This is another version of the stork which has a brighter background. I personally like the more subtle background in my previous post. I took a different approach here where I started out printing some color on the bird, then printed the black plate and then printed the background color. Image size is 18.5" x 13.5", paper size: 21.5" x 15.5" and printed on arches cover white paper.
I have been working on this guy off and on for quite a while. I spent a lot of time creating the feathers, but I think it was worth the effort. The image size of this guy is 18.5" x 13.5", the paper size is 21.5" x 15.5" and is printed on arches cover white paper. As you can see the bottom image is of the black and white. The second stage was to print color on the background and the third stage was to hand color the bird.
I recently participated in the Open Studio Event presented by the Contemporary Art Museum. One of the people I met asked if I had ever done a pug. It has been in the back of my mind for some time so I guess that gave me a push. Both of these have some hand coloring. I think I prefer the black and white version. The image size is 7.25" x 9.5". The paper size is 9.5" x 11.5".
A friend of a friend asked me to do a collagraph portrait of their Morkie (combination of a Maltese and a Yorkshire Terrier). I haven't done a lot of work with dogs with longer hair so I wasn't sure how it would come out. Anyway these are two versions I came up with. The image size is 7.25" x 9.5". The paper size is 9.5" x 11.5".
