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**Figure 12.1** *Self Portrait with Barnacles*, watercolor and gouache on salted paper, 11″ × 14″ © Dan Estabrook 2010

Chapter 12Handcoloring and Other Creative Ideas

**Figure 12.2** *Beulah’s Bedroom*, salted paper with watercolor and gouache, 7″ × 10″ © Rebecca Sexton Larson 2015

Handcoloring salted paper was a common practice in the 1800s. The combination of matte paper and a soft, fully-detailed, lower contrast print was perfect for adding color. Watercolors, watercolor pencils, oils, pastels, Prismacolor pencils, charcoal, and conté crayons ...

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