I spent my first morning in the print workshop today. I decided (kindof on a last-minute whim) to work with my photograph which I'd painted over, as I thought it looked kindof like a print already, in a sense.
I inked up an acetate and laid it over my image to work out which areas of ink to rub away (with white spirits) and which to keep.
Then I printed the red colour (the first print was a bit of a failure as I totally forgot to take into account the fact that I should have reversed the image- but life goes on!)
So then I moved on to the yellow part of the image, and removed any parts that weren't yellow.
Getting the registration right for the prints was difficult as I was using different sizes of paper, so the first try was pretty messed up, but luckily I had another red print done (a lighter one on newsprint) and that one turned out ok. (Photo isn't great though!).
The next step is to add in blacks and greys etc. but that with most likely be next week.
I left the print room a little dis-heartened today. I had high hopes for perfect prints at the end of the day, which I didn't achieve. However, I really enjoyed the process of inking- rubbing away sections and trying to match up the different layers- I just think that I should have been more patient and gone into the workshop with a bit more of a plan.
Anyway! I'm going to take this as a learning experience and hopefully next week I can improve on the prints I have so far and maybe explore some new work, as I'm really intrigued by print and would love to create some nice work involving it.
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