[Leica] Retouching enlargements experience?

[robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)]

A few years back the OKCLUG (Ken Carney and I) went to a local exhibit that
included a number of prints of Arnold Newman's portraits of celebrities.
They had been clearly retouched with pencils and the pencil dots had shrunk
over the years.

I used to do that too but I have no idea where my old prints are.  They are
definitely not in museums.

--Bob

===On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 10:13 PM Brian Reid <reid at 
mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
wrote:

> I have successfully retouched thousands of 16x20s and 11x14s with
> pencils. Little dots. Nobody can see the retouching without a magnifying
> glass. It is a very useful optical illusion. I always printed on
> Polycontrast G, but I suspect pencils would also work with an E or X
> finish.
>
> On 2019-02-17 19:57, Jim Nichols wrote:
> > I can recall watching my wife's parents do retouching of 5 x 7 studio
> > portraits with very sharp pencils, filling flaws by placing very sharp
> > dots on the emulsion side.  It is an art that must be learned by
> > experience.  I'm not sure this could ever be done with 35mm.
>
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