I recently experimented with an assortment of markers and paints and discovered that a gold sharpie marker worked much better than black. I was using transparency film, because that's what I had on hand. My experiment included various other markers, including paint markers. I was able to leave the gold marker on for an extended period of time with no sun bleed through. This will be handy when working with mixed media that needs a longer exposure time.
Thank you so much. This was such a helpful video. I love seeing the different types. I’ve watched like 20 videos today and this is by far my favorite. Thank you.
This experiment is awesome. I tried this yesterday. It really works beautifully. Thank you for this Video. I asked a few companies and they could not tell me what pen to use. I was about to return a Jacquard Film Marker and I tried the pen on the Duralar paper and it did beautifully.
I As I don’t live in the US generic terms would help much more than brand names, we do have sharpies but the paper and plastic brands are different. Good video though.
Dura-lar is a plastic film similar to acetate. It’s often used for cutting stencils. The paper she mentioned was a hot pressed watercolor paper. I didn’t actually catch the brand, but she did say she prefers cold pressed for the texture. Mainly if you’re using paper it needs to be heavy duty enough that you can wash it.
I recently experimented with an assortment of markers and paints and discovered that a gold sharpie marker worked much better than black. I was using transparency film, because that's what I had on hand. My experiment included various other markers, including paint markers. I was able to leave the gold marker on for an extended period of time with no sun bleed through. This will be handy when working with mixed media that needs a longer exposure time.
That’s interesting and very timely since I just got my cyanotype chemicals in the mail today. 😀
Do you think silver would have the same affect?
Thank you so much. This was such a helpful video. I love seeing the different types. I’ve watched like 20 videos today and this is by far my favorite. Thank you.
You’re welcome! I’m thrilled to hear you enjoyed it and found it helpful!
Oh my. I love doing cyanotype. Never had thoughts of drawings for it. Thanks!! Love it.
This experiment is awesome. I tried this yesterday. It really works beautifully. Thank you for this Video. I asked a few companies and they could not tell me what pen to use. I was about to return a Jacquard Film Marker and I tried the pen on the Duralar paper and it did beautifully.
Thanks for doing this experiment. It was helpful.
Wonderful! So many helpful tips. 😀Can't wait to try out my cyanotype paper soon. Kudos!
Thank you! Looking forward to seeing what you make : D
This was very helpful thank you!
I'm so glad to hear that! Happy creating!
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As I don’t live in the US generic terms would help much more than brand names, we do have sharpies but the paper and plastic brands are different. Good video though.
Dura-lar is a plastic film similar to acetate. It’s often used for cutting stencils. The paper she mentioned was a hot pressed watercolor paper. I didn’t actually catch the brand, but she did say she prefers cold pressed for the texture. Mainly if you’re using paper it needs to be heavy duty enough that you can wash it.
What did you coat the watercolor paper with?