Deep Orange Ice Cream and Racer (updates)

 

Ice Cream - 20x16 - Colors 5 & 6

So far this piece is moving along much better than previous attempts.  I've stopped even working on the second attempt for the moment, but I think I will pick that one back up once I get this one finished.

When printing the 5 color which was the shadow on the building I forgot to print all the areas that I was supposed to print.  Luckily, I saved the remaining ink and was able to print the rest a couple days later.  Just this morning I printed a deep yellow (almost orange) as the shadow area that is on the cone itself.  I'm very pleased with it's look so far and the sequence of the yellows was actually one of the things that I learned off of the second attempt.

Registration of the colors has been very good except for one of the prints where it's off just slightly.  As I continue moving forward it shouldn't take long to see if that print will be included in the edition.

Racer - 16x34ish"

Since I wasn't sure of the deadlines for a couple of exhibtions that I usually submit to over the summer I figured that I'd better get the ball rolling on this piece.  I used all of the white ink I had just to print the first layer (light grey) and spent 5.5 hours printing an edition of 11 two Saturdays back.  Printing this piece is exhausting.  I honestly couldn't believe that it had taken me so long just to print 11 pieces.  I actually ran out of ink twice, but wanted to print 11 or 12 of these so I mixed up ink two more times to reach 11 and at that point decided that I was done.  I somehow managed to mix the same color ink 3 times and was disappointed I couldn't try again, but when you run out of ink to mix with....your done.

This is the first light grey layer for the Racer print.  I was very happy with how it turned out and immediately ordered some new ink so that when the time came I'd be able to print again.  Even though I purchased Ternes Burton registration pins and tabs to help with color registration I barely use them, but because of the size of this piece I figured it would be much easier to line up with their assistance.

This past Saturday I printed a darker, shadow grey and I'm very happy with it's outcome as well.  Registration is practically perfect thanks to the registration pins and I just finished carving the block so this piece is ready to print, but I'm going to have to wait until Saturday.  This second layer took an hour less to print so that was a nice surprice.  Only 4.5 hours printing instead of 5.5.  Again though, quite exhausting.  Next color up is a nice bright red which will then be followed up with a darker shadow red.

Can't wait to see how this one progresses.  Going to dive back into my Green Street linocut which I haven't touched in a couple months.  I was not overly happy with the last color I printed so I shelved the project until I felt ready to go back at it.  I guess today will be the day.  Wish me luck.

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