> right!<BR/><BR/>Jim: That's particularly true in the case of those four Russian photos I linked (not the post cards).<BR/><BR/>Amy: I have a hand-colored portrait of <A HREF="http://exileinportales.blogspot.com/2008/02/tgif-and-this-time-i-mean-it.html" REL="nofollow">my Mom</A>, too. But mine was done in the US, in the early '40s.<BR/><BR/>ASW: Do it! That would make a great present, dontcha think? I'm glad you're back up and running again, too!<BR/><BR/>Jenn: Oops! My Bad! I'm "hot sauce," but I assumed (wrongly, yet again) you'd get that from the narrative accompanying my results... I should post that.<BR/><BR/>Lou: I would think the hand-coloring would be right up your alley. Granted, it's not as creative as painting from scratch, but I also think the art requires a good eye for color and a steady hand. OTOH, one could <I>really</I> get "wild and crazy" with color on some photos...<BR/><BR/>Becky: I didn't take your remarks as being disparaging, but thanks for the clarification. My Mom explained the whole process to me when she flipped out over the color of my shirt, so I learned at a relatively early age what hand-coloring was all about.<BR/><BR/>Susan: "Rolling your own" is waaay-cool! I should look into this, coz I bet ENMU has similar classes.<BR/><BR/>Jenny: See? You really <I>can</I> learn stuff from blogs! LOL!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-11399398387264526902008-07-23T07:13:00.000-06:002008-07-23T07:13:00.000-06:00Very interesting! I had no idea that's how it was...Very interesting! I had no idea that's how it was done.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967546226890745086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-79673157310492157702008-07-22T17:39:00.000-06:002008-07-22T17:39:00.000-06:00When my roommate was in photography school, she le...When my roommate was in photography school, she learned to hand-color photographs. I tried my hand at a few as well. It was a lot of fun. We used oil pastels I believe... I think I still have one hanging up around the house somewhere.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00529235125681847574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-84402370538204145672008-07-22T14:51:00.000-06:002008-07-22T14:51:00.000-06:00I didn't mean to imply that there is anything wron...I didn't mean to imply that there is anything wrong with hand tinted photographs. They're not strange in a bad way, but just unusual. "Otherworldly" is a good word to use. I always thought they looked like a hybrid between a photo and a painting. I can remember spending hours as a child gazing at a hand tinted portrait, trying to decide if it were a picture or a painting. It was many years later that I found out that it was both.Becky Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901212090175780900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-40947757270614697092008-07-22T14:27:00.000-06:002008-07-22T14:27:00.000-06:00What fun links! The tinted photos are very cool. ...What fun links! The tinted photos are very cool. Several years ago, we bought some special colored pencils to color black and white photos. They were kind of neat, but not nearly so bright as the oils.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-56179522482558228852008-07-22T11:18:00.000-06:002008-07-22T11:18:00.000-06:00Very cool.....I love the photo of you and your sis...Very cool.....I love the photo of you and your sister...I'd love to have a b/w one of my husband and his sister done.....<BR/><BR/>~ASW....https://www.blogger.com/profile/14569753442768694432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-47569397753387649722008-07-22T11:16:00.000-06:002008-07-22T11:16:00.000-06:00My Dad has a beautiful hand-colored picture of my ...My Dad has a beautiful hand-colored picture of my Mom that he had done in Japan.Knit and fall back in ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626573425034033323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-19946898074677026592008-07-22T10:27:00.000-06:002008-07-22T10:27:00.000-06:00There's something about the hand-coloring process ...There's something about the hand-coloring process that brings about an other-worldly quality. Of course, that's the advantage, isn't it? You can color in ways slightly beyond what happened in nature.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-71363603401554254022008-07-22T09:48:00.000-06:002008-07-22T09:48:00.000-06:00Hand colored photos are so neat. It is like the be...Hand colored photos are so neat. It is like the best of both worlds in one photo. A little bit of color and a little bit of black and white.Inquirieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027081076689602255noreply@blogger.com