Printing

I wanted to experiment a bit more with my artwork and add a larger variety of mediums to my work, as I had used a selection of different dry and wet media such as paint and pencil, and I have also done a 3d piece, I had decided to do dry point prints, I chose dry point as I was able to get the effect  I wanted, through trying other forms of printing, like lino, I know that by doing dry point I would be able to give the images the definition I had wanted though tonal and line qualities you wouldn’t be able to get in other forms of printing.

By doing prints not only was I able to experiment easier, for example, being able to use the same image repeatedly rather than redoing the image, and it also gives a better effect then it would if I was to photocopy the image and work into it from there, and being able to choose a assortment of backgrounds and surfaces to work on, and by varying the colour selection, I could make the same image look almost completely different when they were next to one another, but I it was also possible to do it within a reasonably short space of time.

I started by testing the press and the image had printed properly, using black ink, after I was satisfied that the image would print correctly I began to experiment more.

After testing out different colours I used them on different types of materials and coloured paper and different materials.

My favourite print is the print I have done on a black piece of board with white ink. The combination and contrast between the colours bring out more definition. And although it was the same elements as the black ink on white paper, it has more of an appealing look to it.

The prints I had done on cardboard had a really nice effect, once the cardboard had gone through the press, it gave it a great texture as it had been flattened and the inner folds had extruded, also the colours of the ink had connected a contrasted with the colours of the ink.

I attempted to create a collage to add to my selection of prints by adding newspaper exerts to a piece of cardboard and the black and white coloured papers and items to create a nice connection between the twos' old looking qualities, after adding the black print, I realised that it was unsuccessful, the ink had almost blended with the colours of the newspaper and the detail of the print was hidden almost completely.