Current state of affairs - Oaks / Zion

 

I have my block for the Oaks Theater print carved down to the final two colors.  Problem is, I've discovered a section that should've been carved away.  Ugh!!!  Guess I'll be adding another color.

Zion in slowly coming along.  The right half of the block was carved before I decided to add in some sky so it's a different color than the middle section that goes to the left.  The far left of the block is still not carved and I should have that finished sometime today.

Progress.  Very excited to finish both blocks to see how they turn out.

Zion National Park - Sky Color Update

So my wife really thought that this two color piece really needed a sky blue.  I was very skeptical because her favorite color is blue and she always wants blue somewhere.

I did it anyhow and really like how it looks on the gray.  Not so crazy about on the orange which is strange considering they are complimentary colors and are supposed to look good together.

I now need to just finish carving the block and allow this blue to dry before being able to print the final color(s).

Zion National Park update - Let the carving re-begin!!

This is a picture of the block and the current carving progress.  I'm about 1.5 hours into the carving (starting bottom right) and I've only carved about 2 x 2.5 inches worth of linoleum.  The detail is so small that I have to use the smallest gouge to carve these areas away.

It's a good thing I have the Heinz Field sign block ready to print because carving this is going to take some time.

Zion National Park - Alternate Color

Zion National Park Linocut - Alternate

I made a small run with some remaining ink from another project.  I wanted to create an orange-ish print that would remind me more of the colors of the area.  Not saying that this is absolutely accurate, but wanted to try something different with this print.

A part of me is wanting to turn this into a color print.  For some reason my brain is screaming for a blue sky.  I'm going to think it over, but I'm not sure I want that 3rd color.

#art #printmaking #ZionNationalPark #landscape #orange #nationalparks #Utah

Zion National Park - 1st color printed

Zion National Park - 8x10 (print) - 9x11 (papersize)

So this morning I decided to print my Heinz Field sign linocut, but instead made the ink too dark for the first color and realized it was more the color I wanted for this particular print.  So....change of plans.  I made 11 prints of this particular image and I'm considering printing a few with a light redish-orange color which would be more accurate for the area.

These were my first ever clouds I've carved and printed.  I like the ones on the right, but not really digging the one in the upper left.  Maybe because it's underneath and I'm just not liking it.

Oaks Update - Sky printed

Finally got around to printing the sky last night for the Oaks Theater print.  I'm not a big fan of printing such a tiny section, but sometimes it's a little bit easier when you don't have a large brayer to apply the ink with.

Some of the ink on the first couple prints didn't apply as well as I would have liked so I'm going to hold off carving this one until the ink dries and I can reapply it to those first couple prints.  So hopefully in about 2 weeks I'll be printing the second to last color on this print.

I do have other blocks that are prepared to print including Zion National Park and Heinz Field.  Both of which need have the first color printed for both and if I'm not mistaken they are both light gray.

#Art #Printmaking #Pittsburgh #OaksTheater #Oakmont #Theater #Reductionprint #Linocut

Zion National Park update

These were the final carvings I did for 2015.  I finished carving the highlight whites for this block during the week of Christmas.  I've been too busy to really get to anything else.

The bottom shot is a detail of some of the highlights.  As long as I don't get the ink on too thick everything should work out pretty well.

I'm planning on making different types of prints with this one.  I'm going to do a 2 color reduction and then also a single color print of what remains after I get to the point where I need to carved the rest of the grey away (just leaving the black).  Hopefully soon.

#ZionNationalPark #Zion #Nationalparks #art #linocut #printmaking #landscape #mountains #Utah