Model and Chair by Ruthie V. 10×8″ drypoint on grey BFK
What a great day! Nikki and I hung out in the studio and made drypoint prints. The image above was my favorite of the day. It was scratched into plexiglass using 220 grit sandpaper and a diamond tipped scribe, then printed on grey BFK. I was originally intending to paint the composition, but thought it’d be interesting to sketch it as a print first. Today was drypoint. I might try making it into a woodblock as well.
This could be a new studio practice for me: printmaking as a pre-step before painting. When I draw, print, or paint an image, I engage in various forms of problem solving. The wider variety of problem solving, the more forms I see my ideas take, the more I hone in on what I want to pull out of the image. I can already tell my painting will be easier to paint, and better. Also, great ideas and good compositions are not easy to come by, and this way I get to make more with my favorite images. I’m excited about this. I’ve already started several more drypoints of new painting references. We’ll see what happens.
[image_with_animation image_url=”8351″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Antoni Tapies, a Catalan painter (1923-2012) added texture to modern abstraction with his mixed material canvasses. His works are defined by the word ‘materico.’ Tapies created new languages around simple objects and rough textures, “unlocking the poetry possible in a sock.” (Huffington Post) Materico: Italian, adopted into english. Textured, …
Statuesque Emma standing on flowered blanket, drypoint on 14×11″ Rives gray BFK A sister image to the last drypoint I posted. The model’s pose reminded me of classical sculptures. This is one of the first prints I made with drypoint, for this series. I was surprised and thrilled to see what the lovely pattern on …
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Printmaking as a Complement to Painting
What a great day! Nikki and I hung out in the studio and made drypoint prints. The image above was my favorite of the day. It was scratched into plexiglass using 220 grit sandpaper and a diamond tipped scribe, then printed on grey BFK. I was originally intending to paint the composition, but thought it’d be interesting to sketch it as a print first. Today was drypoint. I might try making it into a woodblock as well.
This could be a new studio practice for me: printmaking as a pre-step before painting. When I draw, print, or paint an image, I engage in various forms of problem solving. The wider variety of problem solving, the more forms I see my ideas take, the more I hone in on what I want to pull out of the image. I can already tell my painting will be easier to paint, and better. Also, great ideas and good compositions are not easy to come by, and this way I get to make more with my favorite images. I’m excited about this. I’ve already started several more drypoints of new painting references. We’ll see what happens.
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