Cozy Cone update! No more sky!

(Sky Carving Detail)

After printing the blue sky for this print the past week my next step was to carve away the entire sky area.  I'm using a tool which is about 1/4 inch wide....it takes quite a bit of time when you are using something that small, but I finished it right before work yesterday.

I'll next be printing Brown and Black and then it'll finally be finished.

Cupcake update - Added the CAKE!

(Screen taped off and ready to go)

(Screen flooded with acrylic screenprinting ink)

(Cupcake print placed into registration)

(Cupcake cake color printed)

My basic steps to making a silkscreen print.  I have a large sheet of acetate (not shown) that I first print my color on.  I then position the paper underneath to line up registration.  I pull the acetate away and then drop the screen onto the print and pull the ink.

Only the black outline remains...only problem is...I haven't made that screen yet.

Cupcake Update

Added the icing this morning.  Didn't get to make much last week since it was the week before the holiday and my regular job picks up a good bit.  Wanted to start this week off getting back into the art making groove.

The icing color is not even close.  In this image it looks blue, but it's actually teal.  I tried altering it in Photoshop, but I just can't seem to get it right.  Next up is the cake color and then the black outline.

Cozy Cone Update! Sky Printed!

This evening I printed 2 colors - the sky blue and a shadow on the interior of the road cone.  I unfortunately forgot my camera at home so this image is courtesy of my phone (whose camera is rather lacking).

I have to reprint the blue one more times to cover up areas that were printed a little darker that it is covering.  I also am down to printing just brown and black and this project will be completed.

Cozy Cone update - Road Cone carving finished.

I've finally finished carving out the road cone on the Cozy Cone Motel Neon Sign.  The only sections that remain now are the cast shadows of the neon tubing.  I'm still making considerations on the color of the shadow.  Black seems the simplest and with time running out it may just be the simplest option...especially since I'm using it as the final color in other areas.

I should only have 3 colors left to print and the Cozy Cone should be finished.

Oaks Theater update

Oaks Theater - Marker Final

This is the final design for the Oaks Theater Linocut Reduction print that I'll be starting to work on soon.  Everything at this point has been retraced in Sharpie marker and is ready to have carving begun.

Cozy Cone Update!

This evening I printed 2 more colors simultaneously.  I normally do not like to print in such a fashion, but with time ticking down and 4 colors to go, I really don't have much choice.  I printed the red-orange road cone and printed white over top of the "Motel" section of the sign.  The original gray in that section was too dark for the neon tubing, but perfect for the cast shadow.

These are 2 detail shots of various sections.  I need to carve away most of the cone and the neon tubing that spells out "Motel".  Slowly getting excited about this piece.