My print

[low_delta]

I finally finished my print. It's been sitting on my desk for a couple of months while I put off trying to come up with a title. It was jokingly suggested that I call it "Blue Moon," but Cyn would have been bothered that people thought it was her (since she used to go by that handle).

This is a stone lithograph, done on an antique press. Three colors, done on the same stone (the printing plate, effectively). The dark blue first, then the light blue, then the black - not that the order matters much, since they don't overlap at all. The chop marks are on the paper - for the press, the printer (my dad) and the artist (me) - but I didn't scan that much of the paper. The image here is close to actual size.

The is my first print and the first artwork I've done in years. Now I've got ideas for my next print. This was somewhat ambitious for my first print, since it's three colors. They were simple, though. Except that it took us (meaning my dad) a while to mix the colors.



"B.A.T." stands for bon á tirer, which means "right to print." That's the first good print we pulled, and it is set aside for the printer to reference as the run is pulled, to make sure the prints are consistent. On prints of the edition, the edition number and size appears there. This is an edition of thirty, so you'll usually see something like "1/30". There were also two artist's proofs and a printer's proof. And a cancellation proof.

Comments

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

That's neat.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

ONLY three colors???

There has to be half a dozen in the blanket!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Are you sure it's not your monitor? ;-) There was only a slight bit of green mixed with the blue, to warm it up a bit, IIRC. The light blue area was white, blue and green. But each area is only one pass/impression.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

It might be, It could be that the detail in the blanket is due solely to shading of black OR dark blue, but it looks like there are several colors of blue.. and I see the white now that I had the impression of light blue.

[pasticcio.livejournal.com]

I like it.. :)

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I thought you might.

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

Well done!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[mummm.livejournal.com]

That's very nice. I don't understand how it's not worksafe though. My students could even see that one! Of course they are used to all kinds of art.

Did you use a model?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but notice I didn't say it was "not art class-safe." You and I see negative space that is made to look like a human form, due solely to the edge of the light blue and a single black line. And we also see it as being very tame. To the average slob, looking at it from halfway across the room, it's a naked ass. Hence my rather relaxed warning.

I didn't really use a model, but I've seen lots of pictures like that. But the curvature of the thighs didn't come out quite right.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

It's fine! The figure is Picasso-esque. The contrast between the texture and the rather abstract is nice.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's one of the things I was going for.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Just your friendly "LJ-art teacher"... *grin*

[i.livejournal.com]

hey, cyn pointed me to this, which i missed. it's really nice. the textural contrast makes it.

and the average slob across the room is an ass. cover him up, quick!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

The textural contrast, or one area being more realistic than the other, is what I was going for.

"If you can't handle seeing an ass, how do you look in the mirror every morning?" It wouldn't help me at my exit interview, but it would make me feel better. :-)