What have I managed to churn out this time?
Yes! as previously mentioned in the last post, I have been working on my latest 3 images of scenery and in one image the still life of objects but may not work on this particular image.
Today… I have managed to get round to printing the second layering of my image called ‘The Family Circle‘ which I thought I would work on first. I have tried using the grey as the first layer on 3 pieces of paper to see how that looks in comparison to the 5 prints I done starting with the first layer of black. So today I wanted to try print grey layer on top of the 5 black prints and printing black layer onto the 3 grey prints. The reason why I am doing this is because I want to get a good overview of what works best with either black first or grey first if that makes sense?
Why again do I want to do the prints in this way?
I am trying to basically tally what works best in the order of the two colours but to be honest the second layer of grey works much better on top of the black than the black on top of the grey. I think in this case, it balances off the image very well making it look smoother and less sudden and sharp looking. So I think after all of this testing with the order of colours, I will definately use black first and then grey after as it works better and will carry on using this method with the rest of my images.
Also it works better in contrast because the grey helps blend in the white colour which is the paper ‘acting as the light’ and then blending this white into the black shadowing buy using this grey colour. Deep down this is really what I have been trying my best to achieve and really think this can be a continuous printing method to take up. I have see the way Glen Toner ‘the technician’ does his lino cuts of peoples faces and how he uses the colours of shadowing which is grey, white and blacks only. I am trying to change this in my own way by doing all of this through silkscreen.
What will I do next?
Now… that I know this experiment worked! I can now apply the same working method in other images to see what kind of reactional magic that I get out of them. I am hoping to surprise myself in a way that I cannot fully see in my mind my future image but hoping that it will be better than expected. I will carry on with this method with the other two scenery images tomorrow and shall keep you updated in exactly how they turned out in the end.
Please feel free to watch my short 3 minutes of commentary showing how exactly I have managed to print them with two layers!
Video pending…
