Marquis & Jennifer Hodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spaketh thusly:
>I wonder if you couldn't get the "darkening at the roots" >effect that charcoal provides without the non-specific >adsorption/absorption problems by using an alternate >insoluble, dark pigmented carbon compound. What I would >tentatively suggest for this purpose is graphite which I >think (but don't know for sure) is relatively inert and >doesn't adsorb the way charcoal does. How's that, >substitute one artists' drawing >medium for another? If you >try this, and it works well, please remember to credit me >with the idea (in the unlikely event it turns out to >be unique). A clever idea, but (tragically) not novel. Arditti mentions this in one of his books; I think it was Ernst who tried graphite as a substitute for charcoal, and the effects weren't nearly as good. Ergo, there's something more to charcoal. :-) Cheers, -AJHicks Chandler, AZ _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
