This is the print I came up with today. A simple collagraph of a wombat mother & baby. I used mat board and then cut and removed layers; used PVA glue and carborundum gel to create texture and darker areas and then finished off with a layer of varnish. I…
They are engravings worked with sandpaper, with the emery with process colors and hatched etchings without chromatic limitation. I also use steel wool that allows me, through reservations, to obtain a black shape and imitate the aquatint. I also resort to sodium bicarbonate to obtain black manners.
The first Montreal Printed Art Festival (MPAF) will showcase the incredible vitality of the printmaking scene in the Montreal area. It will comprise a programme of free exhibits, workshop visits, demonstrations, meetings with artists, lectures, a huge printed art fair to provide visitors an opportunity to discover the evolution of…
Had planned on carving a woodblock today but got distracted by some old maps and some Silkcut plates of water surfaces. Loved working with all of you virtually! Deborah Rantz
My friend Ruth Lathean is also a member of the Artist Society of Canberra Fun With Printmaking Workgroup and has just sent me images of some prints she did for Print Day in May. Originally I was going to register us as a group, but many of us had…
Hi, I am a member of the Artists Society of Canberra Fun With Printmaking Workgroup and today I started my printing rather late in the day as I had to attend an open day at M16 Artspace in Canberra, which is where our printmaking group meets. I didn't get…