As you may or may not know, I’ve been doing some research for a new painting.
I don’t want to say too much just yet because I’ve only finished the preliminary sketches for the piece but, I will tell you that is based on Genesis
and will be painted on a 48″x48″ sized canvas assuming I have no problem getting it shipped.
You’ll have to wait for more details.
Cheers,
Amanda
Alrighty.
Here are the prints I’ve been working on lately.
The betta fish piece was a trial run of printing on painted paper. I thought the multicolored effect suited the fish.
I had it painted from a previous project I was working on and hadn’t used.
It’s painted with watercolors, salt for effect, and cheese cloth for texture.
At the moment, there are only two using this background effect, but I plan on doing up more sometime in the near future.
Next, my Magnolia’s.
I wanted to do something with a subtler touch, so I went with yellow, white, and silver.
Finally, the pomegranate.
I wanted this piece to be rich and warm so I went with red and gold.
All in all, I think they turned out pretty well.
Here they are laid out to dry.
Well, that’s it for today.
I’m off to work on something new though I don’t yet know what.
Cheers!
Amanda
Well, I attempted the hand coloring of the magnolia prints but didn’t like them.
They didn’t pop like I wanted them to, so I’m leaving them black and white.
After that, I mounted the lino on to wooden blocks and pressed them down with my detergent bottle.
I also did the first printing of the pomegranate block print.
It didn’t turn out as crisp as I wanted it to, but it’s fine it gave me some idea of what to do when I do the good prints.
Here are the pics.
Oh, and I included pictures of the actual magnolia and betta blocks.
I’ll be posting more pomegranate prints soon.
Well, Cheers and have a good weekend.
Amanda
I love Pomegranates.
Little bright red jewels filled with explosive forever staining sweet juice.
I feel like I’m at a point in my life where things are semi-simple.
Which in retrospect is odd given all the crap that’s come up, but still.
So why the sudden exclamatory love of fruit?
Well as you know, I’ve been working on block prints lately and when examining my source of inspiration
I’ve discovered I tend to focus on all the ordinary beautiful things in life that I’ve come to enjoy.
Like Magnolias, Bettas and Pomegranates which I’m currently working on.
So until I get that finished, I leave you with “Dream Caused by the flight of a bee” by Salvador Dali
Cheers,
Amanda
Amanda Milke 