For a fun experiment, I decided to take one of my eight printed barn owl cards and ink it by hand to resemble an evenly inked print. This technique is similar to making a monoprint or monotype.
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| One of eight cards printed on December 19, 2012. I chose this card to experiment on because the Arches watermark is plainly seen. |
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| Stippling ink back into the areas that I want solid. Here, I am using a #4 Rapidograph technical pen. |
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| Angled photo to show where I've stippled ink by hand: it has a slight sheen. |
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| Inking complete! |
Here is my first post to welcome the new year - on my birthday, no less!
The "cleaned up" version looks nice, but there's a certain charm about the texture that you get from printmaking that you lose when you fill it in.
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Thank you, Cassi! I thought the same thing even as I filled in the black: "Well, there goes the traditional printmaking texture and charm!" Glad you still like it, though! For me, I think it was mostly an excuse to stipple something; it's therapeutic. :)
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