Ice Cream - Third time is a charm, right?

Ice Cream - Reduction Linocut - 3rd attempt

So yeah.....things were moving along with my 2nd attempt at the Ice Cream neon sign linocut that I was working on and then I started questioning some of the color placements.  A couple of the colors should've been switched with one another.  I really tried to not let that be a setback for me and tried ignoring these colors that were not exactly correct......I couldn't.

This piece is actually being done at the request of my wife and to be honest, I'd like it to be as close to perfect for her as possible.  Each time I've worked with this piece I've made small discoveries that at the time I wish I could have discovered a step or two previously.  So instead, I've restarted and applied that information to the next piece.

 Luckily, I still had the original graphite drawing I did of the sign and was able to transfer it one more time to a new piece of linoleum.  I also altered the shadows using references of photos online as well as pictures that I had taken myself and came up with what I feel is a decent rendition of shadows.  The last ones were just not really doing it for me, but since I didn't have actual an actual photo with a nice cast shadow I had to try and make them up.  I chose the easy way and just transferred the neon tubing areas of my drawing back onto the lino except I offset it's position.

This time around I spent a little more time studying photos or cast shadows and I'm much happier with what I've come up with.

In order to really speed up the process, I took my linoleum with me to my workplace and would work on it during break times.  I taped a piece of tracing paper over top of the graphite image so that it wouldn't get accidentally erased by my arm.  As I traced the drawing with a Sharpie marker I would discover areas that weren't very defined (the original drawing had already been transferred a couple times and wasn't leaving an easily visible transfer image).  I would make little notes all over the tracing paper indicating where I needed to double check with both the drawing and original photo.

The "glue" in pink was an area that I started to carve and then realized I had made a mistake.  Luckily, I had not completely the cut and was able to glue the piece back into place.  

One of the issues that I've been running into with this piece is that the colors weren't always being placed properly.  This is actually poor planning on my part.  Yellows are fairly transparent and if you aren't careful with how they are layered then disaster is close behind.  I try to mix a very small amount of white into my yellows so that they are less transparent, but this doesn't mean that previously printed colors aren't going to show up through the newer layer of ink.

This time around I decided that I was going to run colors test on each of the three different yellows that I used in the first two Ice Cream attempts.  The image above shows the three colors and their unaltered hues on the sheet of paper.  These colors are straight from the tube.

I also mixed each color with an equal amount of white to see how it would affect the value of the original color (1:1 ratio).  I also mixed that original color at a 2:1 ratio with white to see how much lighter it became compared to the 1:1 ratio.

After I mixed all the colors and made swatches of those colors, I inked up strips of linoleum and ran them through the press.  One set printed the darker three colors over the lighter three and then vice versa..printing the dark three over the light three.  Though the results of these color tests are fairly close, there are several areas where certain similar colors (ex. light yellow overlayed with dark yellow vs. dark yellow overlayed with light yellow) showed significant differences in the values printed.

I've already torn my paper for this piece and hope to start it very soon.  I'm excited to take another stab at this piece and hope that I've learned enough from my past mistakes that this time will leave me with a piece that I will be proud enough to offer to my wife.  =)

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #reliefprint #IceCream #neon #sign #Disney #CaliforniaAdventure #yellow #testing #printingprocess

NEW! - Racer Roller Coaster - Kennywood Park - Pittsburgh, PA

Racer - 16x34"

This has been a piece that I've been kicking around since mid-summer.  Wasn't sure whether I wanted to do something this big or not.  I have done two 18x24" pieces previously and though this one is 2 inches shorter in one way....it's also 10 inches longer.  It definitely one of the largest undertakings that I've taken since getting my Blick 999 press and this print is pretty close to my printing limits.

For those unfamiliar, the Racer is a 1927 dual "racing" roller coaster located at Kennywood Park, just outside Pittsburgh, PA.  There are two trains that are released at the same time and run practically side by side for most of the track.  At one point or another one of the trains takes the lead and whoever returns first to the platform...is obviously....the winner.  I've ridden this ride more times than I can honestly remember.  It's one of a couple iconic roller coasters that Kennywood has...the other two being the Jack Rabbit and the Thunderbolt.

The idea for a larger piece started this past summer when I delivered my Diner print to a show and the juror of the show commented that she thought that the print was going to be larger.  At the time I made the Diner print, it was not only the largest I had done at home, but it was also the maximum size that I could do at home and I was proud of it.  I drove home from the drop off that day thinking "I'll show you....I'll make something big....real big!!!!"  HAHA!

I just didn't know what.

I have reference photos of so many signs and even considered remaking one of my prints into a much bigger version, but also figured that wouldn't be much fun.  When I came across the Racer facade on a visit to Kennywood, it was lit just right by the sun so I took a pic and really didn't think too much about it.  I figured that I would make a print of it, but I wasn't really thinking about one this size.

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #signage #rollercoaster #racer #kennywood #pittsburgh #pa #printingprocess #biggestprojectever

Orange Ice Cream and some new projects

Ice Cream - 20x16"' - Shadow Orange

Got a lot of things happening and moving forward so first off is my current large project.  I wasn't sure how this piece was going and doubts usually start to form....then....you add in a color that adds a bit of contrast and most of those doubts disappear instantly.

This past weekend I printed this orange color which acts as the actual shadow on the cone and a faux shadow on the lattice work of the cone.  Thought not my initial plan, I discovered that I also liked how it looked as the shadow for the neon tubing that goes around the edge of the cone as well.

 

                                  

The addition of this new color has re-energized my excitement for this piece.  I've already managed to carve most of the lattice work of the cone and the major shadowed areas away.  There are a few little bits in between the actual Ice Cream letters that I'll have removed shortly.

Green Street - 8x10"

So I'm still slowly making progress with this piece.  As mentioned above there are times when doubts surface...this piece embodies that completely.  I recently printed the olive green that makes up the trees, bushes and grass.  I really thought that it was going to create an excitement, but instead I still see errors and areas that I'm unhappy with.  Keep in mind though that a lot of the colors that are going to add some contrast have yet to be printed. 

I still have 3 or 4 colors left to print on what has become one of the most difficult pieces I've ever attempted.  I'm hoping that the next color, a medium grey color, really makes this piece pop.  Guess I'll just have to wait and see....There is still hope though and registration has remained fantastic for this piece.

I've also been taking this block to work so that I can get it carved as quickly as possible.  I would like to print the next color as soon as possible so that I can see where this piece is headed.  =D

NEW Bottle caps!!!!

I little while back I completed a 3x3" Coca-Cola bottle cap for a show.  It was a fun little test that I wasn't sure how far I wanted to run with.  Well, I've been collecting bottle caps off of glass bottles sodas for a little while and finally decided that I wanted to expand my mini-print collection.

The Pepsi and Orange Crush were easy to find, but it took my wife and I going on vacation for me to run into the Dr. Pepper one.  Glass bottle sodas (pops) are not always easy to find these days, though they do appear to be making a small comeback.

These are practically ready to print.  I just need to cut the linoleum down to the proper size and begin the carving on them.

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #icecream #neon #disneyland #californiaadventure #lightandshadow #printingprocess #greenstreet #houses #bottlecaps #pepsi #orangecrush #drpepper #lino

Sooooo....I've been a little busy and have not done a good job with updates.

Hi everyone!  I'd like to apologize for my absence lately.  I've been rather busy with life and a little busy with my linocuts, but not in the printing every week kinda way.  I was out of town for a couple days in back to back weeks (on the days I'm usually printing) with my wife and spent another two weeks preparing for multiple upcoming shows that I had been accepted into.

I recently had five pieces in a local community show.  Of those pieces, only 1 of them was matted and framed, all the others needed to be matted and I had to get frames for all of them.  On top of that our roof had a small leak that managed to get onto the mat board that I already had and completely ruined it.  Though matting and framing are generally not overly difficult, it does seem to take a good bit of time.

On top of that I have two pieces in a show that opens this Saturday in New York City at the Manhattan Graphics Center, another piece that needs delivered for a Southwestern Pennsylvania Art Show in Ligonier, PA and another piece that also needs delivered in the coming weeks to the Printworks 2018 show at Artist Image Resources in Pittsburgh, PA.  I've managed to get myself into 7 juried exhibitions and a single community show this year...that's 3 times more than I usually enter and get accepted into.  I hope that that is a sign that I'm getting much better at this art form.

Ice Cream - 20x16" Reduction Linocut

Since my last entry, I've printed two colors to this piece - the darkest yellow (on the image) and the light orange/yellow lattice work of the cone itself.  I like my progress on this piece, but I am starting to question how it's going to turn out.  This is the difficult part of this artform...I'm somewhere in the middle of colors that I want to print and the transformation of the image is slow, which causes me to question how it's turning out and whether I like how it is turning out.  So far the jury is still out on this one....time will tell and hopefully I won't need to do a 3rd version of this piece.

My original version of this subject matter is still being worked on, but the more it's going on the more I feel like I'm just wasting my time with it.  During my last printing, I decided to cut back the number of prints being worked on to 5 (down from 10).  It takes about an hour and a half to print ten of these pieces, so printing 20 takes almost 3 hours.  I don't know how much longer I'll continue on with the original, but so far it's still surviving...though it's on life support.

Updates on current pieces - Ice Cream and Green Street

Green Street - 8x10" Linocut

I've not surrendered to this piece yet.  =D

I'm still pushing ahead and recently printed the large green grass area at the bottom (obviously).  This color is a middle tone for the grass and will show up here and there.  I will print a darker green over top to indicate shadows on both the bushes and the grass itself.  I'm in the process of trying to figure out/carving out the areas for this particular color.  I'm feeling probably another 5-6 colors until I complete this piece.

 

Ice Cream - 20x16" Linocut

I've advanced one color on the Ice Cream piece as well.  If you compare the last update of this piece with this one you may think that I'm showing the same picture, but I assure you I'm not.  You can see some really light detail of the yellow neon tubing which makes up the edges of the cone and a little on the bottom where it crosses horizontally.

I've also been working on the block and trying to get it carved as soon as possible as I'm enjoying this piece a good bit so far.  If my calculations are correct, I'm looking at probably another 7 colors on this piece until it is finished as well.

I've also been busy working on a new piece entitled "Racer" which will be my longest piece ever created at 34".  The subject matter is of an old roller coaster located at Kennywood Park near Pittsburgh, PA.  I'm hoping to have this piece done by early, early spring, but the size of it may also call for the purchase of a larger brayer to ink the block up.  I'm not exactly sure how this will work out...a new brayer is rather expensive and the amount of time it would take to ink the block without one would be considerable.  

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #icecream #neon #yellow #streetview #houses #greengrass

Ice Cream!!

Ice Cream - 16x20" - Reduction Linocut

I've restarted the Ice Cream print due to unhappiness with the original that I started a while back.  Originaly I started with a light grey color that completely altered the color of the next layer...a light yellow.  Yellow is generally very transparent so the grey showed through and created a very non-appealing yellow color.

I chose to restart and instead of starting with grey I began with a very light yellow.  This time around I'm going to do all the yellows and some light oranges before moving onto the grey.  I am at the moment right up against vacation and a friend's Grand Opening of a business she is opening so I probably won't have any time to work on this until my return from vacation.

I am going to continue printing both the original print that I started as well as the newer piece.  I'm going to probably alter the colors of the older piece since it wasn't quite working out as expected.  I am excited about this piece and some of the upcoming pieces that I have planned.

Stay tuned...but I probably won't post for another two to two and a half weeks.

#art, #printmaking, #linocut, #reductionlinocut, #neon, #icecream, #yellow, #disney, #californiaadventure, #california, #paradisepier

Flo's V8 Cafe - Disney/Pixar themed Original Linocut

Flo's - 12x16" - 10 Color Reduction Linocut (COMPLETE)

Edition: 7 - 1 Artist Proof

So here it is!!  After a couple months worth of work I finally printed the final color (black).

The registration on this piece has been fantastic.  I usually tend to lose 1 or 2 prints from an edition due to registration issues, but this time I printed 8 and still have 8.  I have several other signs from Cars Land at Disney's California Adventure that would be just as fun as this one was. 

I'll be considering them in the future, but I do have a couple smaller pieces that I've started as well as one that will be probably the biggest piece that I've ever attempted.  The big one will push the limit of my press.

Here is the progression of steps for the colors used in this piece.  I apparently missed taking a photo of the second step which was the light pink by itself.  The second image that has the grey and pink also includes a darker pink that was printed 3rd.

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #printingprocess #flos #disney #pixar #cars #carsland #californiaadventure #disneyland #reliefprint #neon 

New updates for Flo's and Green Street

Flo's - Printed Grey Layer

This past Saturday, even though I had a lot of other things non-art related to do, I pushed myself to get at least something done this week.  I mixed up the first grey layer for Flo's and printed the 7th layer.

I mixed up a considerable amount of ink so that when I print the next layer all that I will need to do is add some additional black to the color to darken it up.  Registration has still continued to be spot on with this piece.  Though it appears that the paper may have stretched a little recently due to the amount of humidity that we've had this summer.  

I have also carved the block and I'm now prepared to print the darker shadow grey.  This will probably have to wait until sometime next week.  My wife's birthday is this coming weekend and I'll be spending my time with her, but at least I'll be completely ready to go when the time comes.

 

Green Street - Shadow Red

I actually started my day printing this piece.  I seem to be getting closer to the end with this piece.  I estimate that I need another 5-6 colors.  I like the contrast of the red and I'm becoming somewhat excited for this piece again.  I'm not entirely sure which color comes next, but I think it might be the shadow green color for the trees, bushes and grass.  I ordered some new ink recently and it should up soon and I may wind up using one of them for the shadow green color.

That's pretty much it for this week.  I just got some paper for the restarted Ice Cream print so I'll be working at tearing that down to size soon and getting a start on that piece as well.  I also have two smaller pieces that have both been transferred to linoleum and I'm preparing for a new large piece (16.5x33").  My etching press can only handle 17x34" so I wanted to print something close to that size.  Stay tuned!!  

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #reductionprint #neon #residential #flos #disney #pixar #californiaadventure #disneyland #carsland #cars #houses #street #Greenstreet #Greensburg #PA 

Picking back up on Green Street

 

Green Street - Red house....???...waitaminute....

So after quite a while away from this piece, I decided today to just forge ahead with it.  Next up the highlighted red house.  I'm not sure that this is the proper color to go with next, but I really want to get these houses done.

I was busy printing and had Star Wars: The Last Jedi playing in the background...I know, I know...it's not that great of a movie, but unlike many I can actually watch it multiple times and not be offended by how things turned out for that movie.

Anyhow...as you can see from the above shots the dark side had some influence on the process.

I was in the middle of the scene where Kylo Ren and Luke square off against each other and was partially watching/printing.  I put the block down on the press bed properly, but was more focused on the movie when I placed the paper down.  DOH!!!  It's been quite a while since I've made one of these goofs.  It actually caught me so off guard that I actually laughed at myself.

This small error obviously shrinks the edition number of the final pieces.  Whoops.  The color did turn out better than I expected so hopefully with this new success on this piece I'll be able to push ahead and start to finalize this piece.

My "a" print was also accepted into a local show where I live so I also spent the morning framing up this piece for the show.  Excited to have two pieces in different shows (Diner is the other one).

There are also a couple of other shows coming up that I plan on submitting too.  Hopefully this will be the year where I manage to get myself into 4+ shows.  So far the most I've been accepted to is 2.

#art, #printmaking, #linocut, #reductionlinocut, #reductionprint, #reliefprint, #printingprocess, #exhibition, #residentialart, #greenstreet, #lightandshadow, #houses

Flo's - Sky Blue printed

Flo's - 12x16" Reduction Linocut - Sky Blue

Welcome back everyone!

Been a bit slow of a time for myself and I'm hoping with the passing of the July 4th holiday here in the United States that my regular day job will lighten up slightly and I'll get a little time to more on my piece.

I also ran into an issue where I ordered some ink that I really needed and wound up having my order cancelled....I'm not sure what happened to it, but the amount of the order was charged and then refunded to my credit card with no explanation.  I didn't want to get double charged so I waited a week just to make sure that it wouldn't show back up on my credit card....and it didn't.

The ink arrived this past Tuesday and by Thursday I had printed the sky color for the Flo's piece.  I'm not sure if it was the heat for the day, which was over 90 degrees, but the ink was acting a little funny and I wound up having to print the color twice.  The final result is very nice and the ink coverage is incredible.

I was happy to get the piece printed that I took this larger block with me to work the next couple days and worked on carving it while on my breaks.  Very little got done the first day, but the second day I put a little more effort in and completed carving away the sky by the end of my shift.  Ready to print the next color as soon as it dries.

I also have a few pieces that I'm starting to work on as well of various sizes.  Hopefully I'll be able to move forward with these in the near future.

#art, #printmaking, #linocut, #reductionlinocut, #reductionprint, #flos, #disney, #cars, #carsland, #californiaadventure, #pixar

Two completed pieces and a Flo.

Coca-Cola Bottlecap - 3x3" reduction linocut -COMPLETE!!

I finally completed the Coca-Cola bottlecap this past week.  I'm very happy with how it turned out.  For something that started out as a small test piece for a possible larger piece, I'm pleased that I decided to go this route.

The only disappointment that I have with it is after carving the background away, I needed to leave some areas uncarved so that the block fit into the registration jig properly.  Those uncarved areas are seen at the top corners and the bottom right (slightly) - they became embossed into the papers surface as I continued printing.

 

Flo's - 12x16" reduction linocut

Flo's is still continuing to impress me.  The registration has been exact on every single piece.  I've never experienced this success yet and I'm down to 3 colors left and this piece will be complete.

The left image shows the block as I'm just starting to ink it up.  I have to roll multiple, thin layers of ink across the surface and slowly build up the ink.  I usually spend about 10 minutes just slowly inking the block and trying to make sure that there is an even coating of ink before I print.  After the block has been inked and printed for the first time it becomes much easier to ink.

Flamingo - 8x6" reduction linocut - COMPLETE!

I've struggled to get a good picture of this piece.  It seems to drive the camera on my phone as well as my traditional camera crazy and the quality is almost always poor for this piece.  Both cameras work great for every other piece I've done or am working on, but for some reason they both struggle to take a decent picture of the Flamingo.

I did decide to print one last color onto the Flamingo.  If you look along some of the edges you'll notice a much darker, bold line.  It does not completely outline the Flamingo, but instead just where the shadow fell.  I do like how this piece finally turned out and I'm much happier with the additional dark areas.  I believe that I've now completed 4-5 pieces so far this year...which is probably the most I've ever completed at this point.

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #reductionprint #neon #bottlecap #coke #cocacola #flamingo #lasvegas #lightandshadow #flos #cars #carsland #disney

Slow progress, but carvings galore -

Hi everyone!!  I've been making slow, but steady progress on multiple pieces and haven't actually done any printing in the past 2 weeks.  I've been spending a lot of time with the Ice Cream linocut that I restarted.  I had planned on printing one day and instead spent that time carving instead.

Here we go though.... 

Ice Cream - 20x16"

I've been working fairly slowly on the new Ice Cream piece and carefully carving away the areas within the text of Ice Cream.  I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but since I created my own shadows there is a lot of confusion as to what is what when looking at the piece.  There is the white (paper) area that I'm trying to carve, but also the cast shadow, the pinkish/red outline of the lettering and the cast shadow across it. 

Lots of lines and possible areas for mistakes so I keep the reference photo on my desktop and try to pay close attention to the where the pinkish/red and white meet and then figure out on the lino where the cast shadows are in relation to what I'm looking at.  I'm getting there though.

Flo's - 12x16"

I just recently finished carving this piece.  It is now ready for the next color, but it's going to probably wait until after the upcoming Memorial Day holiday.  Most of the time I usually have available during the night or week has been mostly taken up by overtime at my job.  This piece will be one of the first pieces I plan on printing once I get my chance.

 

Flamingo - 8x6"

It has taken me a couple weeks to make a decision on this piece.  Every couple days I've looked at the print and pondered what to do about adding another color.

I made up my decision this past Thursday and carved the block and now I'm ready for one more color.  This piece will also be one of the first blocks I attempt to print.  I have an upcoming deadline for an exhibition and I think that I would like to submit this piece to that show.

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #flamingo #flos #icecream #neon #lightandshadow #printingprocess

Flamingo's, Coke, Flo's, Ice Cream and Starting Over.

 

Flamingo - 8x6" - 5(?) color reduction linocut - Complete(?)

This past week I managed to print the shadow red/pink color for the Flamingo.  I definitely like how the piece has turned out so far and was so happy to be done with it....problem is....it doesn't quite feel done to me.

A small part of me wants to add a 6th color to the piece.  It would be another shadow red that would be in only a couple small parts.  I'm still giving this piece some time.  I look at it every couple days and I'm still pretty conflicted as to whether it's done or not.  Guess time will tell.

Flamingo before the 5th color was printed and showing a color swatch of the mixed shadow color.

Ice Cream - 20x16" - 13 color reduction linocut

So............the piece that I've been really excited for.....I don't like.

I've invested around 8 hours into this piece so far and that's only with two printed layers.  I should've printed the yellows first, but instead wanted to print the shadow areas of the neon tubing.  The grey, even though it's very light, comes right through the highly transparent yellow causing it to turn a uncomfortable yellow-green.  I also discovered areas that should've been carved initially...sigh.

Even though I do not like this piece, I am still going to proceed with it and see how it turns out.  I'm also re-starting the piece as well.  Luckily, I kept the drawing and was able to easily transfer the drawing onto a new piece of linoleum.

 

Ice Cream - Starting Over

The second photo hear shows the tracing with Sharpie marker and even though the pic is two days old, I've managed to almost finish the tracing in marker.  I really like this piece and want to do it right.  No mistakes this time...if I do make one, this will be a costly piece.

Coca-Cola - 3x3" - 5 color reduction linocut

This piece is turning out very nice.  I do like it and I'm in the process of carving away for the final red shadow.  Once that is printed I will only have a small cast shadow to print along the one bottom edge.  Not too much to update on this piece.

Flo's - 12x16" - 9 color reduction linocut

Flo's is moving along nicely as well.  I printed the Turquoise coloring this past week and I'm really liking how it's turning out so far.  Registration has been on the whole way.  I like the colors so far as well.  Next up will be a dark turquoise for the shadow areas in and under the lettering.

After that I believe I'm left with two dark greys and a sky blue.  Very exciting progress on this one.

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #updates #reliefprint #icecream #cocacola #coke #flamingo #flos #neon #lightandshadow #startingover

The pink Flamingo

Flamingo - 8x6" - 5 color reduction lioncut

I'm down to only 1 color left for the neon Flamingo.  This piece has worked out better than anticipated.  I altered my registration unit to be more like the one I use for unmounted linoleum and for some reason...it just works.  I actually just realized the day while carving that I was actually down to a single color, that color being a cast shadow on the Flamingo itself.  I'm double checking my carving to make sure that I'm properly carving away the right areas.

Here is a quick picture of the inked block.  I should have the finished piece within a week..or maybe less.

I've also been carving away at the Ice Cream block.  Most of the block was pretty straight forward when it came to carving, but then all of a sudden I found myself confused by what needed carved in the actual swirled part of the sign.  I have it color coordinated and everything...and yet still I ran into many moments of indecision.  I wound up putting the actual image on my computer screen and zoomed in on whatever area I was currently working on.  Very excited to get this moving onto the next step.

On a side note, I've discovered that the ice cream neon sign at Disney's California Adventure has been removed to make way for the new Pixar theme.

Well, this is a pretty small and basic update...nothing to much has happened since the last one, but figured I'd at least share the Flamingo.  I'm also preparing to submit a couple works to some local exhibitions that are coming up.  Still kicking around which pieces are going to be involved and which aren't.

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #printingprocess #neon #flamingo #icecream

Everybody loves Ice Cream...right?

Ice Cream - 16x20 - 13/14 color reduction linocut

Edition of: 8 + 1 AP

So I've been slowly working on this Ice Cream print for over a month now.  It's one that was basically created because my wife wanted one....well over a year ago.  This neon sign is courtesy of Disney's California Adventure (Paradise Pier) and was the first major Ice Cream based neon sign that I had seen that really screamed to turn it into a linoleum print.

After coming home and looking at it closer, I realized that there were more colors in the image than I had originally thought.  I had originally figured 8-9 colors, which has become my happy medium for printing and instead discovered 13.  Ouch.  I don't want to skimp on the colors though so that what I'm gonna shoot for and pray to the printmaking Gods for sharp registration.

Like most of my pieces, I start with the light grey which is almost always the shadow on the neon tubing.  The image above is that first printed color.  I'm excited for this piece and I have a lot more confidence in registration than I've had....probably ever.

Flo's - 12x16" - 9 Color reduction linocut

Edition of: 7 + 1 AP

I printed the fourth color to the Cars Land/Cars Flo's V8 Cafe.  The latest color is a light turquoise color.  I had some difficulty mixing this color for some reason....actually....I used too much white which really gave me problems when I went to turn it into the color I wanted.

I'm very happy with the color that I did come up with though.  The next color will be straight turquoise and that will be followed up with a darker version.  I'm about half way through this one and very happy with it so far.

I'm definitely having to take longer to ink the block for these larger pieces.  The first couple of these I pulled did not have a nice even color so I had to reprint them at the end.  I can't apply the ink heavily so these thin layers of ink take considerable time and if I remember correctly, I'm up to about 5-6 minutes worth of inking before I can print the block.

Well I'll have to chat with you all later...I have some things that I have to do today.  Hopefully I can finish carving the Ice Cream block soon so I can print it this coming Saturday.  Have a nice day everyone and I'll update you later.

#art #printmaking #linocut #reductionlinocut #neon #printingprocess #icecream #flos #disney #pixar #disneyland #californiaadventure