Colour Palette

Reds and oranges are not my usual colour palette but I've been inspired by some colour manipulation I'd tried out on a few abstract images on the i-pad and also because I've been trying to pick up the threads of the an idea that I first saw when we worked with Merlyn Chesterman in Devon last year (it's only taken a year for me to begin to experiment!) I think having my own press now has facilitated me to experiment more than I have been doing when using the press at Hangingwater Studio. A good thing - I think! I've not chosen the actual prints to blip, though I took a few notebook photos which I might place elsewhere and then link. It's unusual for me to work on at printmaking into the evening, which is what I was doing - so I think another good thing about having my own press.

And I even had a quick drive up to the top of the hill to catch the last of the evening sun (the light disappears in our valley) and I managed one image that I quite liked.

p.s. I've been using the very old red acrylic to stain my plywood boards before cutting them (not for actual printmaking). It's stayed remarkably usable!