Slowvember WIP - Barn

theprairiefox · 29 Nov 2019, 23:10

Here is my final sketch that I will be using to create my plates for printing!

The rocks and wood will be white with the paper showing through in the gaps. And the old lady will be a very dark green (her backpack will be black.)

If the print works... now I race to get it done tomorrow. Wish me luck!

braden H · 30 Nov 2019, 03:39

@theprairiefox said in Slowvember WIP - Barn:

now I race to get it done tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Good luck

I really like the stones of the house. Puttin' the page fold down the middle is a good idea, too!

theprairiefox · 30 Nov 2019, 04:13

@Braden-Hallett yeah, the line around the outside is the bleed as well. I am planning on putting this in a book dummy so I setting it up so I can print it using blurb and they have a 1/8 inch bleed.

All the things you have to think about if you are really going to print!

theprairiefox · 30 Nov 2019, 20:22

The first plate printed... let's hope it is dry enough to print the next plate in an hour or so. I added lots of ink drier and added fans.

theprairiefox · 30 Nov 2019, 23:31

Plate 2, had a problem and the GlowForge messed up the plate so I had to recut and got slowed down... hope I make it!

theprairiefox · 1 Dec 2019, 00:52

Red is done...

braden H · 1 Dec 2019, 02:25

@theprairiefox Damn that looks pretty!You still got time!

theprairiefox · 1 Dec 2019, 03:22

@Braden-Hallett Almost there... I am going to get it finished! Only one plate to go.

theprairiefox · 1 Dec 2019, 04:41

The last color is done.

I was testing if the green would play nice over the black on the lady but didn't like it so left her all-black. More mysterious that way.

theprairiefox · 1 Dec 2019, 05:37

Here is the final scanned... also posted in the contest thread.

Thank you @Braden-Hallett , @Elena-Marengoni , @Rachel-Horne , @JoannaH so much for the feedback.

xin li · 1 Dec 2019, 22:04

Always a pleasure to see the block printing illustrations. My new year resolution is to try silkscreen. I will make at least one svs monthly contest in silkscreen next year :-).

theprairiefox · 2 Dec 2019, 15:48

@xin-li can't wait to see it!

I am new to all of this (have been doing printmaking for about a year now) and silkscreen is on my list of technics to learn.

I love the looseness and texture that traditional printmaking provides. Such a rich quality...