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| Cinnamon Fern |
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| Milkweed paper mounted on foamcore |
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| First color applied |
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| Next color applied |
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| Final two colors applied |
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Ferns on Milkweed Paper
Yesterday's preparations were quickly tossed by the wayside when the paint resisted application--too thin and not enough. Out came the Golden acrylics, big gobs of the paints mixed right on the palette with a house painting brush. That thick, luscious paint went so nicely on my cinnamon fern fronds.
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Printmaking is addictive- watch out! Looks like you had fun doing this project; I don't know my ferns well and was surprised to see that the cinnamon ferns were the huge ones- you are brave to have chosen them to print with. Will you try different inks and papers, too? I am wondering if a basic water soluble block printing ink like speedball would be worth experimenting with on such a large fern- I'm thinking it would have a longer "open" time to aid you in getting a more complete image vs. acrylics which dry so fast. Hope you do some more of these and share them here; they look great!
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Thanks Gretchen! With your comments and questions and my thoughts on the whole process, there is a post in that. More soon!
ReplyDeleteThis was a very worthwhile activity if it produced so many questions. I enjoyed the finished image as well as your thought processes. The paper has an interesting texture-it would be good to try something smoother too. This could be a whole summer's project....
ReplyDeleteI think you're right, a smoother paper would help a good deal. Not quite sure how that escaped me when I got started! :-) Well actually, I'd been itching to try that paper out since picking some up last summer. Perhaps reversing would help, that is working in negative space with an airbrush. I don't have one, yet...
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