It all started (as most of my work does at the moment) with a visit to Westonbirt and a bit of a sketch...
...and then a play with a marbelling effect in the print room...
...I painted the image with stop out...
...then added aquatint to give some depth and contrast...
...then brushed in some more stop out to take the starkness out of the background...
...and printed the final image in Sepia. No matter how mysterious or foreboding a dark path into woodland looks there is always a warmth in the trees themselves - the black was too stark.
When I'm working on big plates it can be hard to make small adjustments and see the benefit as quickly as this. These little plates allow a faster learning process and another layer of experimention.
1 comment:
Wendy, having never made any plates with stop out and aquatint the whole process sounds lengthy and detailed but it highlights one of the things I admire about your work. You are so focussed and clear about the things you are passionate about. I wish I had your attention to detail. After all look at the fabulous end results! I can't quite see the final print as sepia, more of a muted dark/brown black but I can see the transition from sketch to finished print and found this post really interesting. Thank you.
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