Friday, 28 October 2011

Negotiated Module - Reference Books


I've had a good few weeks now of producing collagraphs and prints from them.  Learning alot about the processes which I've backed up with the following books:

Anthony Dyson - Printmakers' Secrets - interesting but not vital to my current studies.  However, have picked up an artist called Pilar Munoz who screenprints on wood and manipulated canvas.  Will investigate further.

Julia Ayres - Printmaking Techniques - some quite good information.  Betty Sellars uses cotton organza in layers onto wood collagraph plates.  A good idea is to paint the shapes with coloured acrylic medium to give some indication of tone in the finished print.

John Ross, Clare Romano, Tim Ross - The Complete Printmaker.  Interesting and very good basic stuff.

Brenda Hartill and Richard Clarke - Collagraphs and Mixed-Media Printmaking.  (One of A C Black's Printmaking Handbooks).  Excellent.  I am using it quite alot and finding out MASSES very time I do so.  

Steve Butt at uni is being very supportive too ... what I've learnt from him is that less is more ....






This one is ready inked up and had a layer of red applied - this layer wasn't awfully successful as I used a soft roller and got too much on the print.  The second print I produced went PINK of all things.  

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