Filed under: printmaking | Tags: art, artist, Ink, lithography, print, printmaking, pronto print
So, I printed a pronto print this evening. This is a type of lithography, where one uses a polyester sheet as a plate. Then, an image is put on the plate, either by laser printer/copier, or by hand. THEN, when this plate is wet with a solution of gum arabic and water… the oil based ink sticks only where the marks are. Confused yet? It’s very finicky. It takes some serious practice. It would also work a million times better if I had a press, but no luck. I had to hand burnish, which adds to the “wonky” character of the print. On a similar theme to my linocuts, this is an image of the local Regent Theater.
I know. You’re wondering why the colors are all bizarre. Well…the ink is happiest on clean, high contrast images. When you have some subtlety…then things get dicey. I printed each process color separately…CMYK. So, this is an attempt. I will try again another time…but it took around two hours to print this thing…just one print. SIGH. I kind of like it, though.
It actually snowed today. I know. Horrors. Big, fat snowflakes covered the yard…probably only 1/2″ or so. Still, it was distressing. I really thought that we were done with that for the season. It has been known to snow in April though…
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slightly wonky 