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For my print I used a cork board which I really liked because I felt like it gave me control of my lines and although it was harder to carve into than a rubber stamp I felt like that gave me more ability to carve cleanly and make less mistakes

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By the end of the reduction print I felt that the cork board itself was really pretty and its own little masterpiece. The black ink mixed with some blue specs just seem really beautiful to me and the fact that the chard was going in a couple different directions but didn't seem totally random was nice to me .

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For this print of mine I did a reduction print . It was a bit hard to wrap my head around the whole carve what you want to keep or show part of it but once I started carving it wasn't so difficult. The process was a lot of fun and overall I'm happy with how it turned out and I like my color choices that I picked . I didn't want to carve out too much for the background because I wanted the main focus to be the butterfly but I did add a couple lines around the wings and antennas that would add some movement to the butterfly. Although the black and blue didn't line up perfectly I honestly don't mind as it looks unique and thats the whole purpose of printing instead of painting

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For these two prints I tried to contrast with dark and light colors, switching between light for the palm tree and a dark background to a dark stamp and a light background

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With my rubber stamp I carved out a palm tree and also a sun with rays coming out. I used the palm tree stamp with my cancun map styrofoam print and an extra oil print I had from a previous unit. The sun stamp I used with this other styrofoam print of a long plant with leafs.

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As a starting activity I liked this, I thought it was simple and easy to get the hang of. The rubber was easy to carve into and the styrofoam was easy to indent many lines into to create an intricate design into.

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On this print I pressed the gold ink down with my hands which left some open spots but I think that if I had pressed down with a barren it would've showed up better

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This was my first trace monoprints and with it I learned to do one color at a time and layer to create the multi colored sky instead of trying to do it all on the bench press at once because it doesn't turn out so well like that .

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For this monoprint I used water colors for the sky and then went over it with the black ink and created almost a scratching motion to shade in the buildings and make them stand out against the bold sky

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For this print I made my background blue and the palm trees gold but they created in inner shading of aqua/green

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For this monotype not printing right away caused light colors, especially in the water. The island in the background was gone over with black color pencil which caused the light water colors to pop out a bit more. Bubbling in the water was also a nice affect that gave it more character and reminded me of a reef.

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Water colors in the sky were used to cause an ombre effect. I used black color pencil to define the waves.

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Monotype before being gone over with color pencil 

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Monotype before being gone over with color pencil 

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Monotype after being gone over with color pencil 

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Monotype after being gone over with color pencil 

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The black mountains were done with black paint at first but when put through the press it didn't show up as dark, it was then gone over with black color pencil which added more division between the orange/red tone sunset and the blue water

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Watercolor and oil pastel monotype