Neon B is almost finished!

The other day I had some extra time and really wanted to get moving along with the neon B.  The color was easy enough to mix...since it came straight outta the tube.

It's unfortunate that Daniel Smith stopped manufacturing relief inks.  This red is spectacular and better than a lot of reds that I've used.  Hopefully once I run out of my ink supply of this particular red I will have found another one to take it's place.

The block for the B has been carved and is ready for the next printing.  All that now remains is the shadow red and then this piece will be finished.

Beyond this piece, I've been working at coming up with a color that will advance the progress of the La Rose Shop.  I'm not overly fond as to the direction that that particular piece is going.  I've really let it sit for a good while and usually once a week I pull it out and look it over.  I think I've come up with an appropriate color to continue with, but I'm still going to let it sit as I continue to mull over what's going to happen with it.

I've been doing the same with the Green Street piece.  I feel that I made a color mistake early and I'm not really sure about how I feel about it.  The print to this point doesn't look terrible, I'm just not fond of the colors.  Guess when the time comes I'll restart work on it....still have some thinking to do though.

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B carving and the beginning of a new piece!

Hi everyone!

I have had a fairly productive week and though I have a good bit of stuff to update, I also have other things around the house that I need to get done tonight.  My first part of this update is that the "B" is carved and ready to be printed.  I'm hoping that I'll have some time tomorrow to print.  I only have two colors remaining on this print....red and shadow red.  It's always a good feeling when you can see the light at the end of the tunnel for a piece that you've been working on.

Next up is a new piece that I'm starting which is a neon "a".  The "a" actually comes from a previously failed piece that I had been working on.  About a year ago I was working on a print of the Las Vegas Harley Davidson Cafe sign (in Las Vegas obviously).

Here is a photo of the failed piece.  If you look closely you can see that the ink was not adhering to the previous layer of ink...or something...I was never able to figure out what went wrong, but I do believe it had to do with some older yellow ink that I was using.

I really loved how that piece was turning out and I'm currently working it into a larger piece as well...the one above was 9x12 and the current is 16x20 (if I remember correctly).  I also really liked how the "a" in this piece looked so I decided to blow it up into a 10x10" reduction.  I'm currently in the progress of tracing over the pencil lines with Sharpie marker and if time permits I should be finished inking it up and carving by Saturday.

Here is the current progress on the new neon "a" print.

Have a wonderful day/night and I'll update with more new pictures and info hopefully in another couple days.

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