Filed under: printmaking | Tags: art, artist, print, printmaking, woodblock printing
Last night, I had another woodblock class. It was good…but I had not done much prep work. I only had one small block that was new, so I just focused on printing more. I tried printing the mutant plant again. Unfortunately, I didn’t really get to pick the colors, as she had these ones out. The yellow had some white in it, which kind of makes it a bit flat. (right now, my preschooler is yelling/singing…so I may go postal in the middle of this post)
So, here are the woodblock prints from last night:
I am happier with the printing of the purplish building. The ink was drier, and didn’t fill in all of the small detail lines. At first, I was not sure, but now I do like it. Here’s a bit of a weird mess:
I started by just printing the “ghosts” from the first print. Then, I decided that it all looked too washed out, so I started doing more layering. I like the new block (the yellow shape). I need to clean up the block more, so that other areas which aren’t supposed to print actually don’t print. Last:
This time, I just used the crazy plant block with the new, small block. Hmm…
Here are some continuations of other prints that I posted previously. They weren’t finished when I first showed them. I think that they’re getting better, as the layering and contrast is better. All of these pictures are a bit dark, as the sun keeps hiding behind a cloud…
That one is probably mostly done. This next one may need some more:
It’s a bit Paul Klee…but I just wanted something non-orthagonal to go crazy across the whole thing. Next:
My printmaking teacher said that I should add more to that one. I’ll have to work on it another time. She felt that the yellow field feels a bit flat. Detail:
Last one:
I like that one. I may add some more, though. Any comments? Thumbs up? Thumbs down?
I hope that I somehow get time to work on another large woodblock. I want to have more blocks to layer. It takes quite a bit of time to carve them, so I’m not sure how far I’ll get. We don’t have class this next week, so I won’t be there until the following week. I love the way woodblock prints look. I hope to get better at it! I’m still going to keep on doing collage as well, as I had such a great time doing it.
Have a happy 4th everyone! I plan to pig out on hot dogs…
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