I plucked more blossoms off my hydrangea bushes today and printed them on green-inked paper. The shapes looked a lot like broccoli before - but now they REALLY do! I've ordered some brown and blue papers to try. I still really like the drama of the black ink, but I might have to do a round in another color. Maybe dark blue ink on the light blue paper? Too Mother's Day?
I'm surprised at how hard it is for me to embrace the "true" tenets of printmaking - white edges, clean marks, well defined carved or etched lines. Instead I find myself layering and turning and adding to my prints in a non-traditional way. I keep saving newsprint scraps with ink on them to use later for collage. I can't resist the urge to add mixed media everywhere!
I suppose I've worked with messy hands and goopy layers for too long. No worries, I'm on a roll here, looking for plants to squish and prints to pull and having fun in the studio!
I'm surprised at how hard it is for me to embrace the "true" tenets of printmaking - white edges, clean marks, well defined carved or etched lines. Instead I find myself layering and turning and adding to my prints in a non-traditional way. I keep saving newsprint scraps with ink on them to use later for collage. I can't resist the urge to add mixed media everywhere!
I suppose I've worked with messy hands and goopy layers for too long. No worries, I'm on a roll here, looking for plants to squish and prints to pull and having fun in the studio!
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