miamizsun wrote: 

 miamizsun wrote: 

look at those faces!

easily the best post i've ever made

 miamizsun wrote: 

 Proclivities wrote: 
Must make it tough to pick her nose, or not?

what happens when you stop the drone strikes?

 

surprise! 

 Proclivities wrote: 
Yeah, their stuff is pricey, but it's the best on the market, IMO. They have a product they developed a couple of years ago called a "digital ground" that's designed for inkjet printers. The idea is that you coat paper or fabric with this stuff, send it through your printer, and the dye-based inks will bond with the ground, making it permanent. I'm betting that would world for ballpoint pens, too, though I've never tried it myself.

 MsJudi wrote: 
I bought a pastel ground that Golden makes.  It's a little expensive, but it's cool to be able to do pastel drawings on things like wood, wallpaper, or mixed collages.

 Proclivities wrote: 
Golden is developing new grounds all the time, bless their little, painted hearts.

 MsJudi wrote: 
I seldom used ballpoint pens anymore for anything other than writing, but I didn't know about grounds for applying ballpoint ink to paper.  I still do a great deal of pen and ink drawing, usually with India inks and/or more light-fast mediums, and I usually protect my work with a UV-resistant coating.  Yes, art works in museums are rarely displayed anywhere near windows - some rooms in the MMA in NYC are almost entirely dark, with special lighting aimed at the pieces - usually drawings.

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 
I know, right?

 Proclivities wrote: 
They do, the ink is dye-based and therefore highly impermanent. There are grounds that you can apply to a substrate to make dye-based inks more permanent, and there are products you can finish with that will also help. Ultimately, every medium has its drawbacks in terms of archivability; the keys are using the proper grounds and varnishes, and lessening their exposure to both UV and air. (Have you ever noticed that fine arts museums rarely have a lot of windows? The National Museum of Fine Arts, in DC, has no windows that can shine or reflect UV onto the works!)

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 
Incredible.

 MsJudi wrote: 



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