Ben #3 - Mixed Media

This is the second of three dog pieces I have been working on.  This happens to be the third of three versions of this piece. In the first print of this series I started by gluing tissue paper to lay out some of the areas of color and then I created a separate plate to print the dog and some of the other textures. In this case I did not start with tissue paper, but printed color on the dog and background first. The next step was to print the textured B&W plate. Following this step I started layering texture and color in the border. I created a fourth plate to print additional texture on the dog.  The final step was to add tissue paper which defined the fabric. This keeps changing so it could change again.  The blue seems a little too bold.  I am tired of looking at it so here it is for now.  I need to move on for a while.
My sister just might recognize this guy.

Image size is 16" x 20"

Paper size is 18.5" x 21.5"

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Welcome to the Farm #10 - Mixed Media

This is the first of three dog pieces I have been working on.  I started by gluing tissue paper to lay out some of the color areas and then used an existing plate to print the dog and some of the other textures. Finally I added the border by printing multiple layers of color.
The original piece, a black and white collagraph, was inspired by a photo my sister took of a black lab named Dusk. He reminds me of my Peschi.

Image size is 16" x 20"

Paper size is 18.5" x 21.5"

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Skipjack Tuna 1 & 2 (Mixed Media)

As mentioned yesterday here are two more fish that I have been experimenting with.  Colored tissue paper was glued to the paper prior to printing the textured plate (black ink).  I printed multiple layers of color on the border of each print and was pleasantly surprised with the border color in the second version.

Image size is 12.5" x 20"

Paper size is 15" x 24"

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Grouper 1 & 2 (Mixed Media)

I have been working on this project for quite some time.  Here are two newer versions of a Nassau Grouper I recently completed. In this case I used colored tissue paper prior to printing the textured plate (black ink).  I printed multiple layers of color on the border of each print.

Image size is 12.5" x 20"

Paper size is 15" x 24"

If you have any questions please email me.