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 the flowered rug looked like after printing. Ink makes scratchy lines very pretty.
Nikki had a brilliant idea for how to improve one of my prints using chine-collé. I’ll post the results tomorrow.
Recently I posted about Edward Hopper’s influences in painting and printmaking. This is part three of four (I think). Today is all about Hopper’s process. There is some of my …
Nearly 100 works show how an American post-war painter used a French master’s work as inspiration. BMA Exhibit Curated by Katy Rothkopf. Post edited from original post by Gabriella Souza on Baltimore Arts & …
I’ve been talking about how to use hands as expressive elements within a drawing. I love this idea so much, both for technical practice and for powerful personal expression, that I made …
Some Pretty Paintings: Statuesque Emma … on a Flowered Blanket
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 the flowered rug looked like after printing. Ink makes scratchy lines very pretty.
Nikki had a brilliant idea for how to improve one of my prints using chine-collé. I’ll post the results tomorrow.
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