Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Head and Heart

I've been slowly working on a lino block print. It's entitled "Head and Heart." It took me a while to figure out the hand drawing, and then I did the carving in stages. At one point I was worried I had made a "mistake" that couldn't be undone, but I slept on it, and the next morning I played around and felt satisfied. I've been experimenting with different Speedball block paint colors, like blue and turquoise. I also have painted the heart red with watercolor paint on some of them. The paper I use is masa paper and I like to print on the glossy side, but the textured side works well too, you just have to put more pressure on the block to get an even stamp.

2 comments:

Brian said...

This is so much fun and minimally frustrating.

Hua said...

That's really cool art. It has its own unique look to it.

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