monotype print

I am finally in the studio and printing.  It feels good.  I am singing and dancing along with my country music.  Today I am feeling the Christmas spirit.  I bought some materials to make a quilt for the family yankee swap.  I have been playing with christmas card images and cutting some stencils.  I have about 6 old moldy gelatins in the refrigerator.  One had to be thrown out today, but I used another and got some nice textured effects like the background on this angel print.  Here I am using Daniel Smith water soluble inks for the angel and speedball gold for the background. This is a picture of the moldy gelatin.  Don’t be afraid.  Use it you will get some fun results. http://www.linda-germain.com/

Rainy day here in New England.  Good day to play with gelatin printmaking.  I have worked out a good system for cropping down the prints to the artist trading card size. 

Today I worked on top of some of the tiny gelatin prints that I started the other day.  I was pleased with how a few of them developed.  I played with a pre-cut stencil and I enjoyed the effect. I think it helps to keep the design simple when the prints are this small.  I had a mat cut to the atc(artist trading card) size so that I could check how the composition is going. http://www.linda-germain.com/

Post by Linda Germain

Today I am playing with gelatin printmaking and artists’ trading cards.  I am working with a piece of gelatin that is about 3″ by 4″ and then I can trim the image down to 2.5 by 3.5.  It is a challenge to go that small.  I am finding that I need to change the type of tools that I use to make marks and to simplify the image.  Last week I went to an ATC workshop at Lynn Arts.  It was fun to be inspired by the processes of other artists. Enjoy! http://www.linda-germain.com/