Here is a little preview of an idea I am developing:
The idea of printing negative space instead of the line has been on my mind for awhile. I finally figured out a good way to do this and have printed a few tests. I filled one of the On the Run pens with screen filler and just drew directly on the screen. The filler flows out of the pens decently but there is some evidence of the texture visible in the finished product.…
Hand printing is by nature an imperfect process. Some of the prints come out perfect, others less so. Since I have been out of practice and working in improvised facilities a lot of my prints have come out less than perfect. I’ve been keeping these and experimenting with different ways of using them. One of the first ideas I had was to hand color them with acrylic washes. Here are a couple of the initial attempts:
Most of these prints were from the last print of that color. …
Still experimenting with the paint pens. My favorite so far is the On the Run 7mm. I am working on a set of prints that are 11″x14″ which is smaller than the prints I have been making. I did some sketches to get a better feel for that size. These are done with a very lightly water-thinned Phthalo blue:…