Clear Leader: First Expiements

Late last night I finished my first attempt at coloring a film on clear leader. Before beginning the process I was able to acquire around 20-30 red onion skins from a friend at King Soopers. I applied the onion peels to the clear leader with water, allowing them to sit for ~20min before applying more water. After another 20min or so I dropped a single droplet of food coloring over the onion skin, I did this about 5-6 times at different sections of the film using a different color each time. I sprinkled a bit of water over each drop to spread the dye slightly. With the remainder of the film(which happened to be the head) I placed acrylic paint directly onto the film, then blended some of the colors using a cotton swabs. Below are some picture of the first clear leader film.






Working on another clear leader film so expect updates to this post, and eventually a slide show of both projects.