Printmaking@Home by lucia

simple shapes

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-13 15:51:52 UTC

cut on craft foam sheets and even... a true leaf
mounted on cardboard

inking using lino/relief ink

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-13 15:56:17 UTC

leaf stamps inked with lino ink

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-13 15:57:59 UTC

printed on rice paper

more shapes cut on craft foam

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-13 16:05:18 UTC

mounted on cardboard

but also a real weed...

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-13 16:06:40 UTC

mounted on cardboard and painted with gouache
and printed on rice paper

print with a mix of foam/natural stamps

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-13 16:07:47 UTC

inked with goauche and printed on rice paper

one more print with a mix of stamps

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-13 16:08:29 UTC

inked with gouache and printed on rice paper

Experiments with leaf stamp printing

roseparr — 2022-10-14 10:17:28 UTC

Experiments with leaf stamp printing

roseparr — 2022-10-14 10:20:30 UTC

Experiments with leaf stamp printing

roseparr — 2022-10-14 10:21:20 UTC

Experiments with leaf stamp printing

roseparr — 2022-10-14 10:23:10 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2022-10-14 11:10:55 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2022-10-14 11:11:42 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2022-10-14 11:12:44 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2022-10-14 11:13:20 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2022-10-14 11:14:24 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2022-10-14 11:56:18 UTC

Here I used the one stamp twice on one print

craft foam

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-14 13:52:28 UTC

craft foam and weeds

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-14 13:53:55 UTC

the lady of the flowers

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-14 16:47:33 UTC

cutting and working with layers and tracing paper

final work

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-14 16:50:59 UTC

Japan inspired craft foam stamps on old book page

barbaravicari65 — 2022-10-14 17:18:04 UTC

2022-10-14 19:53:37 UTC

My first attempt in a rush this morning then I sticked to black ink.

2022-10-14 19:56:46 UTC

Martine
2nd attempt.

2022-10-14 19:58:34 UTC

Martine
A 3rd print tonight. Recycling !

Julie_Avisar — 2022-10-18 07:14:02 UTC

Julie_Avisar — 2022-10-18 07:14:46 UTC

Julie_Avisar — 2022-10-18 07:15:19 UTC

Plate

Julie_Avisar — 2022-10-18 07:16:52 UTC

Sometimes I prefer the plate to the print - after it’s covered in a few layers of paint or ink.

Plate

Julie_Avisar — 2022-10-18 07:17:22 UTC

clauxster — 2022-10-23 18:42:51 UTC

Remember to have no holes in your stamp foam 😂

PRINTMAKING PROJECT

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-30 17:35:51 UTC

some of you asked me to add here, for simplicity, a few of the general information that I have already shared with you by email

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-30 17:54:39 UTC

here what we will deal with during the course of our project

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-30 17:56:52 UTC

here the main TOOLS we will need during our sessions - including a few indications about prices

olivierilucia01 — 2022-10-30 18:06:06 UTC

here the materials needed for Printing with Stamps

step n 1

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-01 00:13:43 UTC

on some very soft bubbly packaging foam, the silhouette of a lady from a lifedrawing

step n 2

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-01 00:16:37 UTC

a first trial print with gouache on rice paper. not exactly what I was expecting but this is just the beginning of what I guess will be a long-ish process...

experimental printmaking

katyarobinstudio2 — 2022-11-01 03:08:30 UTC

In the RDS course, Jake Garfield talked about printmaking not as an end in itself but as a different way of working that give a new perspective to painting. Apparently Peter Doig makes a lot of prints, using a responsive method. can you suggest any more painterly printmakers for inspiration? When experimenting, there will be duds and disasters. but it's a way to push through our habitual ways of making.

barbaravicari65 — 2022-11-01 15:29:33 UTC

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Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-01 18:15:27 UTC

This was my plate yesterday...the foam rubber glued onto finnboard. My first attempts to print. Next step: I will cut the plate into single stamps (as was the origin task) and create with them.

Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-01 18:18:10 UTC

I had used the foamrubber plate before for differen things and it was full of tiny holes. So together with linocut colour and opaque white a starry sky appeared...

Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-01 18:21:31 UTC

Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-01 18:22:29 UTC

A soft print with charcoal

Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-01 18:23:42 UTC

...and also a bit of embossing at the leaf's stem...

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-01 22:00:14 UTC

And... this is my 'post production' effort

NEW CALENDAR until next May

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-08 13:24:52 UTC

File.doc You should have no problem to opend and DOWNLOAD now

roseparr — 2022-11-11 10:43:45 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2022-11-11 11:01:15 UTC

Parchment paper and oil pastels from the Jurassic era. Love this technique, must definitely experiment more 🙂

barbaravicari65 — 2022-11-11 11:02:04 UTC

MONOPRINT notes and links

katyarobinstudio2 — 2022-11-11 11:17:39 UTC

Definitions:

Monotype

Monoprint

Trace from an existing images - adapting - re-inventing?

transfer Monotypes

‘Carbon’ paper

https://theartyteacher.com/how-to-print-with-carbon-paper/

DIY carbon paper with oil pastels and baking parchment

Multi colours randomly or make colour ways suited to your favourite subjects

Use many times -

Range of marks - stick, biro, piece of plastic

Draw on reverse - or through an extra sheet of paper

Blind drawing

Plate transfer
try - perspex, glass, old biscuit tin

Roll the thinnest most spare layer possible - use a roll - spin technique

Rainbow gradient roll - 2 + colours

unwanted finger prints? try a bridge to keen the weight of your hand off the plate

Tracey Emin’s Something’s Wrong https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/emin-terribly-wrong-p11565

Velvet line https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gotz-untitled-p11204

Colour velvety line https://www.instagram.com/reel/CcuvkJzD8a5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Variety of Mark making - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/caro-figure-p77272

Layer colours https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/davie-two-insects-yellow-p11352

More refined https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/collins-a-fool-dancing-p11839

Roll the thinest layer - roll -flick

Rainbow gradient roll

Drawing transfer (Gaugin) https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/paul-gauguin-two-marquesans-a-monotype/EwFelIxY7dr4hw?hl=en&avm=4

drawing bridge !

katyarobinstudio2 — 2022-11-11 11:27:52 UTC

Ruler propped on 2 equally sized small boxes. Support for your drawing hand so don't lean on the paper and transfer ink .unintentionally

tamaratolleyart — 2022-11-11 12:26:33 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2022-11-11 12:27:10 UTC

View from my window

tamaratolleyart — 2022-11-11 12:27:30 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2022-11-11 12:28:07 UTC

Experiments with monotype

tamaratolleyart — 2022-11-11 12:28:25 UTC

Experiments

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-11 17:13:18 UTC

final result of
1. trace monotype selfportrait drawn on paper laid onto inked plate (sepia etchink ink Caligo Safe Wash rolled onto plexiglass plate)

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-11 17:14:25 UTC

selfportrait with non dominant hand drawn on the top part of the sheet of paper laid onto the plate

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-11 17:17:00 UTC

then:
2. I printed a second layer in blue ink (nondominant hand tracing this botanical blinddrawing)

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-11 17:22:17 UTC

again drawn on paper laid onto the inked plate

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-11 17:23:40 UTC

water dance

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-11 17:24:57 UTC

water dance

Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-11 21:33:24 UTC

Used sandwich-paper and jaxxon-soft pencils for my home made carbon paper. Liked that I was able to see the colours through the paper

Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-11 21:35:48 UTC

An older drawing and the resulting monoprint. Gerstäcker (Great Arts) linocut colour rolled onto a cakeplate, so the more bold imprint.

Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-11 21:36:34 UTC

And here is the ghostprint

Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-11 21:44:16 UTC

Carboncopy-paper drawing onto the linocolour-monorint

Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-11 21:47:13 UTC

Rolled out remaining colour on the brayer for further use...

clauxster — 2022-11-13 17:25:11 UTC

The oil pastel layer and reverse print

clauxster — 2022-11-13 17:28:32 UTC

For this monoprint I used some fabric paint I had left over. I laid the old frame over it which allowed me to have the palm of my hand resting on the frame and so less pressure on the plate

Monotype with copy paper

Julie_Avisar — 2022-11-15 06:01:49 UTC

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-20 17:42:48 UTC

Stamp printing a wild dock leaf painted with watercolour

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-26 14:36:20 UTC

water lady of the woods

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-26 14:37:41 UTC

wood spirit of the waters

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-28 20:36:29 UTC

Trace monotype obtained inking a soft plastic sheet very thinly (feathering). Then the lines were drawn on that with pencil and ballpointpen

olivierilucia01 — 2022-11-28 20:38:22 UTC

Trace monotype obtained drawing over one soft plastic sheet ( thin plastic bag) inked thinly and one less thinly inked.
The thinly inked plastic gave the lighter lines, the other the darker ones and, smeared with my finger, the dark areas.
I will experiment with crumpling the sheet and pressing it in the paper with a brayer: let's see what kind of marks one can get!

Inked plate n.1

barbaravicari65 — 2022-11-28 20:49:07 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2022-11-28 20:50:05 UTC

Inked plate n.2

Inked plate n.3

barbaravicari65 — 2022-11-28 20:50:32 UTC

Inked plate n.4

barbaravicari65 — 2022-11-28 20:53:26 UTC

When your intention is to clean the plate with baby wipes but you get sidetracked

Uschi_Achten — 2022-11-29 08:22:55 UTC

I tried the smokey option. You have to hold the plate right into the burning candle to get the smoke, so this won't work with plastic. I used a diapositive-glasssheet from history long ago (hehee, storing things...) here with whenzou-paper but I think it will work better on sth like copy-paper...nothing with structure.. it's carbon....so more shady as bought carbon copy paper..

additive monoprint info

olivierilucia01 — 2022-12-02 17:56:28 UTC

See you all on Dec 9th, at 10am CET!

Print no.1

Julie_Avisar — 2022-12-09 11:22:28 UTC

Print no.2

Julie_Avisar — 2022-12-09 11:22:59 UTC

Print no.3

Julie_Avisar — 2022-12-09 11:23:34 UTC

experiment with watercolour

olivierilucia01 — 2022-12-09 15:32:20 UTC

-this is my print of a little birdie with watercolour (and with watery gouache the result was much the same)

so , as Tamara suggested, if you want clearer results, better use some watercolour paper as a plate for a watercolour print!

painted plate

olivierilucia01 — 2022-12-09 15:35:04 UTC

this is my plexiglass plate inked with a synthetic brush and Caligo Safe Wash printing ink (mainly, but also a few touches of a rag to tone down the black here and there and a cotton bud to make a few white lines in the ink)

print n. 1

olivierilucia01 — 2022-12-09 15:36:39 UTC

printed on thin printmaking paper with a baren

ghost print (or print n. 2 with same plat) or echo, as Tam poetically suggested

olivierilucia01 — 2022-12-09 15:39:33 UTC

same paper and baren like the first print

left over printing ink

olivierilucia01 — 2022-12-09 15:42:11 UTC

you can just collect it from your plate and keep it in a little plastic and you will be able to use it for a very long time

I am talking of oil based (even though watersoluble) inks like Caligo Safe Wash or Akua Intaglio or any similar PRINTING INKS

'post-production'

olivierilucia01 — 2022-12-09 17:49:33 UTC

the funny goauche print with soft charcoal marks added

barbaravicari65 — 2022-12-09 17:51:41 UTC

Printed on food oil absorbing paper.

clauxster — 2022-12-09 19:38:55 UTC

The first print was on light card and the original green paint (fabrics ink) ripped the paper because it dried too quick so so I removed the green and added more mustard again

clauxster — 2022-12-09 19:39:44 UTC

The second print on card was a ghost print of the first attempt

clauxster — 2022-12-09 19:41:45 UTC

The third attempt I reo led and used a water colour paper which is yellowish - this one the best I think. I applied some markmaking uisng a pallete knife. But see where the ink is thick it puckers- so getting the right consistency is important

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:13:52 UTC

Abstract Print onto textured thick arches

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:14:49 UTC

The same abstract print - a ghost of it - so my second print onto Japanese paper - working better I think

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:16:27 UTC

And again onto printing paper. I think I could “finish” this off with something. Pencil or pastel or paint. What do you think?

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:17:39 UTC

A new subject matter

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:18:24 UTC

The second ghost print

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:19:18 UTC

Here I took the leftover print on my palette and messed about with a paint lid and did a print

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:19:56 UTC

And another

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:20:45 UTC

Used my finger in a glove to change those paint lid circles and loosen it up

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:22:05 UTC

And a ghost - and I got several more ghosts of all the above! Got carried away. Won’t bore you with more. No end to the using up of paint. The gift that keeps on giving…

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:22:15 UTC

And a ghost - and I got several more ghosts of all the above! Got carried away. Won’t bore you with more. No end to the using up of paint. The gift that keeps on giving…

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:24:26 UTC

Here’s the very last one I got - just rubbing. I think one learns to appreciate mark making with this method. And in particular with the faintest of marks. It’s very subtle. It grows on one. And often the ghost prints can be even more interesting than the technically best and brightest ones.

tamaratolleyart — 2022-12-10 10:26:15 UTC

This is a ghost one for example and though much lighter than the first it has picked up fine lines the first one did not. So ghosts should be taken seriously.

A landscape

Julie_Avisar — 2022-12-14 18:33:29 UTC

Uschi_Achten — 2023-01-08 09:59:06 UTC

Didn't do additive printing until today..So in preparation for our practice session on monday I started....with a non-comfortable colour combination for me...

Uschi_Achten — 2023-01-08 10:00:10 UTC

Second one, mainly a ghost print but a little overworked before printing...

Uschi_Achten — 2023-01-08 10:01:52 UTC

Second: blue and black and a nest....all colours are linoprint colours and I'm astonished how fast they dry...

Uschi_Achten — 2023-01-08 10:02:39 UTC

The ghostprint is really ghosty....

Uschi_Achten — 2023-01-08 10:03:47 UTC

So I mixed the remains on the plate with some water and got a sheet for collage or something else

Uschi_Achten — 2023-01-08 10:05:35 UTC

I had totally forgotten that I had bough a tube of linoprint binder a very while ago. So I took out my pigments from Provence and a pallet knife...worked on a plastic foil..

Uschi_Achten — 2023-01-08 10:06:15 UTC

First print...to much colour.

Uschi_Achten — 2023-01-08 10:08:51 UTC

..but I like this one...the colour creates a bubbly structure on the foil...
Now I'm happily looking forward to see you all on Monday and to a resonance to what I've done here...

Julie_Avisar — 2023-01-08 10:10:33 UTC

Julie_Avisar — 2023-01-08 10:11:00 UTC

Julie_Avisar — 2023-01-08 10:11:28 UTC

Julie_Avisar — 2023-01-08 10:13:32 UTC

I love this technique! Using linseed oil to ‘water down’ the ink. Waiting to buy the proper stuff.

barbaravicari65 — 2023-01-08 20:19:38 UTC

Super quick print made on the kitchen table while preparing dinner, just to test some paper I found in a drawer, but I kinda like it...

Julie_Avisar — 2023-01-09 07:28:36 UTC

Mixed with a little copy paper drawing first

barbaravicari65 — 2023-01-09 21:23:36 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-01-09 21:24:06 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-01-09 21:24:33 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-01-09 21:32:09 UTC

After many attempts, that I don't like because they are not what I had in mind, my favourite one is, ironically, this one: the first that I did and immediately discarded because I had used the paper on the wrong side. Actually, this print is the only one where I think I can see the look and the posture of a rooster, which is what I was seeking.

Uschi_Achten — 2023-01-10 08:49:53 UTC

After rolling the remaining colour onto the printing plate, "I' was still there....a real ghost...🧞‍♂️

jglem15 — 2023-01-10 16:12:39 UTC

jglem15 — 2023-01-10 16:15:06 UTC

jglem15 — 2023-01-31 15:58:13 UTC

Experiments with subtraction thanks Lucia for an interesting session

tamaratolleyart — 2023-02-03 10:13:12 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2023-02-03 10:13:28 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-02-03 10:41:26 UTC

subtractive monoprint

olivierilucia01 — 2023-02-03 13:00:08 UTC

olivierilucia01 — 2023-02-03 14:25:40 UTC

clauxster — 2023-02-05 03:10:23 UTC

One of my first attempts on Friday. Thanks again for leading us Lucia!

clauxster — 2023-02-05 03:12:51 UTC

I tried again today with a portrait I did of Barbara at Pencils 4 tea once upon a time. I found an old book which was more like newsprint that Barbara used so it took the ink well.

clauxster — 2023-02-05 03:15:18 UTC

Then I redid a bit of the ink on the face and removed some of it and wet the printed paper and it made quite an interesting ghost-like print

olivierilucia01 — 2023-02-07 10:57:44 UTC

more effects that heavily damp rice paper can create...

olivierilucia01 — 2023-02-07 11:01:12 UTC

I am in love with this blue and could go on forever with these prints where there is no or very little traces of my hand, just the work of the wedding of ink and water...

jglem15 — 2023-02-08 17:42:56 UTC

jglem15 — 2023-02-08 17:43:47 UTC

jglem15 — 2023-02-27 18:24:38 UTC

Exercise with thea Monday, Feb 20th. I added gouache yesterday

Tetra pak #1

Julie_Avisar — 2023-03-03 11:43:19 UTC

Tetra pak #2

Julie_Avisar — 2023-03-03 11:43:53 UTC

Tetrapak etching

roseparr — 2023-03-03 12:44:11 UTC

Thank you to Lucia for such an informative workshop!

Tetrapack etching

roseparr — 2023-03-03 12:46:55 UTC

Tetrapak etching

roseparr — 2023-03-03 12:48:02 UTC

olivierilucia01 — 2023-03-03 12:59:29 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2023-03-03 13:02:52 UTC

sarahgracedye — 2023-03-03 13:11:40 UTC

This was done after the zoom with dry paper actually seemed to work better with my inks…

sarahgracedye — 2023-03-03 13:13:06 UTC

The first one with damp paper a bit blurry.

Tetrapak etching

roseparr — 2023-03-03 14:20:27 UTC

olivierilucia01 — 2023-03-03 14:44:14 UTC

Tetrapak plates and prints: different papers, great difference in the detail of the print

olivierilucia01 — 2023-03-03 15:22:42 UTC

one can also make lovely collage with no more used tetrapak plates...

olivierilucia01 — 2023-03-03 16:12:45 UTC

olivierilucia01 — 2023-03-03 16:13:55 UTC

...but I like how these shapes becoming less clear and graphic move towards abstraction

tamaratolleyart — 2023-03-03 18:27:02 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2023-03-03 18:27:53 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2023-03-03 18:32:13 UTC

Dancer

tamaratolleyart — 2023-03-03 18:32:50 UTC

Here an angel

tamaratolleyart — 2023-03-03 18:33:53 UTC

Ghosts

clauxster — 2023-03-04 23:04:15 UTC

Hello! Finding this very frustrating … tried 3 different inks as in pics - perhaps I should try getting hold of the right ink.

The dark black one is from a stamp ink on dry paper. The lined black one- I tried to reprint on wet paper. (The plate is bottom right).

Except for the black prints, I removed all the ink on the plate except in the etched lines.

clauxster — 2023-03-05 02:20:06 UTC

Well, when you get lemons make lemonade :) - tetra pack works well as a stamp (using the Flint ink) on gel printed paper. Positive and negative shapes. Maureen’s video was a great inspiration.

barbaravicari65 — 2023-03-05 23:46:00 UTC

sarahgracedye — 2023-03-06 17:42:37 UTC

Todays attempts. The clouds were added at the end with my finger

Version 1

roseparr — 2023-03-06 19:57:39 UTC

Version 2

roseparr — 2023-03-06 19:58:10 UTC

Uschi_Achten — 2023-03-08 18:00:28 UTC

I finally gave it a go today...here is the plate with the cut out and drawn leaves

Uschi_Achten — 2023-03-08 18:02:27 UTC

The first print was not so bad, but I think I soaked the paper way to long because in the dark spots it deconstructed...

Uschi_Achten — 2023-03-08 18:08:51 UTC

For the second print I added some linseedoil to the colour to smooth it a bit and the print on the wet paper got more blurry

Uschi_Achten — 2023-03-08 18:10:53 UTC

Then I tried this smoother colour on dry paper and it was hard work....the plate moved...

Uschi_Achten — 2023-03-08 18:12:31 UTC

Then, at last, a bit of asemic writing.....
Its total fun!!! And I learned, since I'm a messy worker, I will take gloves from now on!

barbaravicari65 — 2023-03-11 14:54:56 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-03-11 14:55:35 UTC

blabckbird WIP

olivierilucia01 — 2023-04-14 12:26:34 UTC

...waiting to be worked upon with a couple more layers/details and then varnished before our inking session with Sarah on Fri 28th

blackbird plate

olivierilucia01 — 2023-04-14 13:45:21 UTC

just a thin layer of varnish now and then....
ready to be inked!

backbird modified

olivierilucia01 — 2023-04-23 10:53:20 UTC

...with the tiny tiny iron filings

abstraction

olivierilucia01 — 2023-04-23 10:54:49 UTC

gesso, glue, dried clay, a dried root, iron from a kitchen scrub

olivierilucia01 — 2023-04-28 14:04:28 UTC

my first print. still some adjustments to be made, but soooo happy with it!
GREAT instructions by Sarah: thanks!

barbaravicari65 — 2023-04-28 15:52:21 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-04-28 15:53:01 UTC

clauxster — 2023-04-28 20:30:19 UTC

Note to self - remember when printing to draw the mirror image :D

clauxster — 2023-04-28 20:31:13 UTC

clauxster — 2023-04-28 20:31:54 UTC

olivierilucia01 — 2023-04-29 12:08:54 UTC

Chine collè

olivierilucia01 — 2023-04-29 12:09:25 UTC

Embossing

olivierilucia01 — 2023-04-29 12:10:19 UTC

Mixed technique...

Embossing of the abstract plate

olivierilucia01 — 2023-04-30 13:03:28 UTC

To Sarah: do you know how to avoid the damage on the bottom side of the print (apart from using a cardboard frame of the same height bigger than the paper... since that would cancel the margins of the frame, I feel)?

2023-05-05 15:31:57 UTC

(Ink) I will add to title 'Rocinante, Sancho, Panza' - (cf Cervantes's Dom Quichotte - a cousin saw them in the print)

olivierilucia01 — 2023-05-13 15:05:12 UTC

olivierilucia01 — 2023-05-13 15:07:51 UTC

Collagraph 4/9

roseparr — 2023-05-14 16:30:20 UTC

This is number 4/9. Every one is different and seems to have its own charm! This one is quite graphic.

Collagraph 8/9

roseparr — 2023-05-14 16:33:18 UTC

Collagraph 9/9

roseparr — 2023-05-14 16:36:07 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-05-22 18:29:31 UTC

Thank you Johanne for inspiring me towards abstraction (the third attempt - with retarder- finally worked - as soon as the session was over 😅).
It's abstract, but I can't help seeing a bird in it...

jglem15 — 2023-05-24 18:59:01 UTC

Done after our monday meeting. It is a print and I pressed the paper upside down few times on the plate (adding some ink sometimes in between)

jglem15 — 2023-06-22 23:29:35 UTC

linocut

olivierilucia01 — 2023-09-07 09:43:04 UTC

inking the plate

olivierilucia01 — 2023-09-07 12:43:45 UTC

tamaratolleyart — 2023-09-07 13:59:59 UTC

I did two lino cuts yesterday and printing today.

tamaratolleyart — 2023-09-07 14:00:37 UTC

A lighter version which has a more mystical feel?

tamaratolleyart — 2023-09-07 14:01:24 UTC

I quite like them horizontal - what do others think?

Print No. 1

roseparr — 2023-09-07 18:45:15 UTC

This is the first print I did yesterday, using plates made from (of all things!) that plastic foam sheet that we printed with in our very first print session. I think in the end I will convert it to a mixed media piece and paint in some detail. Strange as it is I quite like it.

Print No. 2

roseparr — 2023-09-07 18:49:03 UTC

This is the second inking and print from the plates I made yesterday. Boring! Perhaps this is the first one I will convert into a mixed media painting.

roseparr — 2023-09-07 18:56:35 UTC

After seeing your lovely lino cuts I can't wait to try one myself.

Leaf printing

olivierilucia01 — 2023-10-11 17:01:55 UTC

watercolour and stitched collage

Leaf printing

olivierilucia01 — 2023-10-11 17:02:33 UTC

watercolour and stitched collage

Leaf printing

olivierilucia01 — 2023-10-11 17:03:40 UTC

Thank you, my friends, for a lovely and relaxing hour together 🍃

Drypoint etching

roseparr — 2023-10-11 18:20:17 UTC

Enjoyed this one! This was number 4 out of 4. I certainly enjoy the robustness of the aluminium plate - you can use it over and over with no loss of quality, and it gives you a chance to try different techniques.

Drypoint etching

roseparr — 2023-10-11 18:21:44 UTC

This is the Coca-Cola can etching plate!

jglem15 — 2023-10-11 20:55:37 UTC

jglem15 — 2023-10-11 21:09:08 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-10-13 07:31:35 UTC

Coffee maker.
Done while talking on the phone (I HAD to take that call), not the best mindset but better than nothing.
Inspired by the technique described here:
https://youtu.be/Bt6ElMHzj_0?feature=shared

barbaravicari65 — 2023-10-13 07:33:15 UTC

Detail.
Love these textures.

early stage of a collagraph plate of a little FROG

olivierilucia01 — 2023-11-08 17:54:09 UTC

NO idea what will come out of this!

even earlier stage of second collagraph plate

olivierilucia01 — 2023-11-08 17:56:58 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-11-08 21:09:39 UTC

Relief prints from an "Adigraf" plate.

barbaravicari65 — 2023-11-08 21:10:29 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-11-08 21:11:00 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2023-11-08 21:11:38 UTC

jglem15 — 2023-11-08 23:56:12 UTC

jglem15 — 2023-11-08 23:58:38 UTC

jglem15 — 2023-11-09 00:00:51 UTC

FrOGzzzz!!

olivierilucia01 — 2023-11-09 11:25:23 UTC

Collagraph is FUN: when you like experimenting, throwing in a little piece of kitchen sponge, a few seeds, some tape some worker left behind after doing some repairs on cardboard and a plastic sheet, and after inking getting something like these prints, well... joyful excitement at its best!

FrOGzzz!!

olivierilucia01 — 2023-11-09 11:26:50 UTC

From the second, simpler plate... still not so bad, I feel

Grazing horse 8/8

roseparr — 2023-11-09 13:35:32 UTC

Although I painted rather than printed yesterday, I did continue with experimentations on my "grazing horse" coca-cola tin print last week by myself. I did a further 4 prints and this was the last one I did and this is my favourite, although my husband prefers the earlier one I published here. My findings were that you have to use the best quality paper possible, and proper etching ink as opposed to block printing ink, works by far the best! I still hanker after the etching printing type, rather than the other printing types, and I think in the Christmas holidays I will have a proper go at real etching once again.

Robin

olivierilucia01 — 2023-12-13 17:46:54 UTC

Playing with oil bars on plexiglass - adding monoprint

Robin

olivierilucia01 — 2023-12-13 17:47:35 UTC

my first and favourite monoprint

Robin

olivierilucia01 — 2023-12-13 17:48:58 UTC

the last one but I feel the blue eye is too dark compared to the faded colour of the rest...

Robin

olivierilucia01 — 2023-12-13 17:49:51 UTC

the plate of the last monoprint... always more fascinating than the prints 😅

Textures

barbaravicari65 — 2023-12-13 22:37:16 UTC

Lovely meeting with Lucia and Johanne... music, printing and relaxing...

Playing with textures: tarlatan, aluminium foil, tulle, garlic skin and corrugated cardboard.

jglem15 — 2023-12-14 16:16:32 UTC

Part 1a) Print session: round shapes with three ink colors

jglem15 — 2023-12-14 16:17:55 UTC

Part 1b) Print session: round shapes with black ink only

jglem15 — 2023-12-14 16:31:04 UTC

Part 2 : three prints with ink. First I put ink on plexi. Second I substracted some ink to have white mark spaces. Third I filled with a brush the white spaces with darker ink. Looks like hieroglyphics !

Drypoint etching

roseparr — 2023-12-24 13:27:36 UTC

So I have been experimenting with drypoint etching. Using a copper plate, etching the lines using a Dremel tool. The biggest thing I have learnt is that inking the plate is the most important part of the whole exercise. I do love this horse though.

olivierilucia01 — 2024-08-24 14:23:42 UTC

My printing studio

olivierilucia01 — 2024-08-24 14:24:22 UTC

Experimenting with more than one tetrapak plate

olivierilucia01 — 2024-08-24 14:26:16 UTC

Experiment n2

olivierilucia01 — 2024-08-24 14:30:25 UTC

Bones...my most successful I feel but I def need working again in these plates

barbaravicari65 — 2024-08-25 21:37:37 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2024-08-25 21:38:38 UTC

Another one from our session with Lucia.

barbaravicari65 — 2024-08-25 21:43:48 UTC

The source of inspiration: Kilmainham Gaol (Dublin)

clauxster — 2024-09-01 10:00:19 UTC

Gelli printing with acrylics - also tried printing on one of Sarah’s handmade papers but didn’t work so well. Smooth paper works best. Lovely to see you all again. It’s been a while!

barbaravicari65 — 2024-09-01 12:53:24 UTC

Tetrapak cutouts and some herb roots.

Dry-point etching on copper (1)

roseparr — 2024-09-01 13:29:29 UTC

To me a grazing horse is an iconic symbol of peace.

Dry-point etching on copper

roseparr — 2024-09-01 13:30:21 UTC

Dry-point etching on copper (3)

roseparr — 2024-09-01 13:31:58 UTC

barbaravicari65 — 2024-09-07 13:48:59 UTC

Tetrapak and seaweed. The seaweed printing is not as defined as I would have liked but oh well... I also discovered that damp seaweed is almost indestructible.

barbaravicari65 — 2024-09-07 13:54:27 UTC

I used rice paper here. I put it between the damp pages of an old book that I had sprayed with water.

no success

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-07 14:51:01 UTC

My first attempt after years at biting a plate with acid (copper sulfate) has not been a success

The plate you see has not been able to give any print. Why? I think because I destroyed the biting I obtained on the plate at first (top pic) through a second round of direct biting (bottom pic)that must have flattened the work of the first acid bath.

Or at least this is my idea

Using Copper Sulphate on copper plate

roseparr — 2024-09-07 15:28:51 UTC

Interestingly, the copper sulphate immediately destroyed the line work I had done on the plate with the dremel. Absolutely no line work to be seen. And the places that I put the copper sulphate did not hold any ink. Interesting experiment. Did not work.

Dry point etch on copper plate (2)

roseparr — 2024-09-07 15:30:20 UTC

Back to painting the ink onto the plate where I wanted it. Zero line from the plate.

Dry point etch on copper plate (3)

roseparr — 2024-09-07 15:31:23 UTC

I had very dirty hands by this time!

Washing my hands of this project!

roseparr — 2024-09-07 15:32:52 UTC

Best print of the day!!!

Drypoint etching on thick acetate

roseparr — 2024-09-21 11:52:05 UTC

Very easy to scratch the image onto the acetate, used block printing ink which you can wash off with water, so user friendly compared with proper etching ink. Altogether enjoyed this printing process.

Drypoint etching on thick acetate

roseparr — 2024-09-21 11:53:57 UTC

Didn't clean enough ink off the plate.

Drypoint etching on thick acetate

roseparr — 2024-09-21 11:55:09 UTC

My favourite of the day.

Drypoint etching on thick acetate

roseparr — 2024-09-21 11:57:00 UTC

The plate still gave reasonably good line quality.

Drypoint etching on thick acetate

roseparr — 2024-09-21 11:58:48 UTC

Another plate.

Drypoint printing on thick acetate

roseparr — 2024-09-21 12:00:29 UTC

Quite nice in places. Mostly not. An interesting morning's experimentation.

Etching by Jo Barry

roseparr — 2024-09-21 12:09:36 UTC

This is a proper etching by Jo Barry, which I was fortunate enough to inherit from my mother. I am still miles away from the line quality she has. Definitely the red poppies seem to be painted in afterwards, but it looks as though everything else comes off the plate. This is why I still have to try a proper copper plate etch using hard ground!

Tetrapak plate

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-21 12:22:52 UTC

Wolfing around...

Watercolor on handmade khadi paper

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-21 12:32:13 UTC

I am planning to print the wolf on the sheep's chest... no idea how the paper will react...

a wolf heart

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-21 13:09:50 UTC

So excited about this print that I took a photo right on the press!

a wolf heart. detail

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-21 13:13:19 UTC

Printed on handmade khadi paper after dampening only the to-be-printed area with a sponge

a wolf heart

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-21 13:15:58 UTC

finished print

a wolf heart

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-21 13:43:10 UTC

on its own with the last of the ink mix

You may be interested in this:

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-22 08:01:34 UTC

She is fantastic. She knows all about any printing technique, from the more traditional ones to all the eco-friendly, kitchen ones ☺️

The first Patreon tier is just around four euros a month and opens up a number of videos and possibilities like a monthly zoom print club ( also today, September 22!)

Monoprint with oil sticks on zinc plate

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-28 10:29:52 UTC

Not so good transferring of the marks: because of turpentine used on the plate or the roughness of khadi paper?

Monoprint with oil sticks n2

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-28 10:30:39 UTC

Better result in transferring the marks on paper: smoother paper?

Thanks my friends

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-28 10:34:03 UTC

It always feels so good to work together

Two plate acetate etching

roseparr — 2024-09-28 11:17:42 UTC

I quite like it, but ran into dreadful trouble with the ink drying on the plate and not printing at all - the weather is so hot!!! Then had to turn to the proper intaglio ink but even that was drying on the plate. I like the image though so will try again later tonight when it is cooler.

Two plate acetate etching

roseparr — 2024-09-28 15:07:40 UTC

I played all afternoon!

Two plate acetate etching

roseparr — 2024-09-28 15:09:36 UTC

This is a good likeness of my dog Uno, but I still like number one the best.

Acetate etching

roseparr — 2024-09-28 15:10:40 UTC

This was a ghost print right at the end. Quite interesting!

monoprint + watercolor

olivierilucia01 — 2024-09-28 15:57:52 UTC

...not very good, I am afraid: the watercolour altered the print too heavily

barbaravicari65 — 2024-09-29 08:41:52 UTC

First I tried etching on acetate. I did the etching the wrong side because I was talking on the phone with my sister and I can't do multitasking.

I did another one but the print was not good and it also got damaged (maybe the acetate was too thin). So I tried again with Tetrapak. I finished at 2 am and decided to call it a day (or a night...).

barbaravicari65 — 2024-09-29 08:47:13 UTC

This is the tetrapak plate. Inspired by a very old drawing of mine, which was inspired by this quote from Khalil Gibran: "Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give. It is then generosity on their part."

(It was a rather stressful period of my life 😅)

Plate made with subtractive monotype technique

olivierilucia01 — 2024-11-23 13:21:17 UTC

print I

olivierilucia01 — 2024-11-23 13:22:21 UTC

print II

olivierilucia01 — 2024-11-23 13:25:04 UTC

I feel I got the soft atmospheric quality I was looking for.

I will certainly go on experimenting with this technique for a new series on trees as part of a bigger project of mine

Sleeping dog. I

roseparr — 2024-11-23 14:25:12 UTC

Sleeping dog. II

roseparr — 2024-11-23 14:27:18 UTC

Sleeping dog. III

roseparr — 2024-11-23 14:28:54 UTC

Sleeping dog. Ghost print.

roseparr — 2024-11-23 14:29:51 UTC

Monoprint + stitching

olivierilucia01 — 2024-11-24 15:43:32 UTC

Started stitching... such slow work... not used to such a different pace from drawing, but very enjoyable nevertheless

Botanical monoprint

roseparr — 2025-03-08 16:15:21 UTC

A wonderful afternoon of printing and friendship with artists Lucia, Johanne, and Carol.

Botanical monoprint

roseparr — 2025-03-08 16:16:31 UTC

Botanical

roseparr — 2025-03-08 16:18:12 UTC

Not a print at all

roseparr — 2025-03-08 16:19:18 UTC

Botanical monoprint

roseparr — 2025-03-08 16:21:52 UTC

olivierilucia01 — 2025-03-08 20:24:47 UTC

I went for monoprinting today and for layering drawings and inkings one on top of the previous one and so on...

this is the last print I made and I like it for the ancient fresco-like texture I somehow (in a very messy way) achieved!

olivierilucia01 — 2025-03-09 08:40:14 UTC

olivierilucia01 — 2025-03-09 08:41:02 UTC

This ghost print on an old failed rabbit print...

olivierilucia01 — 2025-03-09 08:42:31 UTC

...just playing, but a lot of fun!

olivierilucia01 — 2025-03-09 08:44:29 UTC

I think I learnt a lot, anyway

happy accidents

2025-03-09 10:27:25 UTC

I was using this torn drawing to mask the edges of my print- it turned out to be the best thing I made..

ghostly prints

surprisinglines — 2025-03-09 10:33:01 UTC

monoprints of objects on my desk, using up the ink…

ghostly prints

surprisinglines — 2025-03-09 10:33:38 UTC

Collagraph

olivierilucia01 — 2025-03-09 16:43:06 UTC

This morning I just had time to (start to) make two collagraph plates with tetrapak and sandpaper and foam sheet. One is (an abstraction of) the brain and the other one is the sphenoid bone, the horizontal bone inside the skull on top of which my brain tumour grows....

It is my intention to make a (long) series of works about/around my brain tumour. This might be some sort of a start: and I am planning to try and print them one on top of the other so as to create semi-transparent layers in the print ( if I can 😳)

Mysterious 1

jglem15 — 2025-03-09 16:45:34 UTC

Mysterious 2

jglem15 — 2025-03-09 16:47:03 UTC

Mysterious 3

jglem15 — 2025-03-09 16:48:41 UTC

Mysterious 4

jglem15 — 2025-03-09 16:53:23 UTC

Spejbl no. 1

barbaravicari65 — 2025-03-10 18:38:55 UTC

Trace monotype.

Spejbl no.2

barbaravicari65 — 2025-03-10 18:44:24 UTC

First I printed the dark background. I used a few torn pieces of paper to mask the white areas (head, collar and hands). Then I removed the paper and traced the drawing. Maybe this is my favourite, but I'm not sure 😅

Tetrapak

olivierilucia01 — 2025-05-03 17:53:45 UTC

Double plate on ecodyed paper

Tetrapak

olivierilucia01 — 2025-05-03 17:57:15 UTC

Multiple plate + chine collé

clauxster — 2025-05-03 19:24:50 UTC

The plate seemed ok but the print failed so - not sure what was wrong with my various techniques- my little cuttlebug press wasn’t tight enough or paper wasn’t wet enough or when I had hand printed i didn’t press hard enough with the brayer..?

clauxster — 2025-05-03 19:27:28 UTC

Failed prints and some monoprints

Tetrapak

jglem15 — 2025-05-03 19:29:45 UTC

jglem15 — 2025-05-03 19:31:10 UTC

Tetrapak

jglem15 — 2025-05-03 19:33:03 UTC

jglem15 — 2025-05-03 19:37:51 UTC

clauxster — 2025-05-03 19:38:51 UTC

These monoprints I did earlier, worked the best. I find using a light film of oil paint applied with a palette knife works better than the printing ink

barbaravicari65 — 2025-05-04 12:09:50 UTC

3rd attempt. Tamara's suggestion (adding a pink stripe) was good, but I think I should use darker shades of blue and/or black, otherwise the result is a bit too cutesy (for me at least).

barbaravicari65 — 2025-05-04 12:13:41 UTC

With this I decided to stop and call it a day, not because it can't be improved, but because it was midnight and time to go to bed 😄. I don't dislike the colors and the atmosphere in this, though 🙂

Pelvis

olivierilucia01 — 2025-05-17 13:02:00 UTC

Another tetrapak plate for my project... not even inked yet, but I will soon 💥

Thx Bee 🤍 for the company

clauxster — 2025-05-18 03:29:25 UTC

Up the maunga. Tried the cuttlebug as a press again. This time removed what I thought would serve as the felt in a press and it came out better but need to be more thorough with inking the plate. I used Japanese bamboo paper.

barbaravicari65 — 2025-05-18 10:39:48 UTC

A little print from a collaged plate made from old printing plates. Thank you Lucia for the good company and for your advice 🙂. This is attempt no.4, I'll try a few more! (When? No idea 😅)