So armed with notebook lest I forget, I used some freeze frames from the latest BBC Icelandic offering - Trapped. So much creative time has been lost in the need to concentrate on sub-titles it was time for the payback! This also offered smaller, distant birds; less detail; opportunities for fast mark making.
Images 140-142 - brayered polyprop sheet with Seawhite's black water-based block printing ink (after quick dash down the M23) plus Golden Retarder. Once sheet inked, swirled brayer round the plate to give background a sense of movement. Copy paper topped by brown paper on which drew gull shapes with biro. Ghost print on tissue paper which was rolled with brayer to get better print.
Images 143-145 - similar to above but inked onto glass and different mark-making technique on drawing.
Images 146 - 149 - brayered polyprop sheet with Seawhite's black water-based block printing ink plus Golden Retarder. Drew directly on plate with rubber tipped tool. First print on photocopy paper, second print on tissue and third print on photocopy paper. Carefully re-inked plate and fourth print on photocopy paper.
Images 150 - 151 - as above but on glass rather than polyprop. More interesting pull marks made with brayer in ink. Also, as draw can pull ink to get more texture. Image 152 comparison drawn on polyprop plate.
Images 153 - 154 - similar process but on gelli plate. Much flatter. Less interesting, particularly background.
Image 155 - permanent marker on acetate. This very early quick experiment with light and shadow has come out of 'the heap' and is included here for completeness. It seems to add a little something to the drawings in this section and indicated how they might be interpreted later, perhaps on sheers, to add layers and depth to my work.
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