Friday 15 March 2013

Lino prints - the final versions

Last month I eventually finished the final layer of ink on the lino prints of my courgette design, and here they are:



The result has something of the look of the Arts and Crafts movement.  Not exactly my intention, but interesting to find how particular colour combinations can have such strong resonances.

I eventually chose a brick red as the final colour, to contrast with the turquoise/ green of the previous ink. Here's a print of the red on its own, on white tissue paper:


 I've found that tissue paper is a good for lino prints, especially as I don't have a press. The image transfers well, and I like the translucency of the ground. And if I dampen it before I print on it, the surface gets wrinkled, and so does the print - great texture!

 
Just to finish on a different note, I tried a bluer lilac mix, which makes for a colder image overall, but I don't dislike it.