Printmaking Things And Such

A bit delayed, but I finally uploaded and edited the pictures I took of some of my printmaking pieces from the spring semester.  I have some more that need to be documented, but I'll get to that later.

The first three are a couple different prints of a copper plate, plus a detail, and the last two are of a three layer photo lithograph that I made for my litho final, plus a detail.  Not the best quality photographs, but you get the idea.

Right now I'm doing an internship at a gallery in Los Angeles.  Yay for gallery experience and being in California!

MiniThesis

For my Concepts II final, we spent five weeks working on a MiniThesis of our choosing.  I chose to draw a four-part series illustrating different scenes for this one bearded girl.  I think she's adorable.

Tel Aviv Hearts Bauhaus

Our latest assignment in Concepts was an 11"x17" travel poster.  The one on the left is what I turned in this morning, but after my critique I adjusted the background to create the one on the right.  Not sure which one I like better...

Little Lion Man

Another quick update - I was having fun coloring old sketches in photoshop again.  This sketch was for an etching that I did last semester.  The etching didn't turn out so well, but I still like the image.

(note: blogspot killed the color on this)

Printmaking - Mostly

As always, I'm spending a lot of my time printmaking.  We're starting new projects in both of my printmaking classes, but here are the final products from the last assignment in both intaglio and litho...

(it's hard to tell, but there's a faint yellow overtone here.  I wiped the plate with the teal color and then relief rolled the yellow.)

(my first ever lithograph!)

This is just a sketch I made in preparation for my next intaglio project (which means you'll see this image again as a print), but I was having fun in the computer lab, so I colored it.  No reason.  Just funsies.

I've been looking at other peoples' art and illustrations more often lately and it's helping to keep me inspired on a more regular basis.  I just want to draw things all the time.  And that's a nice feeling.  On that note, spring break is a mere four days away and I'm super excited!  Can't wait to get home to good ol' Florida.  Warm weather, here I come!

Old Ladies and Cats Eye Nebulas

It's printmakin' time, so here are the first examples of what I've been doing in my intaglio class this semester.  (I would have included my first lithograph, but I forgot to bring it home to document - I will, though!)  Both prints are from a 6"x8" copper plate etched in ferric chloride.

Stage One:

First time using an aquatint:

Intro to Print Media

I finally documented some of my prints from last semester and though I might share them with you.  This is just a small collection of some of the ones I liked.  When I get the chance to document more of them, I'll post those too.

 dry point on PVC plate

 monoprint

 dry point on zinc

 monoprint

monoprint

This semester I'm taking two printmaking classes: lithography and intaglio.  I'm really excited for both and when we finish up our first projects, I'll be sure to post both of those.