More Experimentation

This is a mono print-done by laying a piece of paper onto rolled out ink, and drawing onto the back of the paper. I have painted around the image with watercolour once it was dry. Another idea from my book. It was quite a messy process! I used the plastic lid of a storage box as I don't have a piece of glass. The surface started to reject the ink, making interesting little circular shapes in the two following pictures where I just lay another piece of paper onto the impression left by the print.

From this I got the idea of using oil pastels in a similar way. I coloured thick areas of oil pastel on one page, then drew on the back of this area to make the impression on the next page. The advantage of this in my mind, is that it is not a mirror image as in the print, but the same way round as you draw-so more of a transfer I suppose. This makes it good for doing writing. I have not tried this technique before and have not seen it, though I am sure it has been done! Tonight I carried on trying it out and then added watercolour. Another thing I liked about these in comparison to the prints, is the water resistance of the pastel as opposed to the solubility of the printing ink. This is sounding more and more like a science experiment!

GARDEN

GARMENTS

(These drawings are inspired by a book I bought at the weekend-a brilliant book-about patterns for dolls clothes. It has so much information in it and great line drawings of the clothes and body patterns.

My first page of experimentation.