A Bit of Play Time

Recently I have been experimenting with a new set of screenprints.  Three different drawings, layering over each, in different orientations and different colours.  This is always a fun way to work as such different results can be achieved in a short amount of printing time.

The hard bit is afterwards which are the most interesting results and where to go next.

The photo below shows some of the results in the studio.

Photo: S Eyre

 I then did a montage of them just to see what that would be like.

Further Developments

Moving on from the linocut I produced for the 20:20 exchange, I decided to try a similar idea but with a more dynamic form and use the plate to try some different colour ways as well.  So far I had built the colour up from light to dark, but with one version here I started with the dark brown and the the subsequent two colours were lighter.

This resulted in the three versions below.

I then wanted to try something with a finer form and explore the background shading approach further. Again I used the opportunity to try some different stages of colour layering, with two, three or four colours per print.

This is one of the aspects of printmaking that I really enjoy, that you can take one plate and develop such varying results as below.

Next I think I look at placing two of the forms within one print.