Berg Brown and Copper Toning Solution

Yesterday I pretty much laid low which is hard for me to do I must say. I watched a couple of movies, but in between I came out to my studio to do SOMETHING! Since I had a short range of motion with my head without getting really dizzy or nauseous, I could at least look straight ahead. So I sat at my PC and wrote out the process for the Brown/Copper Toner that I recently purchased. In regards to that process, you just develop a print in your normal fashion, then place the washed print in the toning solution for the desired length of time for the effect you want, wash one more time and dry at room temperature. Here is the scale for the 'effects':

Warm Tone - 5 - 30 mins.
Brown Tone - 1/2 to 2 mins.
Sepia Tone - 2 to 6 mins.
Flesh Tone - 6 to 8 mins.
Metallic Copper - 6 - 15 mins. or longer.

I'm going for the metallic copper effect first! Go for the dramatic one and try out the others later.

I also came back to my studio later in the evening and worked on an acrylic painting I've had sitting here since March. It's one of the Eiffel Tower I painted from a calendar. Being able to paint worked because I could sit and paint and look straight ahead. All I wanted to do was to add some modeling paste to build up the clouds and Eiffel Tower and paint out some stuff in the foreground that really didn't turn out. I will probably work a little more on that today. I'm actually feeling a little better, I have more range of motion for my head without getting too dizzy!