Hand Coloring Trials

As with developing photos, I spent a lot of time painting my film pictures. I started off with a couple of test prints. The color set we used was really strong and dark so we had to dilute it with a lot of water to make the paint look more natural. I found that portraits with a simple background with nothing in it are easier to paint on than pictures with maybe leaves and trees in the background. The lighter and less complex the photo is, the easier it is to paint.