Works in Progress

This is one of those

busy weeks in the studio..

I have lots of projects in the works..

and one submission..

but instead of telling you about it..

I thought I would just share some photos..

about what is taking place tabletop...

My excavation series is making progress...

I know, they look like a whole lotta nothing...

until they come together at the end...

and I am working on 

a new monoprinting video

that we will film 

this week for my YouTube channel

and my May Pages are 

in the process of being born..

although a bit painful right now..

and I am getting

these beauties below, 

ready to hang and ship

to 

142 Bis Gallerie

I always look forward to watching them fly away

to the homes where they belong...

I look forward to inviting you into the studio

this week for a new adventure in 

Monoprinting..

and until then, 

thank you ever so much for stopping by..

Ciao, ciao!

Monoprints, Monotypes and a Bad Studio Day

Everyone has bad days at work..

but this year I decided to share them with you..

gentle reader,

in speaking to other artists,

I have found that there is a common perception 

that people share concerning art and artists..

that our work isn't really work..

that we have fun all day..

and that making things is pure joy..

occasionally, it is..

but mostly is is a career like any other..

there are good days and bad days..

I was musing about this the other day when began a series of Monotypes

in the studio last week...

Monoprints and Monotypes are similar in one aspect, 

they are pulled off a glass or some other kind of plate and pressure is applied by

hand or brayers to assist in the transfer of the image

applied to the plate.

But Monotypes are created by working off a smooth surface with no markings or indentations..

a small difference,

but 

notable 

and to be clear, the words have been used interchangeably forever..

often as I pull prints in the studio

I happen across a happy accident 

but 

on this day, it seemed that the more I worked,

 the worse the images..

So I gave it a rest and worked on my portrait of Ella..

and my flower journal..

The next day I went back to it and used blue acrylic paint to freshen

and change it all up..

But still the images did not meet with my approval..

and clearly 

I was not having fun...

so I pulled all the prints together and noticed I had used up an entire ream of paper, 

ok...

pad of paper

but it felt like a ream..

Now..

 I will find a use for them..

even if I cut them and use them for collage

and I will revisit monotypes..

but not any time soon..

Last year, I would have shoved them in a drawer.. 

this year, I am sharing them with you

new year,

new insights,

new directions..

Ciao, ciao!

Mono Printing, Dendritic Prints and more!

Ok dear hearts

so here is the second part of my

Mono Print

video...

I wanted to show you

Dendritic Prints

and pulling a print from a stencil ...

which is so different from

simply stenciling on your substrate..

I hope you enjoy it and  if you like it

please give us a like..

We appreciate your subscriptions and 

I love responding to your comments...

C4N!

Mono Printing Part 1

My mono printing

blog post is also one of my most popular posts..

so I decided to film the process

an post it on my 

new Vlog..

I hope you enjoy it and next week,

I will share the dendritic process and stenciling on

glass..

Thank you for watching and I so appreciate 

your comments 

and subscriptions..

xo

Monoprinting

ciao!

some studio days

are very productive..

even though

I never finish a piece of work...

some days

are all about creating elements

 to use 

in my work...

just making a stash of beautiful papers...

to rip up or use whole in

a collage or a painting...

and while I don't really have anything finished..

it still feels great to have 

some awesome images to use...

The plate and the print above..

monoprinting

creates basically one print..

from a plate..

in this case I used

 cardboard covered with tin foil..
non stick, for those inquiring minds out there...

to serve as my plate

and I covered them with acrylic paints

using both a pencil and a feather quill

to subtract the paint and 

write and indent on the 

tin plate

and I used a lot of brown kraft paper

for the first go around..

and finished with

antique book pages..

What I love about monoprinting 

is that each print is unique 

and totally different..

and you never know what you have until you

lift the print..

Next week I will have 

a quick post before we leave on our 

great adventure..

thank you as always for 

stopping by,

leaving your comments..

and lurking lovingly..

here at the sweet life..

xo