tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57842926423376629302024-03-18T15:32:05.279-04:00Brush and BarenSherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1338125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-89832661467866664142024-03-17T07:29:00.002-04:002024-03-17T07:29:11.311-04:00Linocut in Progress: Color in a gray season<p> Mud season came early to the midcoast this year. So. Much. Rain.</p><p>Seemed like a great time to get started on a piece with a little more color in it. I had big plans, but they started in a quite humble way.</p><p>This piece has a fair amount of white in it... mostly little bitty shapes, so there was a bit of carving to do before I rolled up the first color. And even then, I didn't get much satisfaction immediately, because my first color pass was just some spot inking of a pale yellow color. This represents some super-small areas of warm reflection in an otherwise very cool-toned image to come. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF-jNM-7jxj1cuAVJJmCMAdzAn65CO4xZdIZB-wdooKMKJFKVZ1S5WGPT6AP7nNT-D1kN8_H7gcERsVFtaLy13kbXuu5UGQuXZvvcNhr_-8yVz60C-UA7GJWs55q4pZDaakFqmFM_g9lgALNygT_pK0ZVJ0J5ybnLEzwOHfFziY6bOHrAYFOk-H9PlKKh/s667/Step1-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF-jNM-7jxj1cuAVJJmCMAdzAn65CO4xZdIZB-wdooKMKJFKVZ1S5WGPT6AP7nNT-D1kN8_H7gcERsVFtaLy13kbXuu5UGQuXZvvcNhr_-8yVz60C-UA7GJWs55q4pZDaakFqmFM_g9lgALNygT_pK0ZVJ0J5ybnLEzwOHfFziY6bOHrAYFOk-H9PlKKh/s16000/Step1-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Linocut</a> in progress: Step 1 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To keep the color contained I cut a newsprint mask...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu1fwMME3lkAZDbH7K1cMMhhoMTrYuT-Lebwagamb17rQRGzjt3akFTXP-_NIvZo2x2T5dx7xZmnBaLzGlZSqgAd1Ih5VZbFclU8OjU8TI4-l_qb2tcn2UK2xLKJrvDes_3U6nUofB0iGk3jq4plQ1YL7N1OYY1oZ-TWsXL9W253jw1KFb_mQgcACN-y-/s500/Step1-mask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu1fwMME3lkAZDbH7K1cMMhhoMTrYuT-Lebwagamb17rQRGzjt3akFTXP-_NIvZo2x2T5dx7xZmnBaLzGlZSqgAd1Ih5VZbFclU8OjU8TI4-l_qb2tcn2UK2xLKJrvDes_3U6nUofB0iGk3jq4plQ1YL7N1OYY1oZ-TWsXL9W253jw1KFb_mQgcACN-y-/s16000/Step1-mask.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 1 mask</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And printed...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWtRWhMO_SGY_IDicRxMXpPrpbu5JF8xTT6k_VLqMO8OaKEVVflF3IC6cYq2eGaSzuuY4aCWKgcqO3MuPQECoTQUKQR01JVm_gGTE2Y768lmKvExzIwWUD5PUcH0yIcN-HwnxFslhNd1Z0rO9TfD6IqELcif_WFPhJqU8vyt6G6eRoB-nuQW7BCLb3B-f/s553/Step1-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWtRWhMO_SGY_IDicRxMXpPrpbu5JF8xTT6k_VLqMO8OaKEVVflF3IC6cYq2eGaSzuuY4aCWKgcqO3MuPQECoTQUKQR01JVm_gGTE2Y768lmKvExzIwWUD5PUcH0yIcN-HwnxFslhNd1Z0rO9TfD6IqELcif_WFPhJqU8vyt6G6eRoB-nuQW7BCLb3B-f/s16000/Step1-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 1 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Hard to photograph, since the color was so pale... and the image is at an angle to avoid wet ink reflections, but you get the idea.</p><p>The good news is that there was only a small amount of carving to do to hold these shapes before I could get going with a more satisfying color pass. </p><p>I rolled up a cheery, blended seafoam-to-pale-blue. I rolled it on the block in one direction, and then turned the block around so I could roll in the other direction and make the gradation go from green to blue to green.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqbvCHQwvyf6LMCSKqRc8O_-47eYfZNrR6QUuWHTtSgWOQpfKRqa9Dn7Fq_mAlaYlIPxCT0xBNHJceUtZ9SxYhiTks0nzSkX9F5uWRtmrSOhMWgUVaFvQMn16ziEgVNp7mbfFkh5vc_ccyAf_yy3MXAUr3pP6MEEkCOor1MjYIs3aSVlgukj4C6gozcHc/s500/Step2-rollupandmask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqbvCHQwvyf6LMCSKqRc8O_-47eYfZNrR6QUuWHTtSgWOQpfKRqa9Dn7Fq_mAlaYlIPxCT0xBNHJceUtZ9SxYhiTks0nzSkX9F5uWRtmrSOhMWgUVaFvQMn16ziEgVNp7mbfFkh5vc_ccyAf_yy3MXAUr3pP6MEEkCOor1MjYIs3aSVlgukj4C6gozcHc/s16000/Step2-rollupandmask.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 2 rollup and mask</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And oh! I made a little newsprint mask to keep a chunk of the main subject from building up too much color too soon.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3s-afqPJ52vjutTR7mtKymfK8nhBLPv07M2OrW9vnT30UstadIYO6I60nz39TwPHfJYgoDFrbeCk1JzN4BoEglbEYvcaRkLMuOXa6C4HVQzrjwqGjrT9GWuq3ruzqyZWe09ozTSWpGeHdnouXehQVa8AIIi1VUMl7VPm1VxHKUx2iTadveZ4MMYv-ySv/s503/Step2-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3s-afqPJ52vjutTR7mtKymfK8nhBLPv07M2OrW9vnT30UstadIYO6I60nz39TwPHfJYgoDFrbeCk1JzN4BoEglbEYvcaRkLMuOXa6C4HVQzrjwqGjrT9GWuq3ruzqyZWe09ozTSWpGeHdnouXehQVa8AIIi1VUMl7VPm1VxHKUx2iTadveZ4MMYv-ySv/s16000/Step2-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 2 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For bird geeks and sea duck fans the subject is likely already apparent. But we'll keep up the suspense for everyone else, eh?</p><p>Step 3! This time just a straight-up light blue with enough transparency to it to be affected by the purdy tones laid down in Step 2.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL_6MQ6W6PGx23kAKK0c9_zTQTNkc8Ug8gLiFCUMt945WPJn-5zQt4Ewm5QvlphGxo1KM2TxU-tmYta0x_R9hpuqQPi6zFJw308Sh6hpUcyphqx_beUixWuChfgdyKbILGXpTJLxumO68d3XSt35_8yBKzrODA67wRL62-FZLsPrLT1wLPIdilthAuHa9/s538/Step3-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL_6MQ6W6PGx23kAKK0c9_zTQTNkc8Ug8gLiFCUMt945WPJn-5zQt4Ewm5QvlphGxo1KM2TxU-tmYta0x_R9hpuqQPi6zFJw308Sh6hpUcyphqx_beUixWuChfgdyKbILGXpTJLxumO68d3XSt35_8yBKzrODA67wRL62-FZLsPrLT1wLPIdilthAuHa9/s16000/Step3-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 3 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplSz5ocQSOyRhfIzIEU6iBX9njEndMmH-AVsbqp_fA8ncaA8SfLDxHZYx4dwFFkwvCz0xQMpqV0yS-rYFmeUn4F82umE8BH4nKTUFz11-zlGtFmdWEjdS6DHw37fqmKX8neoUdHkAA_MLV0QT7h4srtJn2Yb-wekmnecqpl4tC5S7ETJwi2Vb0E4CkNAk/s505/Step3-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplSz5ocQSOyRhfIzIEU6iBX9njEndMmH-AVsbqp_fA8ncaA8SfLDxHZYx4dwFFkwvCz0xQMpqV0yS-rYFmeUn4F82umE8BH4nKTUFz11-zlGtFmdWEjdS6DHw37fqmKX8neoUdHkAA_MLV0QT7h4srtJn2Yb-wekmnecqpl4tC5S7ETJwi2Vb0E4CkNAk/s16000/Step3-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 3 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Off to a really satisfying start! I feel good about the movement already, and the cheery color palette. I know, however, that things are going to change dramatically as the piece goes on, so it's best not to get too attached yet. Stay tuned!</p><p><br /></p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-75586285494287989122024-02-05T08:00:00.007-05:002024-02-05T08:00:00.151-05:00Linocut in Progress: Let's wrap this up!<p> Okay... Remember that cartoon in which a couple of scientists stand at a chalk board filled with complex equations, at the bottom of which is the phrase, "And then a miracle occurs"? </p><p>That's kind of how the documentation of this <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> seems to have gone. A bunch of photos and a few steps that seem to be missing and then the piece is somehow done. So..... somehowwww..... Art=Science. Yay! We knew that.</p><p>Step.... let's call it 11....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwOmluAgv71EVhUWEW6Y6VTvgcXjfNe2KVDjVmurtXrU9YVZIb77t4l09mKJyYFTBQO8eSdTEr87n8c1nCuby3oAbtRbpiP2sSc-ajVfmmKxF7twtfnpO4EaQ4bIO1GQSBn07i510O2WIpXXn5RPVulPuuPua98AAzqvXwTYQzknOkMWpXcHGC76icklz/s500/Step11-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwOmluAgv71EVhUWEW6Y6VTvgcXjfNe2KVDjVmurtXrU9YVZIb77t4l09mKJyYFTBQO8eSdTEr87n8c1nCuby3oAbtRbpiP2sSc-ajVfmmKxF7twtfnpO4EaQ4bIO1GQSBn07i510O2WIpXXn5RPVulPuuPua98AAzqvXwTYQzknOkMWpXcHGC76icklz/s16000/Step11-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Reduction linocut</a> in progress: Step 11</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilVaKFPECqAMHiIILHlHmK-_p2xyI4MA7-xdg4no9PUL-qqlRpoqV5NxaAfwJPPDUNNvxNGSBq55WalWySEjEOpYyaQIiDKuxeEhySmZgjRe5wBg_Fni6VLlbwkAbvPVtGbXzLMe-35i7vWnZce0xG-X5yGDgFFogRa0j5EIlangs0m3Yc2kQyDadCHsl/s453/Step11-detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilVaKFPECqAMHiIILHlHmK-_p2xyI4MA7-xdg4no9PUL-qqlRpoqV5NxaAfwJPPDUNNvxNGSBq55WalWySEjEOpYyaQIiDKuxeEhySmZgjRe5wBg_Fni6VLlbwkAbvPVtGbXzLMe-35i7vWnZce0xG-X5yGDgFFogRa0j5EIlangs0m3Yc2kQyDadCHsl/s320/Step11-detail.jpg" width="177" /></a></div>Hey, this looks like more spot inking. Which I had warned you about in the last post. Perhaps I am psychic. (Or perhaps this piece was already finished when I wrote that last post and I have just been drawing things out for dramatic effect. You don't know.)<p></p><p>Some green in the head, another grey across the back, and oops! I had missed a little bit of rust color in the reflection last time. </p><p>Hard to tell what's happening in the small images of the overall print, so how about I show you a detail for Step 11? It's still not great.... this thing has been crazy-hard to photograph. But now you can see that there's a little more detail in the head and some subtle color in the the reflections. </p><p>And here's where that miracle mentioned above comes into play. It appears there was another pass of some transparent gray over the bird's head and back, but I don't have any photos for it. Also some more spot inking in the head... tiny areas... ditto. </p><p>Here's what things looked like after Step 12 or 13...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoxgm4dvZU2MXX1gIjfb4ce-UgAeh_-i9ZBZ0HZZQx_IpziknTw_PLifcsE1CDf3roVzziQCRkvpRVntSwll_hw_wRRO8seGAIvBplxl8Sw9HUM-dNct6LwkDZLkreK7wW7IF0woq5HRYleBzFKHxDCgk1LdSsIe2JFkscjdGqxsYoHHUYdO1yrc1ntxO/s500/step12-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoxgm4dvZU2MXX1gIjfb4ce-UgAeh_-i9ZBZ0HZZQx_IpziknTw_PLifcsE1CDf3roVzziQCRkvpRVntSwll_hw_wRRO8seGAIvBplxl8Sw9HUM-dNct6LwkDZLkreK7wW7IF0woq5HRYleBzFKHxDCgk1LdSsIe2JFkscjdGqxsYoHHUYdO1yrc1ntxO/s16000/step12-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 13... Super hard to tell what has changed!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>But now we are in the home stretch. One last dark gray-green to hit just some details in the head and those lovely feathers on the side....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3E6tVfwlOOJdy7jP5XMGlIikkbp3WMBAjDPQofToVVIhbxzSyjX889ws1GpDnJ8Eq31fDIuIqdSk46dEBpB-ouuPFJT_mznn1yPdgLp6wFeAwH8bumWNUrZ1HKosXrYwBHr2tHUATRN8oOeEx-x0SKVPEBiHNKyTPcY90w35quf3sNVqfo5QsRiU2kd2/s559/Step14-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3E6tVfwlOOJdy7jP5XMGlIikkbp3WMBAjDPQofToVVIhbxzSyjX889ws1GpDnJ8Eq31fDIuIqdSk46dEBpB-ouuPFJT_mznn1yPdgLp6wFeAwH8bumWNUrZ1HKosXrYwBHr2tHUATRN8oOeEx-x0SKVPEBiHNKyTPcY90w35quf3sNVqfo5QsRiU2kd2/s16000/Step14-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 14 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And then I waited a couple of days until the prints were dry enough that I could get an actual scan... This image is slightly embiggenable if you click on it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjll96bCRVrHeZD08kn47Yx_jMH2gyZD9PIEMsrAQnIiVUWtEQOWYTDaJmI_F5OxzCmfjpC84F-7ZBTSQmwGR_A9rDy7VLyreLn0uw58NuFRvDu6Eg8fe6wRGrku8A_0ZRF7r-IpiwEUCi6DEiHAtOcmrj3HMyRu8nYeDB362R-rFkfsNxo2iUiuHPVdRqQ/s864/Merganser-linocut-%C2%A9SherrieYork.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="864" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjll96bCRVrHeZD08kn47Yx_jMH2gyZD9PIEMsrAQnIiVUWtEQOWYTDaJmI_F5OxzCmfjpC84F-7ZBTSQmwGR_A9rDy7VLyreLn0uw58NuFRvDu6Eg8fe6wRGrku8A_0ZRF7r-IpiwEUCi6DEiHAtOcmrj3HMyRu8nYeDB362R-rFkfsNxo2iUiuHPVdRqQ/w400-h134/Merganser-linocut-%C2%A9SherrieYork.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Merganser linocut (needs a title!), Click to embiggen!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>So, whew! That's the first new <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">reduction linocut</a> of the year all finished. I'm sidetracking for a couple of days to work on another project, and then hopefully there will be another one underway next week. </p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-8084623870921088732024-02-01T13:47:00.001-05:002024-02-01T13:47:35.638-05:00Linocut in Progress: Complications. Of course.<p>Honestly. If I had a dollar for every time I thought I'd reach the end of a <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> in "just a couple more simple steps" I'd be a gazillionaire. This is art-making, after all, and if you are somehow still harboring the illusion that "being an artist" is all rainbows and "doing the thing you love" I am afraid I must burst that bubble for you. A lot of it is, quite simply, a slog. Or it involves a lot of hair-pulling and bashing-upon-the-table of one's forehead. Or all of the above.</p><p>At its most basic, my job is to create problems for myself and then somehow find my way out of them. Mostly I am better at creating problems than solving them. But hey. We all have our skills.</p><p>If it's not enough to confuse myself with the actual making of <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocuts</a>, I also confuse myself in my attempts to record the process. I've got a bunch of photos. Let's see if we can make any sense out of them.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s1ALprXADmzJOiY45JUbf6Ust9Z4vAP3O7omv6PvWEIX7oQqpImnC_7bbxW1jDywrneEUC_DM7zbyw0JuWaJBBNHshrQxWb_cmPfL1VdAT9KUeuUOUFEH424UiQgBk1IeTDe1XfmOVU895AIZ2UniPNtb0KTGOTcs6u4UbydtvRLZzHwYl4pbk798L5u/s500/Step%208%20and%209%20printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s1ALprXADmzJOiY45JUbf6Ust9Z4vAP3O7omv6PvWEIX7oQqpImnC_7bbxW1jDywrneEUC_DM7zbyw0JuWaJBBNHshrQxWb_cmPfL1VdAT9KUeuUOUFEH424UiQgBk1IeTDe1XfmOVU895AIZ2UniPNtb0KTGOTcs6u4UbydtvRLZzHwYl4pbk798L5u/s16000/Step%208%20and%209%20printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Reduction linocut</a> in progress: Steps... Hm. 7 and 8? Or 8 and 9?</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I have this photo, and while it obviously represents two steps, I'm not sure if they are 7 and 8... or 8 and 9. In my last post I did the spot inking for the head, beak, and breast of the bird... Step 7. That should be it at the bottom of the photo, but it seems a little dark. I might have run a layer of transparent gray over the whole bird at this point, or it might just be that the light was different in the studio that day. </p><p>Either way, the print on top represents a clear next step... and here was its roll-up:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEb4wK3Ykuzxg2R09bgGavkxE1L7V7I5jzG6HQLPIC5_gaCi-8JVvLrk5bPY-NlZ82I551l7w61R0SiJ-OOE2Ni9seZKJtVnHXYkRQjrVu9vBELIaOCdeQNI9jLbOWbmyV9yonASRToZ5ooCAmN7d5qpdYY6YzPNGjdLQR9f4l8ISAqUNSe8wX5hoRsnFh/s500/Step8-rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEb4wK3Ykuzxg2R09bgGavkxE1L7V7I5jzG6HQLPIC5_gaCi-8JVvLrk5bPY-NlZ82I551l7w61R0SiJ-OOE2Ni9seZKJtVnHXYkRQjrVu9vBELIaOCdeQNI9jLbOWbmyV9yonASRToZ5ooCAmN7d5qpdYY6YzPNGjdLQR9f4l8ISAqUNSe8wX5hoRsnFh/s16000/Step8-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Let's call this Step 8<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6YB90tP5_Lb-lm62sL7CWhBCm61DZAZVo3uLFuUglUXM2yVb-V1eFgrsW77sFYT5sUmEEuLBxCb8ztCkDr06UA4rxuqOUj4Mc6uic-NB9xax6Lb_ER02hFCiqiecKxO6ybPvBs_I1Q0vXnkKDi3hr32JE8emo9b7jZfv1FGRVs4Kj1xDy82N8v1higJP/s500/Step8-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6YB90tP5_Lb-lm62sL7CWhBCm61DZAZVo3uLFuUglUXM2yVb-V1eFgrsW77sFYT5sUmEEuLBxCb8ztCkDr06UA4rxuqOUj4Mc6uic-NB9xax6Lb_ER02hFCiqiecKxO6ybPvBs_I1Q0vXnkKDi3hr32JE8emo9b7jZfv1FGRVs4Kj1xDy82N8v1higJP/s16000/Step8-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 8 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />And here's where things got a little more.... well.... <i>more</i>. My original "plan" (like I ever have a <i>plan</i>) was to keep the bird and its reflections really close together in value and very gray in tone. But at this point I thought the whole piece would get better with "just a bit" more color. Back to spot inking! A gray-green and a red in the bird's beak and eye, and the reflections below.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgciDhXjm9HkimoAYB59enGZtlzKhwoLKLcsYQvgEcKDVs3Ms5hKixWu0MA73obZylBPS9J_BWHG0k8sg7u5gVHGdZxDSkpYGufOpxDh60r4j-MiaPd4T2jxg60s4sMdavrVm1ZZsV8ZrNEP1ZEIM0Ib8ScndeUlsC1RkqeCiyfLe6hVl2EluFJG9-uwO5B/s667/step9-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgciDhXjm9HkimoAYB59enGZtlzKhwoLKLcsYQvgEcKDVs3Ms5hKixWu0MA73obZylBPS9J_BWHG0k8sg7u5gVHGdZxDSkpYGufOpxDh60r4j-MiaPd4T2jxg60s4sMdavrVm1ZZsV8ZrNEP1ZEIM0Ib8ScndeUlsC1RkqeCiyfLe6hVl2EluFJG9-uwO5B/s16000/step9-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 9 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Ugh. I know... All these stages were hard to photograph, so this image isn't great. But you get the idea, I hope.</div><div><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TK6oehgLEYSlhJHugqfZ8sq-DFBBYLVJW09AI8_H4RFdklhFbPzZJgqknniVWe1mgOUrLQ4nqDDazvDHVka4IgCR2jchGbe05uwByp5XSa6ZTgWfhk-CfUUEMWx0UWYHp3M-CDzfXmCjIXyJZLnf5l3aB4GYN6GxjuVpOnQyD13oIQrY7hpOwqPsUGKC/s500/step9-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TK6oehgLEYSlhJHugqfZ8sq-DFBBYLVJW09AI8_H4RFdklhFbPzZJgqknniVWe1mgOUrLQ4nqDDazvDHVka4IgCR2jchGbe05uwByp5XSa6ZTgWfhk-CfUUEMWx0UWYHp3M-CDzfXmCjIXyJZLnf5l3aB4GYN6GxjuVpOnQyD13oIQrY7hpOwqPsUGKC/s16000/step9-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 9 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>So nowww....</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVNNSqds3-uytvJFRTt3-Jw6vSAvqZVzwERhwhEUArZhJGNqafyg_hkf80FLfJ8Y9AzlOYmP6slE6DiewfyWUogz0OxIz5F6qdJ2WDT7abO4A6blOd6mr4f5JBFVfN_ip436Iuy_idHYCLHgDzPJX-14eBAUkNl4OC9NbcKw1mGtNATeKoHuCqoLqQ7ta/s500/Step10-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVNNSqds3-uytvJFRTt3-Jw6vSAvqZVzwERhwhEUArZhJGNqafyg_hkf80FLfJ8Y9AzlOYmP6slE6DiewfyWUogz0OxIz5F6qdJ2WDT7abO4A6blOd6mr4f5JBFVfN_ip436Iuy_idHYCLHgDzPJX-14eBAUkNl4OC9NbcKw1mGtNATeKoHuCqoLqQ7ta/s16000/Step10-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 10 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Back to an overall gray. Fairly transparent. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwy8zIGOl-L0DnVILblyFj0xT-ijkwzwIfuAiduDkrqcemYmfrPuMKm8IIg8kk4BNYoV8L2eSPMCdnlDG4-fUkRF5JJyjt7XIt4A52sO-vx_oHFHZh44wiYN5R-nbKMu6YC6HvmakJ9-Q2yMKf5N128fbxDNfR4W4MBT6Pm6GyNWBDDdaTyQcJQQNiW2f/s500/Step10-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwy8zIGOl-L0DnVILblyFj0xT-ijkwzwIfuAiduDkrqcemYmfrPuMKm8IIg8kk4BNYoV8L2eSPMCdnlDG4-fUkRF5JJyjt7XIt4A52sO-vx_oHFHZh44wiYN5R-nbKMu6YC6HvmakJ9-Q2yMKf5N128fbxDNfR4W4MBT6Pm6GyNWBDDdaTyQcJQQNiW2f/s16000/Step10-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 10 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This particular photo seems pretty true to color and value for this stage, so maybe let's stop here and take a breather. The whole piece seems so close to completion, but something is still not <i>quite</i> right. I predict more spot inking on the horizon. <br /><div><br /></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-41574146191034662532024-01-23T13:24:00.003-05:002024-01-23T13:24:49.436-05:00Linocut in Progress: It's time for the M word...<p>And what's the M-word? <i>Masking</i>, of course. When I typed a title for this post I realized that I have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to the word "mask," here in what we could call the sort of post-pandemic period. </p><p>But the type of mask I refer to is made of newsprint, not filter paper, and it doesn't have strings attached. Not literal ones, anyway. </p><p><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Reduction printing</a> involves applying all the colors of an image from (often) a single block, layer by layer. But sometimes one doesn't need a particular color to print over the entire image, so little feats of acrobatic fussiness can be employed in the form of masking.</p><p>For example... here we are at Step 4 of the current <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> in progress. I'm adding another blue to the water, but it's not a color that's necessary in the body of the bird. I rolled ink over the entire block, but I also covered up some areas with bird-shaped pieces cut from newsprint. These newsprint "masks" prevent the ink from transferring to the print in those areas.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMbGjP8My17qvWIQErNScRI7zcZZHfbjNBzhslp9Vs_YFRm8F7w9DDHkoqMFpRgbsgZ4ilD2FmPBAqiY7rpxqIFry42u9-cPr9DBuSW4_AvBk6njtk-SBSzukX0BcL4_YbHYigPZoyeThD-5qZvIRyCwfC2jg_oppP6ql6FLrK7pnmjh2F3OxepSHWYhkP/s500/step4-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMbGjP8My17qvWIQErNScRI7zcZZHfbjNBzhslp9Vs_YFRm8F7w9DDHkoqMFpRgbsgZ4ilD2FmPBAqiY7rpxqIFry42u9-cPr9DBuSW4_AvBk6njtk-SBSzukX0BcL4_YbHYigPZoyeThD-5qZvIRyCwfC2jg_oppP6ql6FLrK7pnmjh2F3OxepSHWYhkP/s16000/step4-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Reduction linocut</a> in progress: Step 4 rollup and newsprint mask in waiting.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Hm. Sometimes I explain that better. (This is not an example of exemplary explanation. Say THAT three times fast.) I also didn't take a photo of the block on the press with the mask in place. (Honestly, Sherrie. Get with the program here!) But here's the print at this stage:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwHHy_MjvbLyzOOOYa9Upl27JGaSc3NHt2H9GpDXTyXcnc-ALLTKRy4Gi3ZmG9nfpJpwVcXErXqCY6h12hN3RB35pgpCsb0Y2QcRPcLQenpqbVk4yoe8uj9iNPZsFO9eHxx15TkVtDKzcmecHtusllug9nubIPKxT1XN8GB9IKPZPzizyEcgCbqdasCc2/s500/Step4-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwHHy_MjvbLyzOOOYa9Upl27JGaSc3NHt2H9GpDXTyXcnc-ALLTKRy4Gi3ZmG9nfpJpwVcXErXqCY6h12hN3RB35pgpCsb0Y2QcRPcLQenpqbVk4yoe8uj9iNPZsFO9eHxx15TkVtDKzcmecHtusllug9nubIPKxT1XN8GB9IKPZPzizyEcgCbqdasCc2/s16000/Step4-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 4 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>See? No darker blue ink in the bird shape. It's still gray, as it was in the previous step. Clear as mud? Good, because there's more of this sort of thing to come. </p><p>Step 5! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWRZPPMIcUcKwXvlXPEfwnnx0msyhUY3aokB-InczinJJedfGaCVEO-VfcGwn6yRJAfY-PK8sctMoLnrCq37iLf7MA5Fx-SSFsAvHrDWsbzzdMJz22T0KnFp3cQieRjW_NMYqXKWQ6QUrs-tIn4PmX84ugk2y0ZgEvmAlCTkAZMwjOo2_5_VhvY06QvAF/s500/Step5-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWRZPPMIcUcKwXvlXPEfwnnx0msyhUY3aokB-InczinJJedfGaCVEO-VfcGwn6yRJAfY-PK8sctMoLnrCq37iLf7MA5Fx-SSFsAvHrDWsbzzdMJz22T0KnFp3cQieRjW_NMYqXKWQ6QUrs-tIn4PmX84ugk2y0ZgEvmAlCTkAZMwjOo2_5_VhvY06QvAF/s16000/Step5-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 5 rollup and masks</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Here is another blue (another!) which I don't want in the bird OR in its reflection. So I cut two mask shapes from newsprint and set them in the appropriate spot(s) on the inked block. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlSh1ovoCBF33VPBqCoMFpDOsXZaUbyX4pMBOgdi8wwM9UoQGWO3V9ry2RwbEcC2t_wRFwNYKEcOgRYkhnDn50jSZJnTgRrisjRouoxnc3jfZ1w4buP-EaHh_lhciBM8jYjfY83W0XbzeUm9xzS7X0CzfKNUd8NkNAWQ7wqHc7d_hrXFf1CvIOCEYuwoy/s500/Step5-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlSh1ovoCBF33VPBqCoMFpDOsXZaUbyX4pMBOgdi8wwM9UoQGWO3V9ry2RwbEcC2t_wRFwNYKEcOgRYkhnDn50jSZJnTgRrisjRouoxnc3jfZ1w4buP-EaHh_lhciBM8jYjfY83W0XbzeUm9xzS7X0CzfKNUd8NkNAWQ7wqHc7d_hrXFf1CvIOCEYuwoy/s16000/Step5-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 5 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Et voila!</i> Except, oh dear. Lousy photo. This was a late night print session, so overhead artificial light reflected strongly on the wet ink. However, I think you can see that the bird and a portion of the reflection did not print this darker blue.</p><p>Now it was time to think about some wee bits of color that need to go into the body of the bird, NOT into the water. For this step I'll do some spot inking combined with masking. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JxFdCdhWdrj_efPNR5L1iaC9vpHKvE4n8wylOGwk3JXs9lustPKGA9JHJS-AXL49B6fLJB2IbnpVbPqFvHZHu9lLeZtvB9Np5YMLX5Jr-a64oyzVepnYxwwjp6UIcmMx80zmQivrahpR6YnDsNvN7GWwfozrDyb6sJzEJZgl_HKYdeYbL-E6g_WgxCCx/s500/step6-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JxFdCdhWdrj_efPNR5L1iaC9vpHKvE4n8wylOGwk3JXs9lustPKGA9JHJS-AXL49B6fLJB2IbnpVbPqFvHZHu9lLeZtvB9Np5YMLX5Jr-a64oyzVepnYxwwjp6UIcmMx80zmQivrahpR6YnDsNvN7GWwfozrDyb6sJzEJZgl_HKYdeYbL-E6g_WgxCCx/s16000/step6-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 spot inking and mask</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The breast of the bird needs to be a sort of brick color and the bill is an orangey red. (It looks super orange in this photo!) I used small brayers to roll this ink only in those two areas, and this time I placed a mask <i>around</i> those shapes instead of on top of them. This created a little window for the color to peek through and transfer to the prints in only those areas. </p><p>Here is the block on the press, with the mask in place, ready for the print to be placed face-down on top of it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-FoT_gmvwkxQrJkGxOlkfAKYa6glm-bjQdfHRrFy5ycuT82UbwWcbrK4EABvy6yn2MnqvrV6m-XTPSSSuwD7UvBk-ATOTRXtwDrjFHp1rhIkfzhvmO8Mql3LcAOFzSuREdZLY-P3jtp6lNAcR28THqYZoBRRQMwNJBOCsWp9pktiMDYjrv4ogVCrEkCF/s500/Step6%20on%20the%20press.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-FoT_gmvwkxQrJkGxOlkfAKYa6glm-bjQdfHRrFy5ycuT82UbwWcbrK4EABvy6yn2MnqvrV6m-XTPSSSuwD7UvBk-ATOTRXtwDrjFHp1rhIkfzhvmO8Mql3LcAOFzSuREdZLY-P3jtp6lNAcR28THqYZoBRRQMwNJBOCsWp9pktiMDYjrv4ogVCrEkCF/s16000/Step6%20on%20the%20press.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 ready to print<br /></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhix5cyD46JxlGMu0L2rr2beEOce67lGU5kHWYR3cfd_sDUf8dkP55w9hRrYpP3nuQ3FqYao1gHwJoGJh4AjdeFkUHwCY0OHFQFXSr7RnDhVEsjtgJsTKoYbHTFAXA_l6RXQOJjrSbtT5yHoTGSUDU-N2w7oWIkfTbvvz9ElfHKZ8X-vRRcUizuj6lNXQB3/s500/Step6-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhix5cyD46JxlGMu0L2rr2beEOce67lGU5kHWYR3cfd_sDUf8dkP55w9hRrYpP3nuQ3FqYao1gHwJoGJh4AjdeFkUHwCY0OHFQFXSr7RnDhVEsjtgJsTKoYbHTFAXA_l6RXQOJjrSbtT5yHoTGSUDU-N2w7oWIkfTbvvz9ElfHKZ8X-vRRcUizuj6lNXQB3/s16000/Step6-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The bird's head also needed to be green, so there was another round of spot inking and masking to apply that color. No photos of the green mask, but here's the result.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-2vs319kk35Zxu8PMrXxmMOIIuCawjQ6Noqtmq1QiI8BL_YSxmoHcDHgg-LkmeeTN11sKaWXhpfvxOFx_IlyevAUUQJoszbGR9eFNc9A6QvQvWCerVCv-DRODIHgBw5NzMQOuV0bI8Jc79glphLKsEGchjXsggacQ5UXIhfM80JJpnjjFC3NqCN_GjHR/s500/Step6-7-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-2vs319kk35Zxu8PMrXxmMOIIuCawjQ6Noqtmq1QiI8BL_YSxmoHcDHgg-LkmeeTN11sKaWXhpfvxOFx_IlyevAUUQJoszbGR9eFNc9A6QvQvWCerVCv-DRODIHgBw5NzMQOuV0bI8Jc79glphLKsEGchjXsggacQ5UXIhfM80JJpnjjFC3NqCN_GjHR/s16000/Step6-7-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 7 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Things are moving right along now, and it seems quite clear what our subject is! All this bright color will be toned down in the next steps, but so far so good!</p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-62903533386571525542024-01-17T09:17:00.007-05:002024-01-17T09:19:45.551-05:00Linocut in Progress: New year, new energy<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBaDTEqmhinTdIEBDrx6EhEExpAifKi1TVaTlxtbYZOZXXJ0rS4howlDvAxLGUKH3M_rYrSQzEp0F2E1sscIpkt4JSBKEJBdXZyXpanCyXpMJjm3beA223Ip9ABEVXX-qr58xBtLM7h5kB89Y0JpAZwXA4rsS1F3N5Nrryfaqg1NRQP7Z8rSxNfVFpAAV/s600/hanging%20prints.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBaDTEqmhinTdIEBDrx6EhEExpAifKi1TVaTlxtbYZOZXXJ0rS4howlDvAxLGUKH3M_rYrSQzEp0F2E1sscIpkt4JSBKEJBdXZyXpanCyXpMJjm3beA223Ip9ABEVXX-qr58xBtLM7h5kB89Y0JpAZwXA4rsS1F3N5Nrryfaqg1NRQP7Z8rSxNfVFpAAV/w400-h300/hanging%20prints.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Happiness is... first ink on fresh paper. All images slightly embiggenable with a click.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Well. It's been a while since ol' <i>Brush and Baren</i> has seen much action. 2023 was a challenging year for me in a lot of ways and my good intentions weren't enough to balance the energy scales. <p></p><p>2024 is off to a better start, and I'm determined to move forward in all kinds of good ways. The first of those has been getting a linocut started. Finally. </p><p>So let's get... rolling!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhvbJTfX5P0DccKV0giZzfNpMjBAO1MHX5KUfSUS18CJ7o-YPZzJCGE2xqv_IKUQC8Tx9czEzYpzb0bkBR6bmkthY8QAQisvwryeRgRjkNkfZ2V_AxqRBN-Z5A8mkvJvKurYlmrm_9yomcuBQnaR6OQm9eP022yY04wq6g0EHS1cErC_H3O2ImcHzINVA/s600/step1-rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhvbJTfX5P0DccKV0giZzfNpMjBAO1MHX5KUfSUS18CJ7o-YPZzJCGE2xqv_IKUQC8Tx9czEzYpzb0bkBR6bmkthY8QAQisvwryeRgRjkNkfZ2V_AxqRBN-Z5A8mkvJvKurYlmrm_9yomcuBQnaR6OQm9eP022yY04wq6g0EHS1cErC_H3O2ImcHzINVA/w400-h300/step1-rollup.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Linocut in progress: Step 1 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Despite all my efforts to come up with a composition that wasn't long and skinny, here I am, working on something long and skinny. I actually love this format, but it can be a tricky one for people to find place for on their walls. And let's face it, I do have to think about those sorts of things. Ah, well! Long and skinny it is. And a very pale blue to start because, let's face that, too... it's almost always the case.</p><p>I need to say something about ink, however, especially since it was part of my difficult 2023. Longtime readers might notice that for a first color, the rollout above seems remarkably opaque. </p><p>For <i>decades</i> I have worked my prints similarly to watercolors... by layering very transparent colors to create a number of effects. I did this by using boatloads of transparent (non-pigmented) ink with just a smidge of pigmented ink mixed in. </p><p>During the peak of the pandemic I couldn't get the brand of transparent base that I usually use, so I bought a different one. I've used other brands before, no problem... so I carried on as usual. What I didn't realize was that the formulation of this "new" base was significantly different from those I had used previously. Using high quantities of it turned out to be a bad idea, but I wasn't to discover this until months later. </p><p>It turns out that the new-to-me brand contains linseed oil which, when stored in the dark (such as in a flat file, as all my pieces are) undergoes a chromatic shift. Which is a fancy way of saying all the prints turn yellow. Think of old oil paintings, which were often varnished with linseed oil. </p><p>So, yes. Entire editions of work... basically everything I did last year, and a couple of pieces from the year before that, have discolored. Oddly, the color will eventually change back when exposed to light... but that's pretty much the antithesis of the usual thought about preserving work. I put UV-blocking glass on my work, and I've noticed that one of the pieces in question from last year, which is also on the least-light wall of my sitting room, has discolored under the glass, even though it was never stored in the drawer. <i>Sigh</i>.</p><p>I've pulled the questionable images from circulation... luckily I hadn't exhibited any of the really horribly affected ones from last year, so none went out into the world. But it was a demoralizing blow, to be sure. </p><p>Which is a lot of words to say I am learning to work a new way... learning to balance the use of white ink with transparent base. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_d5xdDCFDMgFrGsamF3FETsRjqjDyHwFCbMESPvGLtIl1ztyFAqCXu4Zs2ireKxriq6vih9gRjreDUIpOJIKy0rKOwJNyuj8rzh91hHtNtLJa3SFvyeRPlT-sHQ7OjONJ-FXhJRaCh0pknKRpjFnrxZgxeEBGRFV6T39Vt241b4y4-g_faMbtbEdM3Fvf/s600/RBME-linocut-step1-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="600" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_d5xdDCFDMgFrGsamF3FETsRjqjDyHwFCbMESPvGLtIl1ztyFAqCXu4Zs2ireKxriq6vih9gRjreDUIpOJIKy0rKOwJNyuj8rzh91hHtNtLJa3SFvyeRPlT-sHQ7OjONJ-FXhJRaCh0pknKRpjFnrxZgxeEBGRFV6T39Vt241b4y4-g_faMbtbEdM3Fvf/w400-h143/RBME-linocut-step1-printed.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Reduction linocut</a> in progress: Step 1 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />So, blah blah blah INK blah blah blah. Here's the first step printed. A nice pale blue. Interestingly, I found it easier to get an even tone with a little bit more opacity to the ink. Lots of transparent base was always a challenge to get applied evenly on the block.<div><br /></div><div>On to Step 2! Oh look! Some things <i>never</i> change. Here's another light, slightly grayed down, blue.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjixGA49TYhy0yGSwYTIQZolyVzRa744n-QvsOijfWpA02_Arlwktp4zRTWMGOKXtB-39eXmGw16w6eqLdDAKlctetqW_zKvNIuiX0WwFSgXkmIumhN20EdSP8CDuphZ_0AhmJkvmDGaygLJh07c_sNRkuvTP9cIO7oh7sZujB57orY56s4OvD1RQvt04/s600/step2-rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjixGA49TYhy0yGSwYTIQZolyVzRa744n-QvsOijfWpA02_Arlwktp4zRTWMGOKXtB-39eXmGw16w6eqLdDAKlctetqW_zKvNIuiX0WwFSgXkmIumhN20EdSP8CDuphZ_0AhmJkvmDGaygLJh07c_sNRkuvTP9cIO7oh7sZujB57orY56s4OvD1RQvt04/w400-h300/step2-rollup.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 2 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Again, I was pleased with how nicely the ink was rolling out. Technical problems when I was already feeling wobbly about working would have been no fun at all.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tLy6runP3MR2b1bXbluXm1l_b4A2ZUGRcpdDbl47xGIilY9IR5NSnk-Vec6K8pYqtKsdLLOIwOGhDHHcFdYikW0EsgA4GlNkGJnMA-0ALQHUwKmalKo26-L9tazDDEkZzOH9vh0yss1awKTd-CrizfV49XNKJfXmytW0lYqAj9WGaR2AdOr_pMQBhB7e/s600/RBME-linocut-step2-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="600" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tLy6runP3MR2b1bXbluXm1l_b4A2ZUGRcpdDbl47xGIilY9IR5NSnk-Vec6K8pYqtKsdLLOIwOGhDHHcFdYikW0EsgA4GlNkGJnMA-0ALQHUwKmalKo26-L9tazDDEkZzOH9vh0yss1awKTd-CrizfV49XNKJfXmytW0lYqAj9WGaR2AdOr_pMQBhB7e/w400-h141/RBME-linocut-step2-printed.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 2 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I bet that birder-types will already recognize the species here!</p><p>Things are moving right along. Time for a definite gray, rather than blue.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HdFW54BJjnk72VH4o8Dz6TAt971S7KwFHKHPJlnWeqj3n-dkl92ox803u-mgCci9C9BggZuvdYfG_2MTcHQcpJids1RZa7BHYPwJMNLocsDFS3fF-LtXV-3427GnRKaGcAMgpW4wgmzQbkSDRpBiTB21LzeLmE94mrODVRK1sylAn4m9QxZFtn5MR38A/s600/step3-rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HdFW54BJjnk72VH4o8Dz6TAt971S7KwFHKHPJlnWeqj3n-dkl92ox803u-mgCci9C9BggZuvdYfG_2MTcHQcpJids1RZa7BHYPwJMNLocsDFS3fF-LtXV-3427GnRKaGcAMgpW4wgmzQbkSDRpBiTB21LzeLmE94mrODVRK1sylAn4m9QxZFtn5MR38A/w400-h300/step3-rollup.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 3 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />And, voila! It's official. I am back to work. </div><div><br /></div><div>Whew.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxpWsqK8iOeqbM_7YovtEVlJC62l2LkNckX38QHRAOwb-SKPF02piJlwUtzS0Ao-HcICizpUX62j61HUwsQoIKIeHDL8Sa_EhCs_xVqBfjgztzQIciUSz4v9lQJH-0VdkoM4QhbavNdRCVuaMr1zbJ6d9lqG9Mz_NWFpiWWPu-nxdlQz5sU39G1vNC3Ge/s600/RBME-linocut-step3-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="600" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxpWsqK8iOeqbM_7YovtEVlJC62l2LkNckX38QHRAOwb-SKPF02piJlwUtzS0Ao-HcICizpUX62j61HUwsQoIKIeHDL8Sa_EhCs_xVqBfjgztzQIciUSz4v9lQJH-0VdkoM4QhbavNdRCVuaMr1zbJ6d9lqG9Mz_NWFpiWWPu-nxdlQz5sU39G1vNC3Ge/w400-h141/RBME-linocut-step3-printed.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 3 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-82763702524454024222023-09-21T08:30:00.001-04:002023-09-21T08:30:00.141-04:00Linocut in Progress: The Finish and the Rescue<p> In the first post about the process of this <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> I mentioned that I was distracted and unfocused during the time I worked on it... which has been super clear from the erratic photo documentation! The funny thing is that when I started the image I had designs on thoroughly documenting it and making a video of the process. But when the warping problem became apparent fairly early on... well. Not a good candidate for video documentation if the whole thing ended up being scrap paper.</p><p>So let's not prolong the agony, shall we? Let's roll up some ink and finish this thing.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIM72OXU_8oEDopOHO4DJe0lnEZbcEkHsKDzO9sJotS9Ra7lpBpw_FHPXrnxhi_r0CvwrPX_x46kDLJpCS7YfiqFcjBVrVP7cGAnaTTVky0bQEfNVCBrEal-H0JfrD5JITq2TWCJ-vOhuIJsLE61-YhCwjy_gxqcfNQ2mk3tnWdQ7sVB3h5T6_vMmFqNMT/s500/BOBO-step8-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIM72OXU_8oEDopOHO4DJe0lnEZbcEkHsKDzO9sJotS9Ra7lpBpw_FHPXrnxhi_r0CvwrPX_x46kDLJpCS7YfiqFcjBVrVP7cGAnaTTVky0bQEfNVCBrEal-H0JfrD5JITq2TWCJ-vOhuIJsLE61-YhCwjy_gxqcfNQ2mk3tnWdQ7sVB3h5T6_vMmFqNMT/s16000/BOBO-step8-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 8 ink rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Wow. Okay. That's some ink, alright. I did say I wanted to break up all that green... but this seems like a bit... extra. It's so orange! Remember your color theory, though. Red and green are opposites on the color wheel, with a tendency to dull each other down and, I hope, create a warm brown.</p><p>Still, it must have seemed like a lot at the time, because I have no photos of what the image looked like at this stage. Coward. </p><p>But it's clear I did create a ninth color pass, because there are two values of what reads as a brown in the final image. It looks like this!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Z1N5zx_fhvYcapUAxYSxeM2ca3BisoHGePqYKEtwcv6NWlHbfonDWxqgH4nJW7mp55of8yvAnqmEv-f-5fe8p3dnTafL0pL0jYZzrnXmP16bNfesd3ddE6IHu7VrK46Pulb07aLN0JebBdDOmDmBIZ_T-kNfb0QIErxHMrG1-wP_Kwp0UkL5h_4MR5Yx/s701/Bobolink-%C2%A9SherrieYork-72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Z1N5zx_fhvYcapUAxYSxeM2ca3BisoHGePqYKEtwcv6NWlHbfonDWxqgH4nJW7mp55of8yvAnqmEv-f-5fe8p3dnTafL0pL0jYZzrnXmP16bNfesd3ddE6IHu7VrK46Pulb07aLN0JebBdDOmDmBIZ_T-kNfb0QIErxHMrG1-wP_Kwp0UkL5h_4MR5Yx/s16000/Bobolink-%C2%A9SherrieYork-72dpi.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Bobolink," <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">reduction linocut</a>, 7" x 5" - Edition of 20</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There are a few more little darks in the green areas of the vegetation as well as the second value of brown, so I'm guessing the final pass was one last transparent gray.</p><p>So here we are. The images look nice... I managed to hold the registration together even though the paper was so warped. But when I say "so warped," I mean So. Warped. </p><p>Look:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicszDQdiLb7pyhlCHDpaDmcjTV3CkXMLih6UJAnmMQVw4n4MTasq-SX226DQ_XjMNws89e5d7XttH8gYECxvBJtf_y66y7ZXMFXyw4G9cujEgimyG6Nyd7RBUwczW_phccxYgyHYIUT_kJM9B0ww8kum23E1OKclaYBKWTNVN4tTqJM8UATipiM2oaAjhu/s500/warped1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicszDQdiLb7pyhlCHDpaDmcjTV3CkXMLih6UJAnmMQVw4n4MTasq-SX226DQ_XjMNws89e5d7XttH8gYECxvBJtf_y66y7ZXMFXyw4G9cujEgimyG6Nyd7RBUwczW_phccxYgyHYIUT_kJM9B0ww8kum23E1OKclaYBKWTNVN4tTqJM8UATipiM2oaAjhu/s16000/warped1.jpg" /></a></div><p>I mentioned in previous posts that I knew this was a problem fairly early on, and that the issue kept compounding as I carried on with printing. It was not a problem of too much press pressure. The block was not pressing into the paper enough to cause <i>any</i> embossment. But the ambient humidity was enough that even light press pressure was enough to stretch the paper. </p><p>About halfway through the process I did stop and try to flatten them. I was away teaching for a week when the prints were about half finished, so I stacked them under glass and weights and hoped for the best. It did help. A little. But as you can see in this photo, it wasn't enough, and by the time I finished all the color passes I had prints that were so wobbly they couldn't be made to lay flat even under a mat. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Q-bnlFd9lj8kh6xJ-S7_f1j0bIjeUmXD8ms-kCUpWJSXC-jHqK6MVT3PQvM_S9Sd0EYj1UaOzAVhdWvIMicXA4bvKDTX4snSS3EvyYMWrKJ5l6QaCZKLYG5dG-ByGwQP1Pl91ps1WpGGRBZqkIk3DoJIwmIsow8ONPD0ylh8ho2l5UqXSvAHbXO5MPBp/s667/warped3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Q-bnlFd9lj8kh6xJ-S7_f1j0bIjeUmXD8ms-kCUpWJSXC-jHqK6MVT3PQvM_S9Sd0EYj1UaOzAVhdWvIMicXA4bvKDTX4snSS3EvyYMWrKJ5l6QaCZKLYG5dG-ByGwQP1Pl91ps1WpGGRBZqkIk3DoJIwmIsow8ONPD0ylh8ho2l5UqXSvAHbXO5MPBp/s16000/warped3.jpg" /></a></div><p>Time for Plan B. </p><p>I was away for another week at the beginning of September, which was enough time for the finished prints to dry completely. </p><p>There are many reasons why I prefer to use traditional oil-based inks for my prints, but this Challenge of the Warped Linocuts added another to the list. Once the prints were dry, a little water wasn't going to hurt them. At least I didn't think it would. Luckily I had a few "reject" prints to experiment with. </p><p>I first tried just spraying one side of the paper with a light spritz of water and tacking the print out on a board. It helped a little, but not enough. </p><p>Desperate times called for desperate measures. Enter Plan C! I took the prints to the sink and ran cold water over both sides of the paper. Yep. I held my prints under the faucet. I pressed them between sheets of blotter paper until they were merely damp, and then taped them out on a board like watercolors (or etchings):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-Q2ZmhtS3V1AL1Pg_30vyWOQhpOMMzA5j0X9mLL0pAVVwk92G_QcxfPNU51Z3ruNgkMevxcST3gQptW0gNFcB_CBMuL0NJ8P7loQiEKRhTjQQXK-gXErbWlLgMbadoW9fbMSSqgJNShcxeROBrGUud5ZerXrA_fo1qg2q618tM-K8vWnUPq5thFWTvf3/s667/warped-taped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-Q2ZmhtS3V1AL1Pg_30vyWOQhpOMMzA5j0X9mLL0pAVVwk92G_QcxfPNU51Z3ruNgkMevxcST3gQptW0gNFcB_CBMuL0NJ8P7loQiEKRhTjQQXK-gXErbWlLgMbadoW9fbMSSqgJNShcxeROBrGUud5ZerXrA_fo1qg2q618tM-K8vWnUPq5thFWTvf3/s16000/warped-taped.jpg" /></a></div><p>And it worked! <i>Whew</i>. Luckily I had printed these with plenty of paper margin, because of course the tape damaged the edges of the paper. But there's plenty of extra to trim these down and still have a nice image with plenty of space. </p><p>As I am writing this, we are just saying goodbye to the remnants of Hurricane Lee, which blew through here yesterday. The air behind it is cooler and drier than we've had in a while, and I'm hopeful that we've left the worst of heat and humidity behind for a while. I'm not sure what the next image will be, but I'm looking forward to working on it without warping issues. </p><p>And I'm happy to know that a solution I have long regarded as theoretical has turned out to be viable. Just in case.</p><div id="gtx-trans" style="left: 266px; position: absolute; top: 1462.5px;"><div class="gtx-trans-icon"></div></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-67539890154613371532023-09-18T08:30:00.001-04:002023-09-18T08:30:00.148-04:00Linocut in Progress: Confusion and... warping?<p> Right off the bat I will explain that the "confusion" of this post title is mostly to do with the fact that I dropped the ball on documenting the process of this linocut and I have struggled to sort out which of the (very few) photos I have goes with which step. (Yes, there are time stamps, but sometimes I shoot things out of order, or some steps look a lot like other steps!)</p><p>All of which is to say, "hang on, it's a bumpy ride."</p><p>But it starts well enough. Here's the ink rollup for Step 4:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkThCOoO-202gF6xUuPLMkeZLjjJ1Y8_M96i6EdKb-uk_8JxElXmWK8PIQpWM71vqg0FhcZKWzBRW4-Q-URfISosS97edZubCqhshGCKrqg7kT4QMdlJINyFAmZyGClJg76Hy-0QXGYFd6QsGFii8ojDfqVfT8p-osIMS2j8nMhGrga4RMeTeRMNqKGGq/s500/BOBO-step4-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkThCOoO-202gF6xUuPLMkeZLjjJ1Y8_M96i6EdKb-uk_8JxElXmWK8PIQpWM71vqg0FhcZKWzBRW4-Q-URfISosS97edZubCqhshGCKrqg7kT4QMdlJINyFAmZyGClJg76Hy-0QXGYFd6QsGFii8ojDfqVfT8p-osIMS2j8nMhGrga4RMeTeRMNqKGGq/s16000/BOBO-step4-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Linocut in progress: Step 4 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Pretty, right? A blended roll of light and cheery greens for the vegetation. You'll note I didn't ink across the bird. It wasn't necessary for the image, and it keeps an extra layer of ink out of that area.<div><br />Apparently at this stage I only took a photo that looks like this:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3HtY_gDx6rzmxGDl7y4hLpB2kd24u49i7wDtkg8-yYtcisodPJG-3fzoTrYhAE5x-o4fQAsrYBQj6KqzoQLeDGa165tcCqDmmW6qvZyORMpnHQyiLELZuuWqRs-dbtBqw33xWwueGv8YW5KC5yc1eaI3pOBkoM4gxMnKb_qxPf0vnAVLfIPnM1UwKZ5f/s626/BOBO-step4-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3HtY_gDx6rzmxGDl7y4hLpB2kd24u49i7wDtkg8-yYtcisodPJG-3fzoTrYhAE5x-o4fQAsrYBQj6KqzoQLeDGa165tcCqDmmW6qvZyORMpnHQyiLELZuuWqRs-dbtBqw33xWwueGv8YW5KC5yc1eaI3pOBkoM4gxMnKb_qxPf0vnAVLfIPnM1UwKZ5f/s16000/BOBO-step4-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 4 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I also mentioned in the previous post that I had printed a second pass of the light yellow in the bird's head. I thought I had done that right away, but in this photo it appears I did it <i>after</i> this stage. Let's call the "head brightening" stage Step 4.5, because by Step 5 it's clearly in place. Yep. I'm confused. </div><div><br /></div><div>So confused that I didn't take a photo of the rollup for Step 5, but I'm going to guess it was a light transparent gray, because:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSJBv5ggU-ySIbMnZdtKQJoO9slUVC4XJsftIUiOmE-Nddr8kHYYhsyRczErlyPMRRcGcRwareBqPrJ-qDmJNmZt_a3q0YdeTClWntnCGshU0xGH7cUrnK-WNZgqemX9G48wob3-HmUS6Osi43LGvwof2kvo5tT2u3lJFeL41g9iEWRA9SxpIsCZfebRc/s676/BOBO-step5-printed-2grays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSJBv5ggU-ySIbMnZdtKQJoO9slUVC4XJsftIUiOmE-Nddr8kHYYhsyRczErlyPMRRcGcRwareBqPrJ-qDmJNmZt_a3q0YdeTClWntnCGshU0xGH7cUrnK-WNZgqemX9G48wob3-HmUS6Osi43LGvwof2kvo5tT2u3lJFeL41g9iEWRA9SxpIsCZfebRc/s16000/BOBO-step5-printed-2grays.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 5 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Actually, now that I look at this photo, I think there were two things happening in Step 5. There was a gray applied to the bird, and another blend of greens in the vegetation. You can see in the place where the bird and the leaves meet that there's a sort of fuzzy line... I believe I inked these two areas at the same time and just let them overlap. (Hey! It was a month ago! I can barely remember what I had for breakfast this morning.)</div><div><br /></div><div>The next image in my photos looks like this:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSPCTHx9dSuQOg6AfoempHZXJY0tDGfOjlolbUsXe-MOI2sgJDV7mslB1HLE-pl6UllOBxGFa_cwQZ0gCA1-RFmMDSwqx3uUOQ4tPo46nmZCIQ6cwCqr47NeadVuKMZ8g0ze9CvodXpXG6ulyyzZyQ2LbYQ4Zn5SZB3KgJuPmhght0YwjCkTRfsSi-UPQ/s500/BOBO-step6-rollout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSPCTHx9dSuQOg6AfoempHZXJY0tDGfOjlolbUsXe-MOI2sgJDV7mslB1HLE-pl6UllOBxGFa_cwQZ0gCA1-RFmMDSwqx3uUOQ4tPo46nmZCIQ6cwCqr47NeadVuKMZ8g0ze9CvodXpXG6ulyyzZyQ2LbYQ4Zn5SZB3KgJuPmhght0YwjCkTRfsSi-UPQ/s16000/BOBO-step6-rollout.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p>That seems like a nice, strong blended roll, which I think goes with the print on the right in this photo:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSeeJOcM5D-igftuh8uIiqm8e0f4amMJV0iTfQkGR-0tAaja4jCmdtWC-QKffxZC5tJTQTRklURPsopIsZdZUaLbM0TbwWKlStDoL_fWxIG7OAl1_jclIN1B7O_HNiwlRchxKxxMoOHxM0vR2tuDz6vEeNUc3pdqxPwQnY2ENxNFZGrEwpdz7ltRDWmE2/s500/BOBO-6%20and%207%20printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSeeJOcM5D-igftuh8uIiqm8e0f4amMJV0iTfQkGR-0tAaja4jCmdtWC-QKffxZC5tJTQTRklURPsopIsZdZUaLbM0TbwWKlStDoL_fWxIG7OAl1_jclIN1B7O_HNiwlRchxKxxMoOHxM0vR2tuDz6vEeNUc3pdqxPwQnY2ENxNFZGrEwpdz7ltRDWmE2/s16000/BOBO-6%20and%207%20printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 printed (on the right). Step 7 on the left. And warping... everywhere.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And here is the point at which we need to address the issue that was causing me complete consternation. Can you see that these prints are not laying flat? They are buckled and warping. I have never had this much issue with stretching paper before! But then again... I have never experienced a summer as wet and rainy as this one before. </p><p>Which is one reason I don't usually do a lot of printing in the summer. Other reasons are too much heat and a too-busy teaching schedule. But I was determined to <i>get something done</i>, so I kept plowing forward. What else was I going to do? Abandon the whole thing? I could... but... stubborn. My reasoning (such as it is) was that I could either throw all the prints away NOW.... or I could finish them and experiment with trying to flatten them. If those experiments failed, well... I'd still lose all the prints. But there was a chance I'd figure out a solution, so.....</p><p>Onward.</p><p>Step 7 ink rollup... nothing fancy.. just a transparent gray over all the block. </p><p>Here's the ink rollup for Step 7:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmXmYBWYBU5iDeHftoLQ3UGizmW9aiE4ebpf25q1HOjq8tW9hG6GcUZwDB7YFz1cMqZnCWN_bJkgc5BNcy6i9HTBypzLbfr6jSJ6eM29lTALo25SmMT7k1sIH0TOSPs7R5NvfFJC7Bgl1dQxx6wRCAzPAMOtaj_yuz41kaDbPM1KATRayrNgLPYefnKGT/s500/BOBO-step7-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmXmYBWYBU5iDeHftoLQ3UGizmW9aiE4ebpf25q1HOjq8tW9hG6GcUZwDB7YFz1cMqZnCWN_bJkgc5BNcy6i9HTBypzLbfr6jSJ6eM29lTALo25SmMT7k1sIH0TOSPs7R5NvfFJC7Bgl1dQxx6wRCAzPAMOtaj_yuz41kaDbPM1KATRayrNgLPYefnKGT/s16000/BOBO-step7-rollup.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1eNaaA1HDv1k9xfS32hbpHbGX49-KjwuHVG_ueCpgA3m_9A4tkkj5WzZLQLk8wCHrYXHIU4ml6Mq4j0K5gwbqGVNEfKHM9R1GOtmAnSjzxwoXhenbVbPDi5kLSWXZUl6OeZ-MlyUunIqAMWHk0DyrYYpNTV3JVSag2smsLSjSENvRcWVK8jjyWXbIwdU/s679/BOBO-step7-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1eNaaA1HDv1k9xfS32hbpHbGX49-KjwuHVG_ueCpgA3m_9A4tkkj5WzZLQLk8wCHrYXHIU4ml6Mq4j0K5gwbqGVNEfKHM9R1GOtmAnSjzxwoXhenbVbPDi5kLSWXZUl6OeZ-MlyUunIqAMWHk0DyrYYpNTV3JVSag2smsLSjSENvRcWVK8jjyWXbIwdU/s16000/BOBO-step7-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 7 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, judging by the look of it, I think I used another transparent gray (maybe the same one) for Step 8:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxi4vKrBt7YxEkH6hSnE3V1uokvZTSSxUygoZj4A5rG1lju4t3Jer6WJA1sBInVUGAXsSLL440Kx0IkHHKk4gFM1PJzH8-pqO_3xxp2I73J1yv5zgsfCPhcLZDWLskt68t9ZZPPdWhJia9zSFb3KIIAd_rHbA90EMBrVqrmj9O61YwN2VNFffc9UakmEA/s687/BOBO-step8-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxi4vKrBt7YxEkH6hSnE3V1uokvZTSSxUygoZj4A5rG1lju4t3Jer6WJA1sBInVUGAXsSLL440Kx0IkHHKk4gFM1PJzH8-pqO_3xxp2I73J1yv5zgsfCPhcLZDWLskt68t9ZZPPdWhJia9zSFb3KIIAd_rHbA90EMBrVqrmj9O61YwN2VNFffc9UakmEA/s16000/BOBO-step8-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 8 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are looking okay... but I'd like to break up all that green with some sort of red-brown. Maybe two color passes to go? And then... we'll see if they can be salvaged. </div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-4385503237081635012023-09-16T08:34:00.001-04:002023-09-16T08:34:24.747-04:00Linocut in Progress: Oh, look. Starting with blue. How unique. <p>Okay... where the heck were we? Or, more accurately, where the heck have <b><i>I</i></b> been?</p><p>The story of that is long and sort of boring, involving tedious experiences with illness and such that have left me with distracted focus. Distracted focus has meant some disasters in the studio.... You know how it goes. </p><p>A couple of weeks ago I decided to take on a "simple" and small piece, just 5 x 7 inches, to remind myself that I do know what I am doing. Ha! Just wait until you hear what happened. </p><p>But for now... let's begin as though we DO know what we're doing. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7B8q17YRAU7CpglbnSmcdBXkQMFzIBJktWrPDaqKyzLEcOeUZNLP8l-JrLnIkvS9dGbBhoZyA5v7aOPqvc19WTTsxLHCdEVh7HwEZZSdOpkE4ySggFR1NgjuIrKtLpR0310xLxzcG0uftGl4u2YWeIFJxag-IHZjZDOxQO42H09tKQCvlKWQ5Bv19kEo/s500/BOBO-rollup1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7B8q17YRAU7CpglbnSmcdBXkQMFzIBJktWrPDaqKyzLEcOeUZNLP8l-JrLnIkvS9dGbBhoZyA5v7aOPqvc19WTTsxLHCdEVh7HwEZZSdOpkE4ySggFR1NgjuIrKtLpR0310xLxzcG0uftGl4u2YWeIFJxag-IHZjZDOxQO42H09tKQCvlKWQ5Bv19kEo/s16000/BOBO-rollup1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 1 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRv5kjOhDHp0NyFvBYwuF76nuzkvFhdWClI7gu1SuO5dZrtJnhum9NfjSEUwfBqHVij28OMCxHJdk_1mV7bfH401IYJRmQ2_UskY69YzAzA5i9LbXyjS8vkvbw00UdW_Cz_fFnZRti8Un8sgeMmapPqBPV6p727AgbZLoMSesAB9iz7rG8CF55c-Z3dx8L/s690/BOBO-step1-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRv5kjOhDHp0NyFvBYwuF76nuzkvFhdWClI7gu1SuO5dZrtJnhum9NfjSEUwfBqHVij28OMCxHJdk_1mV7bfH401IYJRmQ2_UskY69YzAzA5i9LbXyjS8vkvbw00UdW_Cz_fFnZRti8Un8sgeMmapPqBPV6p727AgbZLoMSesAB9iz7rG8CF55c-Z3dx8L/s690/BOBO-step1-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRv5kjOhDHp0NyFvBYwuF76nuzkvFhdWClI7gu1SuO5dZrtJnhum9NfjSEUwfBqHVij28OMCxHJdk_1mV7bfH401IYJRmQ2_UskY69YzAzA5i9LbXyjS8vkvbw00UdW_Cz_fFnZRti8Un8sgeMmapPqBPV6p727AgbZLoMSesAB9iz7rG8CF55c-Z3dx8L/s320/BOBO-step1-printed.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Linocut</a> in progress: Step 1</i></td></tr></tbody></table>Look! It's a blue blended roll! We haven't seen that more than, oh, a zillion times. But it's certainly comforting to start with something familiar. Bird geeks... any guesses? Because of course there's a bird in here.<div><br /><div><span style="text-align: center;">It's a nice background, but a bit blasé, so I decided that a subtle texture could make it a little more interesting. </span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Enter the chipping of many small dots. Well, not</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><i style="text-align: center;">dots</i><span style="text-align: center;">, really. I think of dots as round and regular. These are more random in both shape and distribution. Let's call them... <i>divots?</i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I created many divots in the upper portion of the background, but completely cleared the area around the vegetation in the lower portion. Don't want things to get TOO crazy, do we?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z_mTAZGheN65L9-oP91HAKf-W7OU7uWztCWr8v1DHoZR13rKTC5ZkBBbCaVs-32HhUFAVJ2NmRX-YN0ghxqTDwG9dfnTl-mxw1oQqDQYGlx0QqPaWROT666oYUiTgjUUEdmvSj897iyIrd0c8Jyn5sOETseNii4_XLZdGso_3Vhuq_NSUUKp5I2KhEyX/s500/BOBO-step2rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z_mTAZGheN65L9-oP91HAKf-W7OU7uWztCWr8v1DHoZR13rKTC5ZkBBbCaVs-32HhUFAVJ2NmRX-YN0ghxqTDwG9dfnTl-mxw1oQqDQYGlx0QqPaWROT666oYUiTgjUUEdmvSj897iyIrd0c8Jyn5sOETseNii4_XLZdGso_3Vhuq_NSUUKp5I2KhEyX/s16000/BOBO-step2rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 2 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuObm9WrJP8qiojU6JGnVnMP95eDD_LTE7ebitZyXfRiSfjlMuj3lwfaDmERFdGrmeg1Z0ID1bjncpuk5fCBWnzR85sgmzNjYVyW-FP25cvLaQ8dfS5BK2e1TNmKQk07GduNQI6FcR41EoPHTwH3riCyl3ponos4SPqTPrYESxcJRw1Iaa10adZ-4OffH/s685/BOBO-step2-printed.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuObm9WrJP8qiojU6JGnVnMP95eDD_LTE7ebitZyXfRiSfjlMuj3lwfaDmERFdGrmeg1Z0ID1bjncpuk5fCBWnzR85sgmzNjYVyW-FP25cvLaQ8dfS5BK2e1TNmKQk07GduNQI6FcR41EoPHTwH3riCyl3ponos4SPqTPrYESxcJRw1Iaa10adZ-4OffH/s320/BOBO-step2-printed.jpg" width="234" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 2 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Carrying on... time for another blended roll. Oh look! It's exactly the same as the previous blended roll. Okay, maybe not exactly. I darkened the gray slightly. I did say I was going for subtle here. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Things felt pretty satisfactory so far, but we are only two steps in, so there haven't been many opportunities for things to go wrong. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">However.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you've followed this blog for any length of time, you will know that every summer since I moved to Maine, I have trouble with the bed of my press. Despite a small dehumidifier in the studio, the heat and damp conspire to buckle the laminate. My neighbor has helped me fix it a few times, and right now the upper surface is cooperating... but the lower surface is buckled and it's causing some uneven pressure problems. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On a small piece like this it isn't too much of an issue, but there were other problems lurking. I almost always print on dry paper, but when the humidity level inside the studio creeps towards 75%, "dry paper" is a relative term. I eased back on the press pressure from the beginning, but as we will see soon... it wasn't enough.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHH0ltQJlCj-uLzbW6Y3hGN9egszzStaCA5gIc-gV34CaA-u5Mn7PpVmc1BHmTZKcigoRGo1CeqylMbMGybfSp-OYXqHIsZK-shRaQq8EYQCADuNh-zjh1mr2GKoarDTmRab7bddKqOwlreL60X-YnSROkIgfMpp84jHcCSrmTDsdZ-4I2qDlgj3oEJd-8/s500/BOBO-step3-rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHH0ltQJlCj-uLzbW6Y3hGN9egszzStaCA5gIc-gV34CaA-u5Mn7PpVmc1BHmTZKcigoRGo1CeqylMbMGybfSp-OYXqHIsZK-shRaQq8EYQCADuNh-zjh1mr2GKoarDTmRab7bddKqOwlreL60X-YnSROkIgfMpp84jHcCSrmTDsdZ-4I2qDlgj3oEJd-8/s16000/BOBO-step3-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 3 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOZOTM5zbQGAAVSwpV9JHULRIRVTdByUBkquGZSyAMeUbO-7LGdDSHzkEMLfAZc0dZhN3n4k-fWfUJqXZcfM8dZ8kwsEzcmVivkA1qMPwrHLl8A-G2DfMpxPL76CaB0zu3YDWC7Se2uic2YGRsVlj4mm-iYh7HhkglOV02nmLApfOo9v7y3A5SR17leFH/s689/BOBO-step3-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOZOTM5zbQGAAVSwpV9JHULRIRVTdByUBkquGZSyAMeUbO-7LGdDSHzkEMLfAZc0dZhN3n4k-fWfUJqXZcfM8dZ8kwsEzcmVivkA1qMPwrHLl8A-G2DfMpxPL76CaB0zu3YDWC7Se2uic2YGRsVlj4mm-iYh7HhkglOV02nmLApfOo9v7y3A5SR17leFH/s320/BOBO-step3-printed.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 3 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />But let's not worry about that just now. Time to clear away all those meticulously-carved divots and call the background finished. And time to do a little detail work on the bird. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The male of this species has a lovely straw-colored back-of-the-head featherdo (not to be confused with hairdo), so it's time for a little spot inking. No need to be particularly careful here, as most of the yellow will be covered by a much darker tone later. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Full disclosure: I went back and printed this color a second time, just in the bird's head, because I felt it needed to be a bit more intense. I neglected to take a photo, though... maybe because I went with friends to the fair... for the first time since 2019... and got distracted by THIS FACE. I mean, come <i>on</i>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yep, I'm distracted again now. Wandering off to think about cute goats. More.... later.....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk5mJMVFRp6O0FuMI7Y-5g-0el7gDspHyReZuuEEPGYhMhjUZcj-WaQ22Ax4Ys-cbFrpHQH19S3EjaIv8HOyAQQkQb8qKbU7A7TfFidNby3iycflPd4fTvUhzwazZUyi8nNFIffrkk6COK3OmhPeWRHUh06Htwt0UaWtUyYUD4rS-827TM1S6EuKL5YOc/s667/goat1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk5mJMVFRp6O0FuMI7Y-5g-0el7gDspHyReZuuEEPGYhMhjUZcj-WaQ22Ax4Ys-cbFrpHQH19S3EjaIv8HOyAQQkQb8qKbU7A7TfFidNby3iycflPd4fTvUhzwazZUyi8nNFIffrkk6COK3OmhPeWRHUh06Htwt0UaWtUyYUD4rS-827TM1S6EuKL5YOc/s16000/goat1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UNZURkFL_AuMwRkXsZxkO5gTmcu-AkKoZOARumUSkt-NcwKGOwLPf9uYZ9ZWA6Jpj3qONpKTYRI2AMop1h_lMzZ0GuCTyxlkMp1QlG3_j_sLV96Zfd5mll27j7muzU5gHFWVJ8rbPebJz_e08tHDZ7I11OC8zfBf8CWjVSr9ec46lFquJMSOXysGRQIT/s667/goat2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UNZURkFL_AuMwRkXsZxkO5gTmcu-AkKoZOARumUSkt-NcwKGOwLPf9uYZ9ZWA6Jpj3qONpKTYRI2AMop1h_lMzZ0GuCTyxlkMp1QlG3_j_sLV96Zfd5mll27j7muzU5gHFWVJ8rbPebJz_e08tHDZ7I11OC8zfBf8CWjVSr9ec46lFquJMSOXysGRQIT/s16000/goat2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><p></p></div></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-29513070329022682222023-07-02T12:44:00.002-04:002023-07-02T12:44:43.209-04:00She's ba-ack! Sort of...<p> Well... heck.</p><p>It's been a super long time since I've posted anything to <i>Brush and Baren</i>. There's been a lot going on, and I have just needed a break!</p><p>I'll be getting back in the saddle here soon, promise. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxJiwIyU0pec5peRIw0BgnLvkaN-4NKysv84Zo5IVzes1CdgTWKwjPEhw6yz3HB1iDfJchbcxoeUTFZPqd9DA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-6021431266256998362023-05-11T16:34:00.003-04:002023-05-11T16:34:53.630-04:00Linocut in Progress: All the little ending bitsOkay, wow. I have at least four steps remaining to show you, but they are kind of a snooze. AND... full disclosure... I was trying to finish this piece for a deadline back in April, so when it got down to the crunch I stopped taking photos of ink rollouts and masks and all of the interesting bits. I promise I'll try to do better next time.<div><br /></div><div>So here's Step 10. You'll have to trust me that is was another transparent gray pass. The goal was to create some darker greens, and it also darkened up the background blues a bit.</div><div><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GpyOo4SZ7R6dpw9i_N0y1dYVCZnInh6X2KE1A8JFZbYXuouLNSmudLtGDWomROuGwQUmsCPPPfyXB3gXGVtWmjVvaEDKjtBcN3T9wqZFc_5u_cYdXQh_L-JJKOfQ9FCcnlfnQpi0r5T0ty1V4jLcSR4QgTi7TGv4L3olTJf-LicaoD2MeXtrh09HyA/s500/step%2010%20printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GpyOo4SZ7R6dpw9i_N0y1dYVCZnInh6X2KE1A8JFZbYXuouLNSmudLtGDWomROuGwQUmsCPPPfyXB3gXGVtWmjVvaEDKjtBcN3T9wqZFc_5u_cYdXQh_L-JJKOfQ9FCcnlfnQpi0r5T0ty1V4jLcSR4QgTi7TGv4L3olTJf-LicaoD2MeXtrh09HyA/s16000/step%2010%20printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Reduction <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> in progress: Step 10</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />And now I can no longer avoid the bird. It's a small thing (Literally. It's maybe an inch and a half long), but a big thing... if you know what I mean. </div><div><br /></div><div>Of course because I've been largely ignoring it, I need to go back and lighten some small shapes. I knew this was coming, and it's always a bit of a risk, but I did it anyway. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a closeup of Step 11:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PCuYlesXR0RVdeXAd-sm3RgD0M-A4iQB-tBj-ygzQLthEGdh-_shFWdnTRdVcZxa7C6SMQU1rM5OhVCHxkUtmnRJPZH8QsQkBfveK-3XeUiAuRKA9hK0tiGZ5xKU9_cTw43FYwpf-X9vxu73uKDTuydE65Y189tV787p3tL0pC4EE4oepDzmNHl2Lw/s500/step11-detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PCuYlesXR0RVdeXAd-sm3RgD0M-A4iQB-tBj-ygzQLthEGdh-_shFWdnTRdVcZxa7C6SMQU1rM5OhVCHxkUtmnRJPZH8QsQkBfveK-3XeUiAuRKA9hK0tiGZ5xKU9_cTw43FYwpf-X9vxu73uKDTuydE65Y189tV787p3tL0pC4EE4oepDzmNHl2Lw/s16000/step11-detail.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 11 detail</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I lightened the beak area, plus a couple of shapes in the reflection. Rolled out the ink looked almost white, but as you can see, it doesn't appear white as printed. That is a good thing. I didn't WANT white. But it did take a couple of tries to get this to register as a lighter warm tone with all that green and gray underneath. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the overall view: </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCHXqD68bLa8nGS8wQQWGBJqvvYa62zjtST3EfZbZxWoeNjIZJLMvkp7nyixKCfvW-WdPMwqExR1aAXBpBvuAaHJxbm59kG4zqgE7NCDw5AH1srhR6-7UDX40EKBnTrcVUuyleNxPhgjW6uFlbQUGlE1oHHfpxhOCYZLink5uB-KP3p_PSbMxhw947A/s500/step%2011%20printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCHXqD68bLa8nGS8wQQWGBJqvvYa62zjtST3EfZbZxWoeNjIZJLMvkp7nyixKCfvW-WdPMwqExR1aAXBpBvuAaHJxbm59kG4zqgE7NCDw5AH1srhR6-7UDX40EKBnTrcVUuyleNxPhgjW6uFlbQUGlE1oHHfpxhOCYZLink5uB-KP3p_PSbMxhw947A/s16000/step%2011%20printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 11 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>So NOW I can really start try to resolve the creator of all these lovely reflections. An American coot has a dark gray body and a black head, but I wanted to suggest at least a little light hitting the bird, so I left some lighter gray-brown areas when I rolled out... Another transparent gray. Darker this time. But still gray.</p><p>Here's a detail:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdMR09443Z4ii1PDd6DJBS9zdLzJ0TYD-I9amdtjUEXGRKWBwOalqnaqIP7DQ2IDHl9nHA4bURXgGEdhG9xkS2TuqXvXDeapJ00C67Lhf90HqMb_ELaYdXMNYGG6etlKWidSzOqqjMT3qrYPHxtG5YuVuM8ha6fC4U_vUQ84q9p05pPYhebCzW4kpMA/s500/step12%20detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdMR09443Z4ii1PDd6DJBS9zdLzJ0TYD-I9amdtjUEXGRKWBwOalqnaqIP7DQ2IDHl9nHA4bURXgGEdhG9xkS2TuqXvXDeapJ00C67Lhf90HqMb_ELaYdXMNYGG6etlKWidSzOqqjMT3qrYPHxtG5YuVuM8ha6fC4U_vUQ84q9p05pPYhebCzW4kpMA/s16000/step12%20detail.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 12 detail</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Okay, so close now! I think one last dark transparent gray... not quite black... will do the trick.</p><p>But first, the overall image at Step 12:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUvYtbL5aho1s0mR8ObESJA2t3BRP0IS53AXzhsVzfkem-FN6QwwUa7456q4nsptt-V2XBt7mbT7FPpoz-RyCRyqaATYVUQVj9VbfGlY_3ZaB1F0WUccsaguhqvYmkgH8nrUOaGBcdWx_eyZZE18HWv4NhsOuKmKyf_3e3Z0dmuwY5VSiTKqrn4E9WA/s500/step%2012%20printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUvYtbL5aho1s0mR8ObESJA2t3BRP0IS53AXzhsVzfkem-FN6QwwUa7456q4nsptt-V2XBt7mbT7FPpoz-RyCRyqaATYVUQVj9VbfGlY_3ZaB1F0WUccsaguhqvYmkgH8nrUOaGBcdWx_eyZZE18HWv4NhsOuKmKyf_3e3Z0dmuwY5VSiTKqrn4E9WA/s16000/step%2012%20printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 12 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The final dark finished off the bird, plus I carried it down a little way into the reflection... you know... 'cause that's how reflections work. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_3IWYZr2lZg7JrmfCOhOJoZYA0-HNg41RjIMYte1VVVqzrXBqJ9f2nbjt5FBULN3iYbjlKhj_BSgBAZWRR99WIpZhS7zAaoB8KBj486E3R06ewi8a-ovHjGOPP6yi6U5AYiZh9_hNnT1I12JqammYHH-lNne0EEY-MH9fJPkh4KRjjj_hCyHNYTiPw/s500/After%20Effect%20-%20%C2%A9SherrieYork.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_3IWYZr2lZg7JrmfCOhOJoZYA0-HNg41RjIMYte1VVVqzrXBqJ9f2nbjt5FBULN3iYbjlKhj_BSgBAZWRR99WIpZhS7zAaoB8KBj486E3R06ewi8a-ovHjGOPP6yi6U5AYiZh9_hNnT1I12JqammYHH-lNne0EEY-MH9fJPkh4KRjjj_hCyHNYTiPw/s16000/After%20Effect%20-%20%C2%A9SherrieYork.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 13, final</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>So there you have it... "After Effect," reduction linocut, 12" x 18" in an edition of 15. It's even up on my website already. Wait... before it was officially finished? Well, yes, because: deadline. </p><p>The only question left now is.... what's next?</p></div></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-54691292098820809832023-05-09T05:51:00.003-04:002023-05-09T05:51:45.770-04:00Linocut in Progress: The bright and the blah....<p>When last we checked on the current <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> in progress, we had just stepped away from a lovely, harmonious color palette and started to stir things up. Prepare yourself... because we're still on that path!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbeC7rzpYHpsIWvHZLkabbhC7VWcAjjmcyV4YUGAYdwqlBx7y6ue_pMepkaDI4FKH0MXtvjytjvIH8P1ON99ayufwlXF1Gmqmk9AM5KqApn7u92B5M2jsVYDIDS4hYQ2AMttwP_ChUYS7HwuEIM_R-1GhHBQd6Z78urFr8e0ptaPUaZgvXiQbUYBu5Q/s500/step7-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbeC7rzpYHpsIWvHZLkabbhC7VWcAjjmcyV4YUGAYdwqlBx7y6ue_pMepkaDI4FKH0MXtvjytjvIH8P1ON99ayufwlXF1Gmqmk9AM5KqApn7u92B5M2jsVYDIDS4hYQ2AMttwP_ChUYS7HwuEIM_R-1GhHBQd6Z78urFr8e0ptaPUaZgvXiQbUYBu5Q/s16000/step7-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 7 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Okay, okay... yes. This going back to blue, so maybe not TOO wild, but it is definitely a <i>big</i> blue after the much more quiet tones of the first few color passes. This composition is really all about the contrast of the wake and ripples behind the bird, so we might as well start cranking it up to 11. </p><p>I'm not ready to do much with the bird itself yet, though, so that will get a little newsprint mask to keep it clear of additional ink layers.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsq4H8RUwZBooA9w-6_LKGxIORc06sPagRPF6PiBofBjcmQer2cvnfqsNhhHtb_i5su5JnoDWuWgSulff_u1ox366sVRUt6aERIKnfAeP5nGuLaBLseaJmJcDE_tHFbX_O6qtY-FOCyixkdt4Yl9lp9h8ICmkbbEW7lgP8ZIVjmlj6h026hjyaTlCZA/s500/Step7-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsq4H8RUwZBooA9w-6_LKGxIORc06sPagRPF6PiBofBjcmQer2cvnfqsNhhHtb_i5su5JnoDWuWgSulff_u1ox366sVRUt6aERIKnfAeP5nGuLaBLseaJmJcDE_tHFbX_O6qtY-FOCyixkdt4Yl9lp9h8ICmkbbEW7lgP8ZIVjmlj6h026hjyaTlCZA/s16000/Step7-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 7 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>But, hey... look at the cool color that resulted from putting this rich blue over the top of the orangey ink laid down in the last color pass! Nifty, eh? </p><p>It's all still very blue, though, and what this image really needs is some greens. Of course mixing a green or two and applying it would be one solution, but you know me... let's try something a little more... um... Well... A little <i>more. </i></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubv8lDP9Hcph2MvukYNuW63Wr18_GLN7K2OzKp2sBK-insq8uAcPdE3O9pLrz174C-BIykVFB8bgVo_Yh7wiZaJ98MnRsY1aE-GnQF2tJNFiYBi9QrsW9HHn5afmeG9InUmRUegI3tz8JXAUDjWc-bIn_LsAMzlIKCTEEONYd98q2mb1rFsbL8durbw/s500/step8-rolup-mask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubv8lDP9Hcph2MvukYNuW63Wr18_GLN7K2OzKp2sBK-insq8uAcPdE3O9pLrz174C-BIykVFB8bgVo_Yh7wiZaJ98MnRsY1aE-GnQF2tJNFiYBi9QrsW9HHn5afmeG9InUmRUegI3tz8JXAUDjWc-bIn_LsAMzlIKCTEEONYd98q2mb1rFsbL8durbw/s16000/step8-rolup-mask.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 8 rollup</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>This is definitely <i>more</i>. More blue, plus a big ol' bright ochre-y yellow. That ought to do something, right?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOal8xRec6ac2ThuEbtwK5m-SJaINvHJ7gxTKJKbmBZlEC68iiJcRJVtN3G6LQsoXpZi7hz_2LEoxiMcR7EQkssnGyfHAyA9eMxmTqHzc6hF9aypMrYiRD7atnrkLLAOfDQ18mGcT_Esx0BVAmLPk_cBnS8h15zM68495R7HqzI2X2VurrFdVIJrScA/s500/step8-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOal8xRec6ac2ThuEbtwK5m-SJaINvHJ7gxTKJKbmBZlEC68iiJcRJVtN3G6LQsoXpZi7hz_2LEoxiMcR7EQkssnGyfHAyA9eMxmTqHzc6hF9aypMrYiRD7atnrkLLAOfDQ18mGcT_Esx0BVAmLPk_cBnS8h15zM68495R7HqzI2X2VurrFdVIJrScA/s16000/step8-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 8 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And, indeed, we can call that... <i>something</i>. It's a nice green... sort of olive-y, but bright. Plenty of room here for adding some more subtle greens without ever actually using green. How about some gray, for example?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5Aa6uzoLOgIJh1Q3GtIxHeNoAtUpbj2xJ4zTmNy8I9c_KC8zFC7J7aK9SRyeWYq7wyrCf5ctc8iunr9Yyqdm80Sr5O_TC4voyXgNkn1T8EbZ5WdtGtn1NPhBpQI5YXV1cfpZ763eg6a-amuYHsKpH_kYbx87HMKRjqA3GyvXImPmMMhIaJCYN0OYww/s500/step9-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5Aa6uzoLOgIJh1Q3GtIxHeNoAtUpbj2xJ4zTmNy8I9c_KC8zFC7J7aK9SRyeWYq7wyrCf5ctc8iunr9Yyqdm80Sr5O_TC4voyXgNkn1T8EbZ5WdtGtn1NPhBpQI5YXV1cfpZ763eg6a-amuYHsKpH_kYbx87HMKRjqA3GyvXImPmMMhIaJCYN0OYww/s16000/step9-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 9 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>At this stage you can see that I've decided to start letting some of this color influence the bird, so there's no mask. Just a transparent gray... and if you look closely you might be able to tell that I didn't roll it all the way down the block. Maybe just halfway?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQb8RxczCEKi5QU467bgKrVdsjLHDn6hYddyKhW2lEn0FyR8iU-V7y15331aeT7D1r_58jNI4RIrhBATIqpqIfiyQNnoSL2zBvVghRNnPbEd7_yk27qnTC4HMdGNqZEFP1Uwzr7CNpsVIxa0mEn-XB76xvCvakZaZdco9nfh_luloERqR8hUtzJP-s-g/s500/step9-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQb8RxczCEKi5QU467bgKrVdsjLHDn6hYddyKhW2lEn0FyR8iU-V7y15331aeT7D1r_58jNI4RIrhBATIqpqIfiyQNnoSL2zBvVghRNnPbEd7_yk27qnTC4HMdGNqZEFP1Uwzr7CNpsVIxa0mEn-XB76xvCvakZaZdco9nfh_luloERqR8hUtzJP-s-g/s16000/step9-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 9 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I feel like I have a fair sense of where the image is going at this stage. I think perhaps one or two more gray passes to sort some more subtle details in the water, and then of course the bird needs some serious attention. Stay tuned! <br /><i><br /></i></p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-36808443429101517762023-05-03T12:06:00.000-04:002023-05-03T12:06:36.232-04:00Linocut in Progress: Moving right along<p> Okay! The "easy" part is over... all of the related and harmonious blues are in place. Time to start making things more complicated. Why? Because that's how I roll, silly. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EE2OpjicQX0uW8aahGJ7GWiW8N_nRMPGD0JrFd9GMliqN3avdgyOKGhDNHC8zJEl0rjVsjZiOxhQ3VETLaVdP16WqFV_uX4mxYKjAh23KJ_mZgaHXIKpW9-m7cKGbhkPVxSbl1OIyfMOpXr0FotL0nlMy892eCx1K3Y4X5RXhzp1mdRPRrO-A04BGQ/s500/randomgray-step5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EE2OpjicQX0uW8aahGJ7GWiW8N_nRMPGD0JrFd9GMliqN3avdgyOKGhDNHC8zJEl0rjVsjZiOxhQ3VETLaVdP16WqFV_uX4mxYKjAh23KJ_mZgaHXIKpW9-m7cKGbhkPVxSbl1OIyfMOpXr0FotL0nlMy892eCx1K3Y4X5RXhzp1mdRPRrO-A04BGQ/s16000/randomgray-step5.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Linocut</a> in progress: Step 5 spot ink</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>So for Step 5 of this linocut, let's do a bit of spot inking for some tiny gray shapes that in the end probably no one will notice except me. Why? Again, I tell you, it's how I roll. Unfortunately you can't see the <i>actual</i> roll of ink, because I neglected to take a photo. But you get it... it's some gray, and I rolled it around in the middle of the image. <div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIu0390fi5eocTg6hbhk_Rz8xon-CprAyjsTOYFQ7F2xPREN--oy664G5VIMXNnX2lF9eulQ6TGwH8XnzKsPJvDfqMH9VGTcNH8C3_Ubvu_8vzBof0uwAWNe3f8vV7xUcYl0w4C8tmtDoOXIYaXwhmizK8dxSzNGHfzyq9DqlLjYDXMyA7rDY3LH9GQ/s500/step6-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIu0390fi5eocTg6hbhk_Rz8xon-CprAyjsTOYFQ7F2xPREN--oy664G5VIMXNnX2lF9eulQ6TGwH8XnzKsPJvDfqMH9VGTcNH8C3_Ubvu_8vzBof0uwAWNe3f8vV7xUcYl0w4C8tmtDoOXIYaXwhmizK8dxSzNGHfzyq9DqlLjYDXMyA7rDY3LH9GQ/s16000/step6-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>But, here! Here's a rollup that you can see! Interesting color, eh? This is also something that won't be prominent in the final image, but I just felt like it needed to be in there. I want to contain the color through the middle of the block, but I don't want to create a hard line, sooo... let's cut a mask, shall we? </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFzBDGJtiVAs1-sKNJtSgCJfqo8UU0GoBVMEr9yCTA__f48vGUKz7xNacydGmKWCrIhAfD6UWE7b1S0ZPOaZHuxy8IujNAfmwKaJbnBXwETSRRpPqe4dnMeLGUitnF1mdJiUdQChJtQZNB1ByfGFRuDBGPaZW37pjarqQY8sxEVip8Wrbp5sDckOMUQ/s500/step6-mask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFzBDGJtiVAs1-sKNJtSgCJfqo8UU0GoBVMEr9yCTA__f48vGUKz7xNacydGmKWCrIhAfD6UWE7b1S0ZPOaZHuxy8IujNAfmwKaJbnBXwETSRRpPqe4dnMeLGUitnF1mdJiUdQChJtQZNB1ByfGFRuDBGPaZW37pjarqQY8sxEVip8Wrbp5sDckOMUQ/s16000/step6-mask.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 mask</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Okay, two masks, really. Just a sort of random wiggly, watery shape.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVjgm87BqA1Vu99iOenaJAUA4TyyYeLpKzZPbSxtL0TDYBGbvV39YEl0UM05mxyr4f85fS3LqmdMCCp3GGq6ooB5lrRLChlXOefFTIv27OP88PE9gVJ4dCHuyAVPcPY-es6iLv-cUxDUXObEqIBRfTArZplqwYaFWs0bsnHcGowAlPNSqroO2vgH4jw/s500/step6-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVjgm87BqA1Vu99iOenaJAUA4TyyYeLpKzZPbSxtL0TDYBGbvV39YEl0UM05mxyr4f85fS3LqmdMCCp3GGq6ooB5lrRLChlXOefFTIv27OP88PE9gVJ4dCHuyAVPcPY-es6iLv-cUxDUXObEqIBRfTArZplqwYaFWs0bsnHcGowAlPNSqroO2vgH4jw/s16000/step6-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6... printed!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Fun, eh? I quite like this from an abstract perspective. In some ways it seems a shame to cover most of this nice color up in subsequent color passes, but that's what I'm going to do. Onward!</p></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-16074937727331944512023-04-27T11:50:00.001-04:002023-04-27T11:50:00.163-04:00Linocut in Progress: Starting a new one...<p> As I teased in my previous post, it was time to step away from the confusing <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> that might or might not have been finished and start something new. In part I needed to get some perspective on it, and in part I needed to deal with an impending Big Deal deadline. </p><p>So... new piece of <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">lino</a>, new image, new format. And an often-explored bit of subject matter, hopefully expressed in a new way. </p><p>Three guesses what I'm after, and the first two don't count.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxOcpBBerQEPk0CtwrehtQSvELVvQ3Oiqr2wFu-wDbI1xHm13fIND_BJteQzpQppca_c6LBJCQwQCGYypgWlHdKIZhBLv2AfTSjgOrimj8S-k-nqQydHIhSMvyrfbpRQAeG58t2g1OoU4xcnedGWroyHCu15KCcw8t48ZvibHDx0H8Pkmay9F_gd8Vg/s500/AfterEffect-Step1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxOcpBBerQEPk0CtwrehtQSvELVvQ3Oiqr2wFu-wDbI1xHm13fIND_BJteQzpQppca_c6LBJCQwQCGYypgWlHdKIZhBLv2AfTSjgOrimj8S-k-nqQydHIhSMvyrfbpRQAeG58t2g1OoU4xcnedGWroyHCu15KCcw8t48ZvibHDx0H8Pkmay9F_gd8Vg/s16000/AfterEffect-Step1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reduction linocut in progress: Step 1</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The photo looks weird and blotchy and kind of pink, but trust me... it's just a light transparent gray.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFYwrCiirEjGvlq_rVx-a6K5C_3TAsDpzXbl_ccZ_kmzQPPVCUemZyVC20ToJh4yUD5bdw-tn4Vsl3dNgxLN-zRawhvf9ir17ae-oRhkctDvKKexhe_vPUNg6OPKR9BHNJuMXKaGOIX0MjH4NJnXb1_9e0GcsjUzEwe939XB08Rwa53Wb7t4za38NKA/s500/AMCO-Step1-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFYwrCiirEjGvlq_rVx-a6K5C_3TAsDpzXbl_ccZ_kmzQPPVCUemZyVC20ToJh4yUD5bdw-tn4Vsl3dNgxLN-zRawhvf9ir17ae-oRhkctDvKKexhe_vPUNg6OPKR9BHNJuMXKaGOIX0MjH4NJnXb1_9e0GcsjUzEwe939XB08Rwa53Wb7t4za38NKA/s16000/AMCO-Step1-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 1 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And from here I was definitely in more comfortable territory. Let's do some light transparent blue!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7N2ZDyzBsqdXsTFEnZM79t73-laqL1ggPJ_Ytqq1gkbDCl2TtVxqud_7Zaa67wIj5Mz8VxshNGj6wTOwNSSOxKkA8VKuT-VejnwJ4zbIMXxbVvQ9PCupSI_iVp4EpHmyvgycT4qs4V_IJzOsnudvGeekfp6FgNbVui1W1h-Gqo2apGLC0hOmOT90-ug/s500/AMCO-Step2-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7N2ZDyzBsqdXsTFEnZM79t73-laqL1ggPJ_Ytqq1gkbDCl2TtVxqud_7Zaa67wIj5Mz8VxshNGj6wTOwNSSOxKkA8VKuT-VejnwJ4zbIMXxbVvQ9PCupSI_iVp4EpHmyvgycT4qs4V_IJzOsnudvGeekfp6FgNbVui1W1h-Gqo2apGLC0hOmOT90-ug/s16000/AMCO-Step2-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 2 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3Qplft156CjSG8o9MHksFmfSPDZRY7eln7B7042ty5npP8RRLed2CT0kMWKfDgdW5CpbC7k76_mktCJVNh_DM9bSOZBMRHb-KfhgnOQ_JNdQYwFxuKjwdUQ4qgBMBN_RDpVPJcqAqORyeWLyvNgR4a5DC3DgJfSRb2s-PeyDvfXBpWhy-OmlQpNGUQ/s500/AMCO-step2-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3Qplft156CjSG8o9MHksFmfSPDZRY7eln7B7042ty5npP8RRLed2CT0kMWKfDgdW5CpbC7k76_mktCJVNh_DM9bSOZBMRHb-KfhgnOQ_JNdQYwFxuKjwdUQ4qgBMBN_RDpVPJcqAqORyeWLyvNgR4a5DC3DgJfSRb2s-PeyDvfXBpWhy-OmlQpNGUQ/s16000/AMCO-step2-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Oops. Wet ink glare. But you know where we're going. Step 2 printed.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Already I felt better about this image because it has a strong graphic composition, even in this early stage. So why not do some more blue layers? I tweaked the blue slightly for each of the next two stages.. and apparently decided that the rollup looked similar enough not to bother you with it, since I didn't take any photos.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiug1erXtlr3qKrCse1Cq3alJEge8_0lxqlvWWPnAtjWbvNfJ2_TBKRKG8iEBj0ObYC-PsoCQuzZCFarYkPVzRlcFtkzsDI6WGxPulR78nHtoZuGVLdrB8dX-sLY5PQvowKA45sUzCcvJv0tOt6-yEQ-OnZ5Xej2RnFUOAuuliX0Sr8e7ehFEY9cGZe5A/s500/AMCO-step3-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiug1erXtlr3qKrCse1Cq3alJEge8_0lxqlvWWPnAtjWbvNfJ2_TBKRKG8iEBj0ObYC-PsoCQuzZCFarYkPVzRlcFtkzsDI6WGxPulR78nHtoZuGVLdrB8dX-sLY5PQvowKA45sUzCcvJv0tOt6-yEQ-OnZ5Xej2RnFUOAuuliX0Sr8e7ehFEY9cGZe5A/s16000/AMCO-step3-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 3 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGK5YCyRwZe-5AnwAj8pyNhZ98EXGJWvITiKsLq0-xp0gz_igU2lkJZ-urbALHV8erkqlCXgklGDocX2KMnL6fO-HQNqA-RxkJKiNmAxR8mAIGgV-l5UukiRk1yw11_EWjGFjcXMAs2OZmjP5eae0VcsyuZ5EEq-nHipdMGoxDyjr9n2M2XbEH5xDiA/s500/AMCO-step4-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGK5YCyRwZe-5AnwAj8pyNhZ98EXGJWvITiKsLq0-xp0gz_igU2lkJZ-urbALHV8erkqlCXgklGDocX2KMnL6fO-HQNqA-RxkJKiNmAxR8mAIGgV-l5UukiRk1yw11_EWjGFjcXMAs2OZmjP5eae0VcsyuZ5EEq-nHipdMGoxDyjr9n2M2XbEH5xDiA/s16000/AMCO-step4-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 4 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Whew. It's a good start, and although the deadline drumbeat is still pounding away, the additional pounding in my head has backed off a bit. Time for some sleep, and then we'll see what's happening at the next stage!</p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-38874458524358053962023-04-24T11:47:00.003-04:002023-04-24T11:47:46.612-04:00Linocut in Progress: The.... end? Sort of?<p>Okay. At this point I was super aggravated with this <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> and ready to be finished. Plus... truth be told... there was a major exhibition jury deadline approaching and I could hear the beating of the drum. Let's just wrap this up, shall we?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb9U4zxvVBMZNK8IKXJKxzDjy20N92PspuRdfkmSLfngUa-6t1IY7_XxCQMkX-Gc7btSEDuiy7k2otN-b3KDx6DGuDADOQPjxIRVMTG46nuuZAQpo2c13T6wBp78gkqc2qyr4e-3YTKcNAKRLWar8ixK1UT8dNtL0zJuw6wnUsz_3qKgavnmBQQZBlSg/s667/step18-HOME.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb9U4zxvVBMZNK8IKXJKxzDjy20N92PspuRdfkmSLfngUa-6t1IY7_XxCQMkX-Gc7btSEDuiy7k2otN-b3KDx6DGuDADOQPjxIRVMTG46nuuZAQpo2c13T6wBp78gkqc2qyr4e-3YTKcNAKRLWar8ixK1UT8dNtL0zJuw6wnUsz_3qKgavnmBQQZBlSg/s16000/step18-HOME.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step... hm... 18? rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I decided that I would spot ink one more dark in the birds, and then, hopefully, just one more dark overall and the piece would be finished. There's not a whole lot of material left on this block, so things will need to be resolved soon! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VIEDI9HiUdmK1-oefsRPRKC3mkdazJqF25gcktquxcWUP65RQ5m9KSpTC1N7vYG_fPJDhfhVOwF3jh1M9TIQrt0Ixn0DfpzETBZGnUvAab0TXhivFF7jqeZKrjtX4KPCaSWDHux9mIA-XRTLKKTX7NbMpAhx_yJcBEcevu_yyECP5cbM2BMUiMVNmw/s506/step18-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VIEDI9HiUdmK1-oefsRPRKC3mkdazJqF25gcktquxcWUP65RQ5m9KSpTC1N7vYG_fPJDhfhVOwF3jh1M9TIQrt0Ixn0DfpzETBZGnUvAab0TXhivFF7jqeZKrjtX4KPCaSWDHux9mIA-XRTLKKTX7NbMpAhx_yJcBEcevu_yyECP5cbM2BMUiMVNmw/s16000/step18-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 18 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The changes are so subtle here that probably no one will notice them except me. The camera certainly doesn't. For all the 80 zillion pixels (of COURSE that's the actual amount) involved these days, there are some things a digital camera just can't deal with well. Or at least it can't if I am the one doing the photography. </p><p>One more dark.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWx0IOyB_f0Wm8y7vUNLdBP0B41QKYyFyXWRXIENIYmNPhUJqkfaxeiszp9M3UspkFoOFCQlIB9cQ5irLS6a8XAh3tC1b2txHGYkTdXQwR2lQNQ59d_8RLAXmmSTlNPvTkXXmm-VD2L2uaufajRikUk1PwA98oneqblpZSGnMu27FGLBVtvBHtQbATsA/s667/step19-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWx0IOyB_f0Wm8y7vUNLdBP0B41QKYyFyXWRXIENIYmNPhUJqkfaxeiszp9M3UspkFoOFCQlIB9cQ5irLS6a8XAh3tC1b2txHGYkTdXQwR2lQNQ59d_8RLAXmmSTlNPvTkXXmm-VD2L2uaufajRikUk1PwA98oneqblpZSGnMu27FGLBVtvBHtQbATsA/s16000/step19-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 19 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>See what I mean? There isn't much left here to accept ink.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicluwVUcJ9XppDL1FKkuoiZB149PKLZofw51oIH5bJ9cDZpx1IW32Oi6tGhZNXeHKo37wff28-NuO2a84WVyP1RFF3Y0_3LO3-eD1W78-Qv5zugh6K6UJBLPLPV_vmdPIijZCbf7KUiQi_JBFbmb1auaY2XCtVVmKTJccR6231vP31QsZe0LogZHM1cw/s501/step19-printed-semifinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicluwVUcJ9XppDL1FKkuoiZB149PKLZofw51oIH5bJ9cDZpx1IW32Oi6tGhZNXeHKo37wff28-NuO2a84WVyP1RFF3Y0_3LO3-eD1W78-Qv5zugh6K6UJBLPLPV_vmdPIijZCbf7KUiQi_JBFbmb1auaY2XCtVVmKTJccR6231vP31QsZe0LogZHM1cw/s16000/step19-printed-semifinal.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aaaanddd.... Step 19 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Okay! Finished. </p><p>I guess. </p><p>Maybe.</p><p>I dunno.</p><p>It's a funny thing, attempting to stretch outside one's comfort zone. I tried to do something different, and I did. But is it successful? I'm not sure. I can't tell. It's just... different. Some folks who have seen it like it a lot. Some, like me, are less certain. I suppose that's image-making for you... not everything appeals to everyone. </p><p>Or maybe it's not finished. Maybe I need to push things even <i>further</i>. Get a second block going and overprint some areas and see what happens. That could be interesting.</p><p>It could also take time, and right then time was not something I had. Deadline, remember? So I did the only thing I could be sure about in the moment: I put these prints aside and....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxOcpBBerQEPk0CtwrehtQSvELVvQ3Oiqr2wFu-wDbI1xHm13fIND_BJteQzpQppca_c6LBJCQwQCGYypgWlHdKIZhBLv2AfTSjgOrimj8S-k-nqQydHIhSMvyrfbpRQAeG58t2g1OoU4xcnedGWroyHCu15KCcw8t48ZvibHDx0H8Pkmay9F_gd8Vg/s500/AfterEffect-Step1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxOcpBBerQEPk0CtwrehtQSvELVvQ3Oiqr2wFu-wDbI1xHm13fIND_BJteQzpQppca_c6LBJCQwQCGYypgWlHdKIZhBLv2AfTSjgOrimj8S-k-nqQydHIhSMvyrfbpRQAeG58t2g1OoU4xcnedGWroyHCu15KCcw8t48ZvibHDx0H8Pkmay9F_gd8Vg/s16000/AfterEffect-Step1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Something totally new. Step 1.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I started something completely new, a little bit smaller (12 x 18 inches), and more within the creative comfort zone. At this point I had maybe three weeks to the deadline, and I had already spent two months on a piece that just confused me. Which is part of why I stopped making blog posts! The last thing I needed was more pressure. I'll get back to the other piece later, but right now.... focus! Deadline. Deadline. Deadline.</p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-8277703365791816702023-04-21T10:00:00.004-04:002023-04-21T10:00:00.212-04:00Linocut in Progress: MORE birdy bits...<p>It was really nice to be getting the birds resolved in this <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocu" target="_blank">linocut</a>, but dangit! Already I've made a problem for myself.</p><p>The good news is that most of the makers I know agree that <i>making</i> is really just one long series of problem solving. The bad news is... making is just one long series of problem solving.</p>The problem now? The female's crest, while still brown, tends to be a bit more golden than what I had going on at this stage. <br /><p>The good news is there's a solution: Pochoir!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir84yKRRkL7-Xa7tkj75bbyOTY4vqR8tq2AqCKmElfPG3OIMKJAk2QGJ9DdMm5ARQOjmi29WnYfQZjCJZgbYd3IY2cVj6Um_LI1xuFlAv9wBE8TsFwnKVYWXKwyhl4objemt5tPOP4QBEWhDH8b1UjITN4Tpwn3n0yINzgybJ8-P0OxIkR4m9Ermo6Zg/s500/pochoir%20stencil.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir84yKRRkL7-Xa7tkj75bbyOTY4vqR8tq2AqCKmElfPG3OIMKJAk2QGJ9DdMm5ARQOjmi29WnYfQZjCJZgbYd3IY2cVj6Um_LI1xuFlAv9wBE8TsFwnKVYWXKwyhl4objemt5tPOP4QBEWhDH8b1UjITN4Tpwn3n0yINzgybJ8-P0OxIkR4m9Ermo6Zg/s16000/pochoir%20stencil.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mini-step... 18?</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've talked about pochoir several times here at Brush and Baren. It's a technique that has been used historically to hand-color printed images, and I know of a printmaker or two who use the process entirely to create their images. It's basically stenciling. In this case I cut a stencil out of acetate and then pounced the color directly onto each print. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnGOwXq428SOVYQt_qrfVy2NtmsMkCa5wh1YPhYoszk_KxwFhcNSBBLjhGTNm5at1HN1xWi2qWv2OoI1lw76eWaESQYgx5Eui4M2Y0mNsm2xuSyjtooctoRm4lDZsyGPEOoayPOApBo2X3eAAFz2bRJQSpH74vo6BvMk_PITMCCMXDyOOEEveRKLoHg/s500/pochoir%20printed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnGOwXq428SOVYQt_qrfVy2NtmsMkCa5wh1YPhYoszk_KxwFhcNSBBLjhGTNm5at1HN1xWi2qWv2OoI1lw76eWaESQYgx5Eui4M2Y0mNsm2xuSyjtooctoRm4lDZsyGPEOoayPOApBo2X3eAAFz2bRJQSpH74vo6BvMk_PITMCCMXDyOOEEveRKLoHg/s16000/pochoir%20printed.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The color seems super bright now, but other browns and grays will go back over it, so it will be fine. I hope.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygyynk0NRJVGYGma-jyZ4fJPjW-Dvsw-M2CkKvJXe_vicZXuJfDGFjQMV61KRl-PIYaNKaWiruq9PAsuh7p3Ay8cOKW8SD-fhuyKHLZxNFQsMRFOZt7BtGic0SPLIi2q6kKL_NwM4wXr2B3qq0pwXpDnfgs5Dj7Ascqd9j11XFxLU8XcYv-iXvKBw0Q/s500/miniStep17%20printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygyynk0NRJVGYGma-jyZ4fJPjW-Dvsw-M2CkKvJXe_vicZXuJfDGFjQMV61KRl-PIYaNKaWiruq9PAsuh7p3Ay8cOKW8SD-fhuyKHLZxNFQsMRFOZt7BtGic0SPLIi2q6kKL_NwM4wXr2B3qq0pwXpDnfgs5Dj7Ascqd9j11XFxLU8XcYv-iXvKBw0Q/s16000/miniStep17%20printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The print after Mini-step18</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>And speaking of grays. How about a gray-brown, just to cover all the bases?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jMz8wXP5NvcVDNqQZrbXF3Jx5DT5kbJl5InZT5LcMhfq4OT3hdzlwPV5UxCQ20Pd-nvbChhZWq3dliVxTpUIA3-mNpe8pDo7wgnms5_AVNeIXdc-VSeMSl_xJr_AVpotQZ9_zub-m8UM0_9wUCeTEQrGls8sg3JRM9Oj7OL-dFoeip3riJhoxVtpuA/s532/step18-rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jMz8wXP5NvcVDNqQZrbXF3Jx5DT5kbJl5InZT5LcMhfq4OT3hdzlwPV5UxCQ20Pd-nvbChhZWq3dliVxTpUIA3-mNpe8pDo7wgnms5_AVNeIXdc-VSeMSl_xJr_AVpotQZ9_zub-m8UM0_9wUCeTEQrGls8sg3JRM9Oj7OL-dFoeip3riJhoxVtpuA/s16000/step18-rollup.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Yes, okay. Problem solved. I think that's better, don't you? <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsUtJ77YQoGT4MvBZvHszDBpLVQBZNf3i4l9PdvL06xJCoH_2vRCKpUftbrsipukuA7NGTi7ERYZI9EiKfs81Cgws-9qRntRJdQ_rCd9o7P0imfi9WZam4gFRjGd7gLdaq1Ca6S6dgyXHS2I71Ftnc8K7TfEcrxZ0Bu3USYDxR_ADcRh9mk6PoWO3ZA/s500/step18-detail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsUtJ77YQoGT4MvBZvHszDBpLVQBZNf3i4l9PdvL06xJCoH_2vRCKpUftbrsipukuA7NGTi7ERYZI9EiKfs81Cgws-9qRntRJdQ_rCd9o7P0imfi9WZam4gFRjGd7gLdaq1Ca6S6dgyXHS2I71Ftnc8K7TfEcrxZ0Bu3USYDxR_ADcRh9mk6PoWO3ZA/s16000/step18-detail.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJL_Fosg8O-ml1l5SkjYEVLmFhEtyQTGwIWC4NsXM2UT5PrC7FnuvPBRYrM4oPsyqH0KmR1Mg-PrH-vCA4_xh8wbHY_F6D3ZPBq7XlCB32EpB51xfrWHI8DPuASNIipSkixYNyV6zA782pM3S1EmKpdS9PjwMannkcj8OXpoG7_c1oM9g5njYbpBgQQ/s508/step18-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJL_Fosg8O-ml1l5SkjYEVLmFhEtyQTGwIWC4NsXM2UT5PrC7FnuvPBRYrM4oPsyqH0KmR1Mg-PrH-vCA4_xh8wbHY_F6D3ZPBq7XlCB32EpB51xfrWHI8DPuASNIipSkixYNyV6zA782pM3S1EmKpdS9PjwMannkcj8OXpoG7_c1oM9g5njYbpBgQQ/s16000/step18-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Image status after Mini-step 18. </i></td></tr></tbody></table></div>The next question is: Now what? Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-53082111241160889652023-04-19T08:27:00.003-04:002023-04-19T08:27:36.342-04:00Linocut in Progress: No! I have not been kidnapped by aliens!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQFAodByu7UK7dgHdfBv8q4IK_NyHi1OOuYPGj6NRH75EdNUu7L-ddZme3kmeDUAaV6YRGFfgOyV7tMlv_3llc50t4sO1IejrxTCWzYSzdUhc5KPbNtoQOha0OkwhAMfR-03QYs7gbGzrieAxPPdj5gJSy03b0wtjpzdsv_NpQMlNpYBPrcFEZElaXw/s333/rollup-buff.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQFAodByu7UK7dgHdfBv8q4IK_NyHi1OOuYPGj6NRH75EdNUu7L-ddZme3kmeDUAaV6YRGFfgOyV7tMlv_3llc50t4sO1IejrxTCWzYSzdUhc5KPbNtoQOha0OkwhAMfR-03QYs7gbGzrieAxPPdj5gJSy03b0wtjpzdsv_NpQMlNpYBPrcFEZElaXw/w240-h320/rollup-buff.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Neither have I been run over by a truck, nor succumbed to a dread disease, NOR given up on the <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> that was in progress 'way back in February. </p><p>What HAS happened is that I got in a right tangle over it, and with a deadline looming I shifted gears and went to work on something else entirely. And, honestly, I got overwhelmed by many personal and professional things happening simultaneously, so I pulled away from the internets and tried to focus on the tasks at hand. </p><p>I think the best plan will be to return us to the program already in progress before I take you down the side road. Spoiler alert: The "completion" of this current linocut will leave a loose end or two (or three). You'll see what I mean when we get there.</p><p>So let's get back to it, shall we?</p><p>****************</p><p>It's nice to spend some time working in just a small area... rather than over the entire 18 x 18 block, since it takes less time to feel like I'm actually getting somewhere. </p><p>Then again, female mergansers are mostly just brown, which makes them more challenging to represent than their flashy male counterparts. Big, graphic shapes are great for a big, graphic medium. Small and subtle shapes... perhaps not so much.</p><p>But for this stage, at least, I dropped a nice medium brown over the birds, a female and two chicks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr32U8msRT49pa9sIsxvGbmbmsMVtxfaW7Yd2bhMMD1Me4xmNhwAUyMy7wI3HZ-y3e62dpMQuJESkzzzftRYDIEa6gOHRnqmDSBee86RSXhtZmzdBFrxg_MdY9mhhbgklj8k5GPYPgtFhstGD3jE8jRX_CJ-1AiQpcdIvAXqn1Y8Z6JpY8En-igeFyQ/s500/buff%20layer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr32U8msRT49pa9sIsxvGbmbmsMVtxfaW7Yd2bhMMD1Me4xmNhwAUyMy7wI3HZ-y3e62dpMQuJESkzzzftRYDIEa6gOHRnqmDSBee86RSXhtZmzdBFrxg_MdY9mhhbgklj8k5GPYPgtFhstGD3jE8jRX_CJ-1AiQpcdIvAXqn1Y8Z6JpY8En-igeFyQ/s16000/buff%20layer.jpg" /></a></div><br />And here's the overall look: <div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3JCvx91BnfDzDTg9EgnQEsUPoglEF7JjVqd3FEvRusDodge93j_EQX1G4Y5Few6-BmQSj13Y6GWhJ_qUVflEq4eW-9VLPY9-SZQhVXfbRUAGtk2tGHr5mMAoCxUGOd2VB3qCLAb_dynJ61Rhh_hO5niIjXU7NkxSQVzcM5LQGm4srGQ0Wy-3k3X09Q/s501/step16-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3JCvx91BnfDzDTg9EgnQEsUPoglEF7JjVqd3FEvRusDodge93j_EQX1G4Y5Few6-BmQSj13Y6GWhJ_qUVflEq4eW-9VLPY9-SZQhVXfbRUAGtk2tGHr5mMAoCxUGOd2VB3qCLAb_dynJ61Rhh_hO5niIjXU7NkxSQVzcM5LQGm4srGQ0Wy-3k3X09Q/s16000/step16-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mini-step 16 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_-D1JndR4gC7sXm-mLLgH230zr5xbe9ddXTptdh1PFKfTAAUiYd6Po3CgTcHJ1SfF9QH58rKi0C9lpdrYj8KyTZjpywjfu7w4Qj_UdzTZTV_jPQ4Mlm9iLIPgjdU7BsZKo1agaSjJ6QXpDm4dlV_-n4QP2-mBan7c9exVOq8qXYlZKpHy4NfN3LaaQ/s333/gray%20layer.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_-D1JndR4gC7sXm-mLLgH230zr5xbe9ddXTptdh1PFKfTAAUiYd6Po3CgTcHJ1SfF9QH58rKi0C9lpdrYj8KyTZjpywjfu7w4Qj_UdzTZTV_jPQ4Mlm9iLIPgjdU7BsZKo1agaSjJ6QXpDm4dlV_-n4QP2-mBan7c9exVOq8qXYlZKpHy4NfN3LaaQ/w240-h320/gray%20layer.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Okay... not bad. It's nice to see the chicks starting to resolve. But the brown feels a little too.... orange-y? So it was a transparent gray to the rescue.<br /><p></p><p>Maybe rescue is too strong a word. I didn't think I was in (too much) trouble yet. Let's just call it the next logical step in the development of the image, shall we?</p><p>Yes. Let's go with that.</p><p>Here's what it looked like after "Mini-step" 17:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhnPuyNC5DEPzBV0bFDKhHl0m9LKxu1bWW6JaB_tJjJkPiQkNYmrBtS9n-ur9FvZByhyP3cABsfhBmBvhkfqaM0jlvSmWu7C1jB7Xf5Q6Pw-hXU8mS9NZWCPqxpnjG4DahRiWQ57enbTh3xvcCZYGveDP8GcWlmO9Sbxg9CjZs6TZfabwJOiGTal7yw/s500/step17-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhnPuyNC5DEPzBV0bFDKhHl0m9LKxu1bWW6JaB_tJjJkPiQkNYmrBtS9n-ur9FvZByhyP3cABsfhBmBvhkfqaM0jlvSmWu7C1jB7Xf5Q6Pw-hXU8mS9NZWCPqxpnjG4DahRiWQ57enbTh3xvcCZYGveDP8GcWlmO9Sbxg9CjZs6TZfabwJOiGTal7yw/s16000/step17-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mini-step 17 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>I still have about a million misgivings about this entire image, but the only thing to do is keep plowing forward. Stay tuned! I promise the next installment is coming soon!<p></p></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-41418260400374376332023-02-28T20:11:00.002-05:002023-02-28T20:11:24.965-05:00Linocut in Progress: Birdy bits<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6peyqWKSdWY6fDe8kbRnIIOax7wFozhSUzTw5XLSDANfmIi_FUBWhyfSchsDnRqgfjx1NT2z_VuayANIYtzxmC8w07kUhZGp5eaxw2HcDjN0xcverpLSKYYBii5w4cOD4Q-lwEgxHJ5RMftPO_Ym1pDI6cCQNMj4_dM98PtKOXpsgAV64UwAXYsNA2A/s500/step%2013%20rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6peyqWKSdWY6fDe8kbRnIIOax7wFozhSUzTw5XLSDANfmIi_FUBWhyfSchsDnRqgfjx1NT2z_VuayANIYtzxmC8w07kUhZGp5eaxw2HcDjN0xcverpLSKYYBii5w4cOD4Q-lwEgxHJ5RMftPO_Ym1pDI6cCQNMj4_dM98PtKOXpsgAV64UwAXYsNA2A/s16000/step%2013%20rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Linocut in progress: Step 12? Maybe?</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>So here's the thing....</p><p>I have been doing so many passes on this current linocut... most of which have involved various iterations of gray and blue and green... that I have completely lost track of where I am. For example, I have this photo of a rollup with grays and blues... but I'll be darned if I can figure out if I have a photo of the result of this color pass. I might have forgotten to take one.</p><p>Obviously, it's beyond time to take a break from all these crazy grasses and start doing something with the inhabitants of our weedy pond.</p><p>There are some fiddly little bits to work on, and while this sort of work is usually something I tend to avoid, I am ready for some steps that take less time to envision and execute. </p><p>So let's spot ink a few bits of birds! The adult bird has a wee bit of yellow in her bill, and the chick(s! Yes, there are two of them!) have some sort of buffy color in the lower half of their faces. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9MtNh3WCSpvieSs8jiRNPLwOVF4X3VOsp9JUxxnK1g6ppCWzf2dsdmrsqxTMDurSVyRdZ4Y__j-v7vxm-flOR_ed9v6L0vy-zy5SG74GzQTYyqBulxpRw71gTv7AxhK0ZoY2vQMqBbJnqzf1QlTr8fjfZMhAAMRAWabMV3hFz-MjkQmbMLI_XJaDRA/s500/detail1-rollup-close.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9MtNh3WCSpvieSs8jiRNPLwOVF4X3VOsp9JUxxnK1g6ppCWzf2dsdmrsqxTMDurSVyRdZ4Y__j-v7vxm-flOR_ed9v6L0vy-zy5SG74GzQTYyqBulxpRw71gTv7AxhK0ZoY2vQMqBbJnqzf1QlTr8fjfZMhAAMRAWabMV3hFz-MjkQmbMLI_XJaDRA/s16000/detail1-rollup-close.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Linocut in progress</a>: Mini-step 13 spot inking</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Easy enough to roll up, but this messy sort of inking will affect the ink layers to come, so I will also need a mask.</p><p>This one is cut from plain newsprint. It's not too fussy, just enough to get that color roughly where it needs to be while protecting the rest of the print. The ink lines on the paper are guides to show me where to place the mask each time. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yIfapdXgb0sX5Ni4kjBrk5eVP09yGQuzaQSZ1KtNXUzc1UCNDi6vCrE93tApEbSd6aWSBvOfWSKUOK0NTtcm709Kta1hQSzZkRLrm_eXtz9DVmxr5mHBcNmjHuact33G9zcf9XyD1guzJnYZcI3BqdaLYDhuMSWoXh9tp7vyoO71jpEf8olYvWVzVg/s500/detail1-mask.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yIfapdXgb0sX5Ni4kjBrk5eVP09yGQuzaQSZ1KtNXUzc1UCNDi6vCrE93tApEbSd6aWSBvOfWSKUOK0NTtcm709Kta1hQSzZkRLrm_eXtz9DVmxr5mHBcNmjHuact33G9zcf9XyD1guzJnYZcI3BqdaLYDhuMSWoXh9tp7vyoO71jpEf8olYvWVzVg/s16000/detail1-mask.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mini-step 13 mask</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Here's a detail of the result:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYyBslX1498wMLSUnRk6bKzNcB1uLzQBpJ30s8lqYIXcMA9f-qFEX54K8p7xF1kxBNqsIWZQot5tVCrYjx4IXoA8nKwophwHFTYEoVaGzM5zWWfwHmVsXkaf_Wk0X2KId5ZmS9QfnV5YnbYcBHVVy8IEhbQuVEhmyacXSxBowSRl4Z-JFYJn6JDUBNnQ/s500/step12-print-detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYyBslX1498wMLSUnRk6bKzNcB1uLzQBpJ30s8lqYIXcMA9f-qFEX54K8p7xF1kxBNqsIWZQot5tVCrYjx4IXoA8nKwophwHFTYEoVaGzM5zWWfwHmVsXkaf_Wk0X2KId5ZmS9QfnV5YnbYcBHVVy8IEhbQuVEhmyacXSxBowSRl4Z-JFYJn6JDUBNnQ/s16000/step12-print-detail.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mini-step 13 printed detail</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And a look at the print overall:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwJ55P_YO1lGATMNBXgTFV-k3rPkXdxfhx6dVdynMQCGNPrRFZtatSOgo1MDFQeROv2W2DSlbwAtNcd337cA_WOrCTl4LvMTzJsosSt-VD1QArhcTZUmPQBsqqPWIlHtKArodce1c7mFw687PAWVR1hx0Pg8inScaS0vfUjooTm-OF2g7z7VDRpyPHA/s504/step12-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwJ55P_YO1lGATMNBXgTFV-k3rPkXdxfhx6dVdynMQCGNPrRFZtatSOgo1MDFQeROv2W2DSlbwAtNcd337cA_WOrCTl4LvMTzJsosSt-VD1QArhcTZUmPQBsqqPWIlHtKArodce1c7mFw687PAWVR1hx0Pg8inScaS0vfUjooTm-OF2g7z7VDRpyPHA/s16000/step12-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mini-step 13- printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Now that I am committed to making some progress on the birds, things are going fairly quickly. I think there was gray color pass that went over the entire block... but maybe not. As I said, I've lost track. I do have photos of some of the little "mini-passes" that have started to build up the birds:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9ysbwpVCW_0_G9b1Wh-lLd-lc1-FaPzMFH5LAtz3dNK9XXYkm7C3pR-UARQXFC18iiYdgEdKlpQWz164tn_SDXWzLoltXKC2EiuMjbKOkiFrlZITCoeJuv3Rqb6CCVeL_aRWd16-x0fN8WJxCRMRPHwVyUCO4641wpQ4RDqR_5WfS5iUv9H3qPg2vw/s500/Mini13-detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9ysbwpVCW_0_G9b1Wh-lLd-lc1-FaPzMFH5LAtz3dNK9XXYkm7C3pR-UARQXFC18iiYdgEdKlpQWz164tn_SDXWzLoltXKC2EiuMjbKOkiFrlZITCoeJuv3Rqb6CCVeL_aRWd16-x0fN8WJxCRMRPHwVyUCO4641wpQ4RDqR_5WfS5iUv9H3qPg2vw/s16000/Mini13-detail.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mini-step 14</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIrDquLyrcFKZQ7NzWrpbrLZS0nkN7ZAyPxlJ2xR70VXFu4o5mCJhMuOkAgcLZyM6pU9uEnBi18mna4S6CG7U3JxGAd3PiT8udfSoPp3f5ajyWWrxWF6YYfiqDTr7BfN6bNBJKIB7u8SOQbupM1w8RGDg0jNhq_SvkaXG0lfOOpsM8OuZ6j2h5YeCdw/s333/mini-14-mask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIrDquLyrcFKZQ7NzWrpbrLZS0nkN7ZAyPxlJ2xR70VXFu4o5mCJhMuOkAgcLZyM6pU9uEnBi18mna4S6CG7U3JxGAd3PiT8udfSoPp3f5ajyWWrxWF6YYfiqDTr7BfN6bNBJKIB7u8SOQbupM1w8RGDg0jNhq_SvkaXG0lfOOpsM8OuZ6j2h5YeCdw/s320/mini-14-mask.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Aha! You thought I was joking when I said there were two chicks in this image, but I would never joke about a thing like that. Now we can at least see where they are! We can also see a few "halos," places where inexact masking let some color creep into edges where it's not wanted, but I didn't worry about this when I was printing earlier stages because I knew that the later details of these birds would cover those halos with dark ink in another color. You'll just have to trust me on this one.<div><br /></div><div>Now that I've mapped out the basic shapes of these birds (specifically, where the beaks, heads, and eyes are), it's time to figure out how to suggest some details. </div><div><br /></div><div>In real life I think that merganser chicks this small have some whitish spots on them... but I've made the rather controversial (in my own mind, at least) decision to leave them out. At this size and this (implied) distance I don't think they would be easily seen in the wild, and in the print I think they would only confuse things and look like mistakes rather than field marks. </div><div><br /></div><div>ANYWAY... The next mini step made me laugh... since the small mask I used on the female's head looked like a bad wig. Her crest needs to be more brown than gray, so why let extraneous gray in to that area?</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4q8sB6xjDt074hMb3cjDUWVRXZ9_pdEhq-yJnkYwj7fji0y_FSfilctz2efgNYbpfRbrUP6FgxKXBZ8P2LbOse1M7eCfxb3v9-fk7AEU8qiXama8tfY1dQXb07uRbb_EmPh33ByUlSt3um8dEFqB_dUbtxJralD4ZP55h7DYTmqWapQ-O0pDBlZGow/s500/mini14-detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4q8sB6xjDt074hMb3cjDUWVRXZ9_pdEhq-yJnkYwj7fji0y_FSfilctz2efgNYbpfRbrUP6FgxKXBZ8P2LbOse1M7eCfxb3v9-fk7AEU8qiXama8tfY1dQXb07uRbb_EmPh33ByUlSt3um8dEFqB_dUbtxJralD4ZP55h7DYTmqWapQ-O0pDBlZGow/s16000/mini14-detail.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mini-step 15</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p>Whew. That's enough for one day, don't you think? In truth I've already done a couple more of these mini-passes, but you don't expect me to show you everything all at once, do you? Where's the fun in that?</p><p>Stay tuned....</p></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-22208170562638215272023-02-20T11:17:00.000-05:002023-02-20T11:17:18.440-05:00Linocut in Progress: Okay... what, now?Progress continues to be slow on the current <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">reduction linocut</a>, but there IS progress. <div><br /></div><div>I'm still struggling with the balance of blues and greens, so of course for the next color pass I went all out... There's a bright green blended to blue in the lower third, a straight blue across the middle, and a gray-to-blue blend in the upper third of the image.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpMKapespNcXxQKICxN95OTx5OoAw6iJJXEmdsYBl2RD3gpDHtKldqYYBzpqhIPrfWoG0y-do2Qq9g_mnyuHqqZ_Wy583qwN9jKtoLnRYTOVzqMUJePD942MbcY-JRoAKifA2BSVB6TdbA62mWoUPhlTmF2nIiLGXUMO2vOD2S8Xa6VF8Vxg6RRQAEw/s500/step10-rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpMKapespNcXxQKICxN95OTx5OoAw6iJJXEmdsYBl2RD3gpDHtKldqYYBzpqhIPrfWoG0y-do2Qq9g_mnyuHqqZ_Wy583qwN9jKtoLnRYTOVzqMUJePD942MbcY-JRoAKifA2BSVB6TdbA62mWoUPhlTmF2nIiLGXUMO2vOD2S8Xa6VF8Vxg6RRQAEw/s16000/step10-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Reduction linocut</a> in progress: Step 10 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All that bright color looks SO alarming in the rollup! But remember... these are transparent colors, so they will be affected by everything else underneath them.</p><p>Like this...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0ObSrCqX20_NN9O1Syu_FLsTS0TYxc45Kv0uu824pHWHC4kRegvhcT8rwIrtHqeuVWgV_ZN9oncR5gWDmAvzJsyyBRe4gB8DlWHCaTAL8T9mNpitRFaUmbb9tau60a2aD6EsJ5iraIhGoF6VmDYSEVjKvVqJ5Vaav0hMs2abVwJy2Pqrb-LknvtZtw/s504/step10-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0ObSrCqX20_NN9O1Syu_FLsTS0TYxc45Kv0uu824pHWHC4kRegvhcT8rwIrtHqeuVWgV_ZN9oncR5gWDmAvzJsyyBRe4gB8DlWHCaTAL8T9mNpitRFaUmbb9tau60a2aD6EsJ5iraIhGoF6VmDYSEVjKvVqJ5Vaav0hMs2abVwJy2Pqrb-LknvtZtw/s16000/step10-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 10 printed</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Okay, phew. I think we're finally getting somewhere. I think the grasses are close to being finished, which is good because I really need to get those birds sorted out!</p><p>But not yet. Here's the rollup for Step 11. Yes, eleven, and I'm still messing around with the grasses. But at least the color is getting more simple. A straight blue and a straight gray...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HgJqoLzxwPRctKVRZiCJv64r9O5T7-uIm7PyAlwPrR6pYjsmDHzaXjMipyFz_lkIH_n6cVjxpSr7Lg3cIct1pMpOhRUPjOPgvMk-T_3gkDq76ZjXoyguA5ZnwnlcjCrmRtf4cJVS7-0LDnjJspjsJAQ9c-l2gq8tyV7N02NbZcjuwxE9ree8Fln8PA/s500/step11-rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HgJqoLzxwPRctKVRZiCJv64r9O5T7-uIm7PyAlwPrR6pYjsmDHzaXjMipyFz_lkIH_n6cVjxpSr7Lg3cIct1pMpOhRUPjOPgvMk-T_3gkDq76ZjXoyguA5ZnwnlcjCrmRtf4cJVS7-0LDnjJspjsJAQ9c-l2gq8tyV7N02NbZcjuwxE9ree8Fln8PA/s16000/step11-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 11 rollup<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwHH3shTKunUjiC0owySW7iLN0nWo5i9DLUQD4qaAhnu86dbkkPCKa2PEVXAOqv_cKo2Zz2bozfNKakMg6oqK-4k2HDG9Chk03y-h61ogJaiMpMv0qLPwCysghPDFJkuAuFZ_tYzcSN-kswX7Pjw05Fg8_wlMII6b3ZWPfIlXdEgGgXY1LdF2Qa8UxQ/s504/step11-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwHH3shTKunUjiC0owySW7iLN0nWo5i9DLUQD4qaAhnu86dbkkPCKa2PEVXAOqv_cKo2Zz2bozfNKakMg6oqK-4k2HDG9Chk03y-h61ogJaiMpMv0qLPwCysghPDFJkuAuFZ_tYzcSN-kswX7Pjw05Fg8_wlMII6b3ZWPfIlXdEgGgXY1LdF2Qa8UxQ/s16000/step11-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 11 printed!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Yes, I think the background is really getting close now. The upper third is 95% done... maybe just a few more tiny darks at the final stage, but I'm going to take most of the material out of that portion of the block now. The grasses in the center third are mostly done, also... it's just that I still want to get the darkest bits of the water to look a bit more blue.</div><div><br /></div><div>The bottom third will have a few more darker shapes, but it, too is getting close. Which is a good thing, because 11 layers of ink are a LOT. Many layers of ink can add unwanted texture to a print, which can make it hard for subsequent layers to adhere. Also... drying times can get soooooo slow... subsequent passes can slide... or reject... or even pull up bits of paper if ink is too tacky. </div><div><br /></div><div>Which is why I have been doing a lot of stripping.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wait, what? <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdrRIxNOLISvW-f3CuM0H6LWNI5Rfh54AR8-r4H0qF787zKFktCIuKgA2Ew_U7WIJyIg3Z_BgU4Ti7PkVV7lQZmWujHN2r7XjnY_pylRY1YO3CVLC9UPiDmNHKsPov1ryan50ZDpFHHTjDXEMpqJ9TCG6wXkcp204AXW4B5RfSHI7phviy-dwDls0dA/s500/stripping.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdrRIxNOLISvW-f3CuM0H6LWNI5Rfh54AR8-r4H0qF787zKFktCIuKgA2Ew_U7WIJyIg3Z_BgU4Ti7PkVV7lQZmWujHN2r7XjnY_pylRY1YO3CVLC9UPiDmNHKsPov1ryan50ZDpFHHTjDXEMpqJ9TCG6wXkcp204AXW4B5RfSHI7phviy-dwDls0dA/s16000/stripping.jpg" /></a></div><p>Yes, stripping. When I print a new color pass, I immediately take a sheet of clean newsprint, place it over the wet print, and rub it with my palm. This lifts excess color but doesn't remove it entirely. It does tend to lighten the newly-printed color a bit, so the contrast is less strong, but it speeds up drying time and evens out the print surface a bit. I don't always do it, but on this particular print I started using the technique after maybe the third color pass. One more step to an already-many-stepped process, but you do what you have to do, eh?</p><p>So. Goals for the next color pass: Finish the water. Finish the grasses? Define some details of the birds! There are a few light shapes that will probably have to be masked in before I can get to the details, which will be mostly gray and brown. Onward!</p></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-43481954886061005742023-02-15T10:05:00.000-05:002023-02-15T10:05:56.625-05:00Linocut in Progress: Creative cliffs and carving confusion<p>Nope, I haven't fallen off the face of the planet, although some days it definitely feels like I'm hanging on by my fingernails. It certainly doesn't help that I feel like I'm on a printmaking cliff with the current <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">reduction linocut</a> in progress. I move a little bit forward and then spend a long time pacing back and forth, staring into the abyss.</p><p>Which seems a bit dramatic for something that ultimately will be just ink and paper, but, hey. It's where I'm at right now. </p><p>Part of my utterly convoluted path is driven by attempts to accomplish somewhat conflicting tasks with each color pass. I've already mentioned the challenge of horizontal shapes of one color that intersect with vertical shapes of another color. I'm also trying to increase contrast and color in some sections of the block (namely the lower third) while keeping the color and value range quiet in other sections (namely the upper third).... while also keeping it all coherent. I don't want the finished image to look like a parfait of unrelated color bands. </p><p>(sigh) Remember the good ol' days of single color prints?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguazxNpU5l2mJ-nzbS9bU0j81LUnbD1EmWas2VZJ0Y-6T31rh0_rgxemNKlS_0iwFCTOH41oqauwRhUkrW_vAEU4bfOzhDFieKOgSr2vbzmY0r5d_VZ82XaKVeJv-ljw2bpvFkNktNdZn884xAI4ciDTvDmeX4HBn5OnwVSYkPrVM8P9bkg574EM-vkQ/s500/Step8-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguazxNpU5l2mJ-nzbS9bU0j81LUnbD1EmWas2VZJ0Y-6T31rh0_rgxemNKlS_0iwFCTOH41oqauwRhUkrW_vAEU4bfOzhDFieKOgSr2vbzmY0r5d_VZ82XaKVeJv-ljw2bpvFkNktNdZn884xAI4ciDTvDmeX4HBn5OnwVSYkPrVM8P9bkg574EM-vkQ/s16000/Step8-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Linocut in progress: Step 8 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />So here we are with the rollup for Step 8, a good example of me getting in the weeds. Literally. <div><br /></div><div>In the top of the image I want to add another subtle value without adding color. Okay. A transparent gray. But I will ultimately want the bases of those same grasses to have a <i>little</i> more color and contrast to help them settle into the whole image, so I want to keep them in a green range. That's a blend for the larger roller, gray-to-green, which can then be flipped around to cover the middle section.<div><br /></div><div>In the foreground I want a little <i>more</i> contrast and warmer color, so that calls for a more browny-gray rolled across the bottom edge. Separate brayer.</div><div><br /></div><div>Add of course I'm still masking the birds. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OYltpapXNGeGsYxp3mwka_H-c0RQgUVFPqOJ2wHn8XQPUgz-xeuq3f1fWqpOX3NWHPtxbfFzyxqtcFgtUMBCxyaSwT5mw1DxoEwkBBhyGaQS3rLMXFQ8-7h_g8r1_jNe7pOzyMFi6E38PeY0IykpbnLvAFM3si7u68tsJcIsNoOdzz4rkrs9cN6s-Q/s505/step8-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OYltpapXNGeGsYxp3mwka_H-c0RQgUVFPqOJ2wHn8XQPUgz-xeuq3f1fWqpOX3NWHPtxbfFzyxqtcFgtUMBCxyaSwT5mw1DxoEwkBBhyGaQS3rLMXFQ8-7h_g8r1_jNe7pOzyMFi6E38PeY0IykpbnLvAFM3si7u68tsJcIsNoOdzz4rkrs9cN6s-Q/s16000/step8-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 8 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Okay, onward.</p><p>At this point I REALLY wanted to get that last dark blue into the water so I could take out all those horizontal shapes in the middle and be done with them. So I decided to just be brave and mix up a dark blue, as well as a darker dull green.</p><p>It was a disaster. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhkS8YQsWW7PSks5oq12SKqGdeM4oRRovnhmSoUok3GxXvPGbY-386n7TUumAKkPhT1ZgMA5G-KGWFbtb5jkp3BSaYg_JK2DHbGN0548IiVG4EqaJn-dUz58Tm2tTd6Fi5sEIa7rxnGQd09gUwxTIMZn_KEnwyar1pZ2gkLhN22WVvNe20PziLZMjOQ/s647/badcolor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhkS8YQsWW7PSks5oq12SKqGdeM4oRRovnhmSoUok3GxXvPGbY-386n7TUumAKkPhT1ZgMA5G-KGWFbtb5jkp3BSaYg_JK2DHbGN0548IiVG4EqaJn-dUz58Tm2tTd6Fi5sEIa7rxnGQd09gUwxTIMZn_KEnwyar1pZ2gkLhN22WVvNe20PziLZMjOQ/s16000/badcolor.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>When good color goes bad</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I hated everything about this. Nothing to do but clean up <i>everything</i> and start over. Block. Rollers. Ink slab. More than an hour to reset it all.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nujWnBrZp5ApU3zMgyHrP0ucedJtf2qESkLqxt2aw_eikHE9ORN96Y7G1NqmPUn4jXZIcGo3LnZJXXYbEJT40fDFdhTv5FXyKsWT2SwA3LTa04NEuSXI88MYaclp4iYGTZFiavB0F8PkIDlA0Es7zIsMeniY8IMe0VNdWCUKxWZPWP9Sn4yz4VQ5Sg/s500/step9-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nujWnBrZp5ApU3zMgyHrP0ucedJtf2qESkLqxt2aw_eikHE9ORN96Y7G1NqmPUn4jXZIcGo3LnZJXXYbEJT40fDFdhTv5FXyKsWT2SwA3LTa04NEuSXI88MYaclp4iYGTZFiavB0F8PkIDlA0Es7zIsMeniY8IMe0VNdWCUKxWZPWP9Sn4yz4VQ5Sg/s16000/step9-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 9 rollup</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I decided that I needed to get those green grasses across the center established more before I could move on to the final blue. Ugh. Will this never end?</div><div><br /></div><div>The warm gray/brown color from my previous attempt was just too dark, so I added more transparency. I also made rich olive-y green that I blended with it on the larger brayer. Rolled across the top, then flipped to roll across the bottom. Plain green on the smaller brayer across the middle.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyKe-mtSzU14ORpVrdhtowq9P7bpHn-rroBU8JIci98xweLUIHNNlpAKStsOOsPgByuIferW4czO8C2gJ0r-oEnnTUvv7kI7DSKPOaRX-jWAvY09NjoEOxo7dicLzn1Ta-KQW5JlbIjTrrKZxCslX6knJvkRMosYPjCrOZx3BjHjf15s46-gyPxovSA/s500/step9-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyKe-mtSzU14ORpVrdhtowq9P7bpHn-rroBU8JIci98xweLUIHNNlpAKStsOOsPgByuIferW4czO8C2gJ0r-oEnnTUvv7kI7DSKPOaRX-jWAvY09NjoEOxo7dicLzn1Ta-KQW5JlbIjTrrKZxCslX6knJvkRMosYPjCrOZx3BjHjf15s46-gyPxovSA/s16000/step9-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 9 printed</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Okay. It's better, color and value-wise. Surely I'm making some progress now, although of course it all still feels too green. </div><div><br /></div><div>But look at the block now. It is a confusing mess. How am I going to keep track of what I need to carve away next?<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8neFFYmN8eFdrut7bXpSf5ORM2y-9Cq348S7XziOOzPD8nsPMe85HdS974x6yBliKyLkQ7ouUDMjG6MBx_oTC3bYu4U0bJX0MEqxCAanTA1P-sqnWIBB1c8Nar-CfM-ba9SuG81yWdV_ZA0Qtdg_9KFKBMNcxUuyywJVzh1UVl_H6Hl7nuNSOIBmpYg/s667/waitwhat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8neFFYmN8eFdrut7bXpSf5ORM2y-9Cq348S7XziOOzPD8nsPMe85HdS974x6yBliKyLkQ7ouUDMjG6MBx_oTC3bYu4U0bJX0MEqxCAanTA1P-sqnWIBB1c8Nar-CfM-ba9SuG81yWdV_ZA0Qtdg_9KFKBMNcxUuyywJVzh1UVl_H6Hl7nuNSOIBmpYg/s16000/waitwhat.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Do you know what I'm supposed to carve out now? Me, neither.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>Aha! Have I ever shown you a MAP?</div><div><br /></div><div>People ask me all the time how I keep track of what I am supposed to be carving, and my answer is usually that I make it up as I go along. (Which is true.) I have a drawing on the block... I look at what I've printed so far... I look at my reference drawings and photos and whatever else I'm using and I make decisions about what to carve away next. </div><div><br /></div><div>But every once in a while that seat-of-my-pants method comes back to bite me in... well... the seat of my pants. Or what is IN the seat of my pants. You know what I mean.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's at times like this that I am super happy to put a little technology to work for me. I take a photo of the print at its current stage. I download it to my computer and flip the photo horizontally so I am looking at the current stage of the print<i> in the orientation of the block. </i>Because, remember– The print itself is a mirror image of what I'm carving on the block.</div><div><i><br /></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOv4JyifYCyCf3jb_izQCwCdrkepVxfdMzPBDvYpVRzoLZtYl6Oh3VntdhkdYfZn5hNraJNTGpHI6W5V3LJs2RJ3d9ljuQPOSzEs7sSt3VNstWD7hgk1UJ1Ejk_j3IP58YiP6iaJb7j5E4NIVTgAcYLxGZGHG56jBa_E4WIEg60e8VGsMoJjAf8XSrQ/s667/coloredpencilmarkup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOv4JyifYCyCf3jb_izQCwCdrkepVxfdMzPBDvYpVRzoLZtYl6Oh3VntdhkdYfZn5hNraJNTGpHI6W5V3LJs2RJ3d9ljuQPOSzEs7sSt3VNstWD7hgk1UJ1Ejk_j3IP58YiP6iaJb7j5E4NIVTgAcYLxGZGHG56jBa_E4WIEg60e8VGsMoJjAf8XSrQ/s16000/coloredpencilmarkup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Making a carving map</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>My flipped photo is then computer-printed (not printmaker-printed) onto paper. The color doesn't usually match that great, but it doesn't matter. I get out the colored pencils and draw on my printout... and since I'm adding darker marks to the page, these bits that I am drawing indicate the parts of the block that I will KEEP for the next stage of printing. Everything else will get carved away. </p><p>Whew. I hope that makes sense!</p></div>On we go. Will I finally get to add some blue in the next color pass? It's a mystery to all of us, quite frankly. A real (<i>ahem</i>)... cliffhanger. Stay tuned.</div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-88231666312159811762023-01-23T11:57:00.002-05:002023-01-23T11:57:25.601-05:00Linocut in Progress: Not looking like much! <p>The current <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> in progress is an odd one, to be sure. It seems like I carve and carve for hours, and then when I print it barely looks any different than the previous color pass. Am I in some sort of weird loop in the space-time continuum? </p><p>Don't believe me? Take a look at this:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHyg_3m896XtXwdp5VXcxStavq9N1XEfldj0-hM-LXh0q-SGROaWpGNauNeILS2mJvKqKeQAOKDmhpKFzHZLRHbLFZ41EiAubJetIjSH0qsgK1G4LSdJ0Q7ykD6yBiz7LBrvGv9-6RfW7LaORLSE90b6Z6CDqS-R_LA3mKMiS8Llf7ZrLrCCqwcQyVQ/s500/step6-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHyg_3m896XtXwdp5VXcxStavq9N1XEfldj0-hM-LXh0q-SGROaWpGNauNeILS2mJvKqKeQAOKDmhpKFzHZLRHbLFZ41EiAubJetIjSH0qsgK1G4LSdJ0Q7ykD6yBiz7LBrvGv9-6RfW7LaORLSE90b6Z6CDqS-R_LA3mKMiS8Llf7ZrLrCCqwcQyVQ/s16000/step6-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Blues! Nothing but blue ink, over the entire block. Of course these are transparent blues, so the greens will still look green. Like this:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3QMs5Z0XUUSkr1yT_z37G6naqoOsooFUDKDo-BVzfzicvze_WcuuRQLUg0Xq_PS1DIQlr3KBO95cCt_xXo8ytVqpflxgpGLWg7KEuILtCVhdOFLCGMXeho51-WuDbbqX-8HrgkjuiDqsuA9dWvty13iN2_VZ4yCn-zBBD7rPmIjpMX0eBZbRBvWetw/s500/Step6-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3QMs5Z0XUUSkr1yT_z37G6naqoOsooFUDKDo-BVzfzicvze_WcuuRQLUg0Xq_PS1DIQlr3KBO95cCt_xXo8ytVqpflxgpGLWg7KEuILtCVhdOFLCGMXeho51-WuDbbqX-8HrgkjuiDqsuA9dWvty13iN2_VZ4yCn-zBBD7rPmIjpMX0eBZbRBvWetw/s16000/Step6-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>See? It all still looks very much like the previous two or three passes. But I was feeling pretty good about everything at this point... although still troubled by what to do about the grasses in across the middle that are still blue. But, hey. Carve now. Worry about color later.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgats6xukzcGT-esn77eYQpWlw6cMIfnH8SDi5vCxjMaQeUGyRHnsnZF8xjpMh-E34LQkBcR4kUSHjquoYnEZNJnVCpNC6R9s6e_OBdo7V0T6rKldeiybB9V5i7tpr30DER2t01OvgVbsjx83UyUS7YpCRbeIflDKQl3QOcLlTJo4q2j4KCv09hLY58jQ/s500/step7-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgats6xukzcGT-esn77eYQpWlw6cMIfnH8SDi5vCxjMaQeUGyRHnsnZF8xjpMh-E34LQkBcR4kUSHjquoYnEZNJnVCpNC6R9s6e_OBdo7V0T6rKldeiybB9V5i7tpr30DER2t01OvgVbsjx83UyUS7YpCRbeIflDKQl3QOcLlTJo4q2j4KCv09hLY58jQ/s16000/step7-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 7 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>But of course I did have to worry about color eventually. I've an idea now that I'd like to keep the background grasses less contrasty than the foreground... so had an idea that I could use a green-to-gray blended roll to keep the background grasses green, darker the blues of the center section... and then keep the tips of the foreground grasses light while darkening the bases of them. And there's NO blue ink in this color pass.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9RxTJamZf-FE-wiJR7Usco0qxc8NTd0Z99Rbv8q4E3GmlCfHz1aSW6IvJzAQEMbuL5Hmo_9bRWH8SC0DxGvsuD9XA4HW10RmgU-sRUQ4a5GD1RGOsZj8Y_NydyR4uGys1TbW_Y6789CbTpRtlUiBLcXShQJFmztI_0_kpd3OuoKwMYdggIcGCSbKcA/s502/step7-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9RxTJamZf-FE-wiJR7Usco0qxc8NTd0Z99Rbv8q4E3GmlCfHz1aSW6IvJzAQEMbuL5Hmo_9bRWH8SC0DxGvsuD9XA4HW10RmgU-sRUQ4a5GD1RGOsZj8Y_NydyR4uGys1TbW_Y6789CbTpRtlUiBLcXShQJFmztI_0_kpd3OuoKwMYdggIcGCSbKcA/s16000/step7-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 7 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>See what I mean? Although if you flip back and forth you <i>will</i> be able to see the subtle differences.<p></p><p>So now it's back to carving again. The things that are bouncing around in my head as I do this?</p><p>- It's probably time to start some carving to define the bird(s). </p><p>- Will one more transparent gray finish off the background grasses in a suitable way?</p><p>- How MUCH contrast should I aim for in the foreground grasses? And should the next color pass be of warmer temperature?</p><p>- How will I resolve the water/grass intersections in the center portion of the image? I think there's only one more little bit of dark blue value to go, so can I get away with shifting to some paler greens first? Or should I go ahead and do the dark blue across the entire center, then carve away the last of the water, and probably have to resort to using some more opaque color in the grasses there? Will this opacity look out of place when everything else is so transparent and luminous? </p><p>So many questions! </p><p>But, as before... the first thing to do is carve away the areas that I know I would like to remain the color they are, so I'll solve the what-to-put-on-top-of-it questions later. (I did mention that avoidance was one of my better skills, right?)</p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-72132353775876430042023-01-16T10:01:00.003-05:002023-01-16T10:01:00.187-05:00Linocut in Progress: Thinking about the little things....<p>Okay. Music-facing time is imminent. Actual thinking is required, and there's no way around it anymore. Problems with the current <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> in progress must be solved.</p><p>But first! Let's add some more color! Because although resolving the green-across-the-middle issue <i>is</i> still an issue, brightening of the top and bottom of the image seemed like a good way to dodge the problem for one more color pass. </p><p>But slow down, there! One thing we do NOT want to do is put more color layers on the bird(s), where they will only complicate later needs. Time to cut some masks.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWszC4zM4N02LziIjFk1CRDM2hL_7PEYluAlViUrjlRk0TqHpVekeXPPPpZIRhgca0vtM_kvXbyY6XaRXU853xFz9mEi1asTIZnkKJTlwkbcATDpkMwnW3UBP6gZRWIlFpTJwhWhVZ3mtG1US3Af2RRuS3LgH8dOBRqTpigOoF8zbF2V1srv9GHZ3IvA/s500/masks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWszC4zM4N02LziIjFk1CRDM2hL_7PEYluAlViUrjlRk0TqHpVekeXPPPpZIRhgca0vtM_kvXbyY6XaRXU853xFz9mEi1asTIZnkKJTlwkbcATDpkMwnW3UBP6gZRWIlFpTJwhWhVZ3mtG1US3Af2RRuS3LgH8dOBRqTpigOoF8zbF2V1srv9GHZ3IvA/s16000/masks.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Making masks</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It's just a bird shape, right? Shouldn't be too complicated. But of course there are some blades of grass that DO want some more color in them, so those areas need to be left printable. What we have here are four individual little pieces that must be cut out (x 24) and placed on the block for each print pass. (Remember Sherrie's mantra: That will make things more complicated and tedious? Let's go there!)</p><p>It's difficult to tell from the photo, but to make the masks I put a piece of clear acetate over the block and traced the shapes onto it. I then used this for a pattern to transfer the shapes to newsprint. In the end I think I cut 14 of each of the shapes, because most of the time I was able to use the same mask on two prints in a row. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_thkCaOmRk_0d0jWCS2KHISn3dKrgMwJepJAidM_cLiJjf-cYczy5-tNDvq6K01tKwLCW_y9CauVpJGVGNlTUSXu-I9YzjHHnH4tC0sdSKEg74lhOL0KWRkAhkcDxevQ7l64hDzEkLbTA1y4oAAMzc1Cl79Kasck-yPMtETvWz4NZxa6fM5_ZOaimQ/s500/step5-rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_thkCaOmRk_0d0jWCS2KHISn3dKrgMwJepJAidM_cLiJjf-cYczy5-tNDvq6K01tKwLCW_y9CauVpJGVGNlTUSXu-I9YzjHHnH4tC0sdSKEg74lhOL0KWRkAhkcDxevQ7l64hDzEkLbTA1y4oAAMzc1Cl79Kasck-yPMtETvWz4NZxa6fM5_ZOaimQ/s16000/step5-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 5 rollup with masks in place</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Here's the inked block on the press with masks in place:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha06cj6-Fgcx_8Ahy0SALoUM0IhPcbbVD9TzftqS6Ze-FgtGl_FoeuthvFnnwesVTo88tUroxtCF9UUzQV9pFsiqzbOOyf2xPc2klO9poO6YD2ihbqitihkXLNboNlb0012MpdalAPHln_DNvX6kmbdDRTD0_iz72R48htNbqbbK7df8TNt02Ti6Gntw/s500/step5-press.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha06cj6-Fgcx_8Ahy0SALoUM0IhPcbbVD9TzftqS6Ze-FgtGl_FoeuthvFnnwesVTo88tUroxtCF9UUzQV9pFsiqzbOOyf2xPc2klO9poO6YD2ihbqitihkXLNboNlb0012MpdalAPHln_DNvX6kmbdDRTD0_iz72R48htNbqbbK7df8TNt02Ti6Gntw/s16000/step5-press.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>On the press</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And here's the Step 5 print:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaZt_unrv-_tUkhL4DWGKof0LCZ7KYk369_Kpu-UoF-QgFqXrXSS-JsehgAaX1316aco7Y7SjU_ua9QuS9Pz2NeqkMkJFVzKBsz4NqxNQc2JzvO7DdxHAMdk5C25pfTWvJylV4viG2MSL62K8orf0VkJxkI8_2kRtcLW6s6KPpKc-M9AGW2l28MgCuA/s500/step5-printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaZt_unrv-_tUkhL4DWGKof0LCZ7KYk369_Kpu-UoF-QgFqXrXSS-JsehgAaX1316aco7Y7SjU_ua9QuS9Pz2NeqkMkJFVzKBsz4NqxNQc2JzvO7DdxHAMdk5C25pfTWvJylV4viG2MSL62K8orf0VkJxkI8_2kRtcLW6s6KPpKc-M9AGW2l28MgCuA/s16000/step5-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Linocut</a> in progress: Step 5 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Okay. That's pretty good... although I am aware that masking the bird(s) is going to be a thing for a little while longer. At least until I can get the greens-across-the-middle problem solved. </p><p>But oh, those grasses! I think I mentioned before that the photo I'm looking at for inspiration is very fuzzy and washed out, with no distinct shapes. (It was taken from a distance with a lot of zooming in.) Relief printing, by its very nature, is a process of carving distinct shapes. My challenge here is to decide which parts of these grasses to emphasize and which to leave indistinct... and then to figure out how to do "indistinct" with distinct shapes. I dunno. Am I explaining this well? It's muddled in my head, too, so perhaps not. </p><p>ANYWAY. It's easy to get lost in all of this, so as I am carving I am using a trick learned 'way back when from the delightful printmaker <a href="https://www.jeangumpper.com/" target="_blank">Jean Gumpper</a>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUDAcgpXrSO-gv5C0avVnMshzs_wZtpj2Dmj0PQGJowAtrHr0NlCIFJzpaVxCpBXNDBPHXsKe1qRreBOUpVdnAGR9lp3rOpEz8Y96cD_Mu8KfqmJAvnBvM2hGfYoFpiwTSulNyNlwJTOfSEMQT-pAQNBNGT5puaqSQFs2ZtDl6Lz412EQVa1i6plPkQ/s507/green%20map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUDAcgpXrSO-gv5C0avVnMshzs_wZtpj2Dmj0PQGJowAtrHr0NlCIFJzpaVxCpBXNDBPHXsKe1qRreBOUpVdnAGR9lp3rOpEz8Y96cD_Mu8KfqmJAvnBvM2hGfYoFpiwTSulNyNlwJTOfSEMQT-pAQNBNGT5puaqSQFs2ZtDl6Lz412EQVa1i6plPkQ/s16000/green%20map.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A green map!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>My tendency is to just jump in and start carving, but as I said, this piece is making me slow down and think. (How rude.) For the next stage of carving I have taken to working out a bit of a map. As I make decisions about what I want to carve away, I first use a colored pencil to define the shapes ON the block. This way I can keep track of where I've been and consider areas carefully. The pencil color was chosen as a bit of a reminder, too, that what I am thinking about is the areas I wish to remain the brighter green. </p><p>So I guess I'm sort of making myself a "carve-by-number" map, eh? Hey. Whatever it takes. </p><p>Onward.</p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-46718127705682735982023-01-14T09:14:00.004-05:002023-01-14T09:14:44.537-05:00Linocut in Progress: No, really. I'm still here. <p>December. It's a thing. And it's a thing that I am glad is behind us. </p><p>Hooray for a new year.!.. one which I hope will bring a bit more cheer than the last few have. It's hard to tell at the moment, since winter has finally arrived in Maine. Well, sort of. We've been on a rollercoaster of too warm with too much RAIN... with brief forays into a wee bit of snow and entirely too much ice. We're in a gloomy patch right now– gray, windy, rainy... with the dreaded freezing rain in the forecast for today. Ugh.</p><p>So, hey! I should be in the studio, right? </p><p>And so I have been. Let's catch up, shall we?</p><p>The current <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> in progress has turned out to be more challenge than might have been wise this time of year. It's got some tricky color shapes to work out... horizontal marks in one color, vertical in a different color. And the image is inspired by a super-fuzzy, washed out photo full of indistinct shapes that I have to interpret as actual shapes. It's a lot of thinking for someone whose brain is as fuzzy as the photo these days. </p><p>But, onward.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HSA_HlN5EH96i3uO4YLLHn5xFb6DCYlFqZqD8NKKtBi6LWlDdGg2ITZ-TJ1xDrtaz73FJILKlgiqnSDTp5MEqw_qazKq6uEiiGQtsWPF3965VMilV1Api3UMw4YyZ-wt-cC_Emx6Wrh6QHDnAKaUckbHxyyIVFFjbyFVT9cpph3xYOuF6qsKJvt5lg/s500/step3rollup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HSA_HlN5EH96i3uO4YLLHn5xFb6DCYlFqZqD8NKKtBi6LWlDdGg2ITZ-TJ1xDrtaz73FJILKlgiqnSDTp5MEqw_qazKq6uEiiGQtsWPF3965VMilV1Api3UMw4YyZ-wt-cC_Emx6Wrh6QHDnAKaUckbHxyyIVFFjbyFVT9cpph3xYOuF6qsKJvt5lg/s16000/step3rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">Linocut</a> in progress: Step 3 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Step 3! Let's do some color! Here's where the horizontal-one-color-vertical-another problem is already obvious. I've done a blended roll here, blue to green. While I have a roller wide enough to cover this entire block (18 x 18 inches), I don't really have the space in this studio to roll it out. I'm making do by using a smaller roller to run the blend in one direction and then turning the block to run it in the other direction. Get it?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDEVtUVsPrDcDlQOWvRd5Fq8x6g7TTv4oTfP1HXhfaBQhtPlNG0DDzo_9KbajG_nfjIwIO409hy5RqVx-jIVkx-ZgEyLIre_1Z0jw6FRdsDT6Lrz27BWAAER3-c_bQ9AVJjedtLdEIv8BvwBxP4WND7tzO9DQMT-TkEr7aw7IZXwOrktCs-qJlgCJxw/s502/HOME-step3printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDEVtUVsPrDcDlQOWvRd5Fq8x6g7TTv4oTfP1HXhfaBQhtPlNG0DDzo_9KbajG_nfjIwIO409hy5RqVx-jIVkx-ZgEyLIre_1Z0jw6FRdsDT6Lrz27BWAAER3-c_bQ9AVJjedtLdEIv8BvwBxP4WND7tzO9DQMT-TkEr7aw7IZXwOrktCs-qJlgCJxw/s16000/HOME-step3printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 3 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Okay. The water is getting close, but you can see the problem here. There are grasses across the middle that will also want to be green (vertical), but of course I don't want green (or too much green) in the horizontal water shapes. The image is entirely too fussy for me to get excited about cutting masks for all that, but it's a problem I still haven't quite solved for myself. </p><p>One of my best skills is avoiding big decisions, so let's pretend it's not a problem and go back to carving. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmTTI-dpgP-oxU0LEZH63r115jWIzYcfL2bfluO33cp_GgpEtyBWHSGr1szEE6yPSscTIxO8anIC8Ke59L_04dF5fDlgOEwoDDnsZsvmd1jae-RyV6874QyTZOFxbm3ZxqTCE3Ob8yBmK8C-lbP2CXXSrjO9QbW1vbiu71VKl4ugc-q_PLDtzf8u0Yg/s500/step4rollup-horiz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmTTI-dpgP-oxU0LEZH63r115jWIzYcfL2bfluO33cp_GgpEtyBWHSGr1szEE6yPSscTIxO8anIC8Ke59L_04dF5fDlgOEwoDDnsZsvmd1jae-RyV6874QyTZOFxbm3ZxqTCE3Ob8yBmK8C-lbP2CXXSrjO9QbW1vbiu71VKl4ugc-q_PLDtzf8u0Yg/s16000/step4rollup-horiz.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 4 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In fact, let's avoid the green problem by going back to gray instead! Yes, good plan. Here's the rollup for step 4, managed the same way with a smaller roller. Actually, TWO smaller rollers, as you see here. The larger one is only 8" wide, so running the blend from each end leaves an un-inked section across the middle. This gets filled in with the smaller 4" roller. Because adding as many steps as possible to each color pass is also one of my best skills. </p><p>(For print equipment geeks out there, these beautiful <a href="https://www.takachpress.com/access/rollers.htm" target="_blank">brayers are made by Takach Press</a>. They will set you back a pretty penny, but they are worth it. A joy to use. )</p><p>So, here we are with the printing of Step 4:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm43nbUvU2-AjoW52FdhLv7arZ58HRCU6_re9SVaL3142WkzAPisAH9PP6f6GVe8pDcRYyyQPvCE6hkeHF0nLpKVGfo9qT43kEJkI0PBzyzDxjlLzZG1niweyBZbhbB-qNa_IGv_E4G8qSKxopwPsYhm4B67Rswp0DjHWYWRc_UwMjhA3-b36qODUamQ/s500/step4-home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm43nbUvU2-AjoW52FdhLv7arZ58HRCU6_re9SVaL3142WkzAPisAH9PP6f6GVe8pDcRYyyQPvCE6hkeHF0nLpKVGfo9qT43kEJkI0PBzyzDxjlLzZG1niweyBZbhbB-qNa_IGv_E4G8qSKxopwPsYhm4B67Rswp0DjHWYWRc_UwMjhA3-b36qODUamQ/s16000/step4-home.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 4 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I am really looking forward to being finished with the water, but we're not quite there yet. I'd like to brighten up the greens a bit... and I can't forget that there are bird(s!) to keep track of, also. I predict masking in the future of THOSE shapes, at least. Stay tuned!</p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-10472346873631066532022-12-12T11:26:00.000-05:002022-12-12T11:26:40.666-05:00Dusting off the press....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes. It has been an unconscionably long time since a post has appeared here at <i>Brush and Baren</i>. I have lots of excuses, and a few of them are even legitimate, but let's skip all that and just get back to work, shall we?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Because, yes, there's finally <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">lino</a> moving about in the studio again. I flailed around for a long time looking for ideas that would translate nicely into small images, because I'm overdue for some fresh work in a small format. But I just couldn't come up with anything that said, "I'm an interesting small design," so I've given up and gone back to something largeish. Just can't help myself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">18 x 18-inch lino! Here we go...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first stage of this image was... or at least should have been... super simple. No white in the image, so no carving. Just print a big blue square and be done with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_WytzQJSws_9hNkHwBdVz96zfs0g3Nzm8P7_ub__iCWnNMJ3fyo7vI1-aVCCOPA2w0kQ7Or-CFrdpzB_uoTeikwsV9zZJ1I-_sZJJgI_O5WHxB5az5u3STrj_mONGPJka3R1FSlAY7SwBke50QoQNnlmUcmgPIrrSzns9XFM8JUcnRSI1rmsXDBgVg/s500/step1rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_WytzQJSws_9hNkHwBdVz96zfs0g3Nzm8P7_ub__iCWnNMJ3fyo7vI1-aVCCOPA2w0kQ7Or-CFrdpzB_uoTeikwsV9zZJ1I-_sZJJgI_O5WHxB5az5u3STrj_mONGPJka3R1FSlAY7SwBke50QoQNnlmUcmgPIrrSzns9XFM8JUcnRSI1rmsXDBgVg/s16000/step1rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>New <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">linocut</a> in progress, Step 1!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Nice transparent blue, easy peasy. Although this time of year the light in my studio is... um... questionable... and I didn't notice right away that there was a spot along the upper right edge that wasn't printing well. (Insert ominous music here.)</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz07LqiwM9pWKJ_afLkUXX7H5x0sVVEdbuVqhqiVLjFaxdAA9GckSGNu-KPX8IUkLZfP14C6mJg6I9CpoVlbVNrFTD0swAsSk-pPxVgclWV76XFt4uqpcfoDM9_A8dJOhBrJBmn9F1juvWDHtIanoz9Yt0u1rGzlBxD9e8YvlJIZeHO2oXlY8lPHm0Gg/s527/HOME-step1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz07LqiwM9pWKJ_afLkUXX7H5x0sVVEdbuVqhqiVLjFaxdAA9GckSGNu-KPX8IUkLZfP14C6mJg6I9CpoVlbVNrFTD0swAsSk-pPxVgclWV76XFt4uqpcfoDM9_A8dJOhBrJBmn9F1juvWDHtIanoz9Yt0u1rGzlBxD9e8YvlJIZeHO2oXlY8lPHm0Gg/s16000/HOME-step1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 1 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Twenty-four big blue squares printed, it was time for carving! It seemed to take a very long time, considering how much material was removed, but perhaps I am just out of practice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eventually I decided I was ready for the next color pass. Staying subtle for the moment... but I wanted some variety of hue, so I mixed a blended roll of transparent blue and gray. I used my 8-inch brayer for the blend, so ran the color across the top of the block, then turned the block around and ran it across the bottom. For the final step I used my 4-inch roller to run plain blue through the center.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUxvn2WjZBZRbLN_0cpfON86M71THy1VR_oBMrAuwakSMGI2sAswFiesBOm6bz6wc8A1ACeHWyY8SMTXCM4wiUSY_I42I1jcigFYbMiV4oxJ8-Mjvog21hzj8dp-udTmUjLMPU-P5ULhxG-kw0R1Dynzg1y9U3fA5NdN2xhiJ4Xfc8nBsYcfTQwnlCg/s500/step2rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUxvn2WjZBZRbLN_0cpfON86M71THy1VR_oBMrAuwakSMGI2sAswFiesBOm6bz6wc8A1ACeHWyY8SMTXCM4wiUSY_I42I1jcigFYbMiV4oxJ8-Mjvog21hzj8dp-udTmUjLMPU-P5ULhxG-kw0R1Dynzg1y9U3fA5NdN2xhiJ4Xfc8nBsYcfTQwnlCg/s16000/step2rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 2 rollup, two-color blend</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Which ended up looking like this: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWduhL-aJFk35Jx_APx-PpLIWWrYC7Ucfa49is_vd-opmwi5UUg7DU08DoRJp8tuMYxMrsHcU_OcnySWxqljReNtZ3GZ_EuFU_AcA1fC1RJX5-QnbGVhwqrEWNvHx4q5-plkgQ4l5_IJoP0rXllhmV71Np8MPfWITCDFm-LBrrw6npt2xbWvpAEYNcA/s516/HOME-step2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWduhL-aJFk35Jx_APx-PpLIWWrYC7Ucfa49is_vd-opmwi5UUg7DU08DoRJp8tuMYxMrsHcU_OcnySWxqljReNtZ3GZ_EuFU_AcA1fC1RJX5-QnbGVhwqrEWNvHx4q5-plkgQ4l5_IJoP0rXllhmV71Np8MPfWITCDFm-LBrrw6npt2xbWvpAEYNcA/s16000/HOME-step2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 2 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Sort of. The photo is a bit more contrasty than reality. But you get the idea. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But remember that ominous music? This is when I discovered the printing flaw from the previous color pass. Can you see that it's still there along the upper right edge? Maybe a third of the way down the image and a tad to the left there's a light spot. Argh.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's been a long time since I've run across this issue. Like, years. I THINK the problem has to do with oils in the block itself... because it's not something that seems to be easily fixed by adding ink or pressure. I did sand the lino a bit before I started, but I don't usually spend much time on this step unless I see obvious flaws in the block. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's the sort of problem that grows exponentially... if not addressed early, subsequent ink layers will just get more spotty. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I slowed down. Inked those areas carefully. Padded the pressure in that area. AND... hand rubbed each print after it had gone through the press, just in that area. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's not perfect, but it's better, and the good news is that the area in which the problem is happening isn't going to require more than one or two additional layers of ink, and the design will accommodate the light spot just fine. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But for now it's back to carving! Time to put on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104940/" target="_blank"><i>The</i> <i>Muppet Christmas Carol</i></a> and settle in. </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAJF8ojHVOqHmxd-Us5MbLwH5lnaGSAk7Meg-hI6RBh-TQzBUL7ae5L_u7wFTfs6kEaWRgRd7hhMiPolF86Xrep_6qkoZ7ONDXlX0EecQxejOThjUFL01Zo_IlUd_RI8Cder0wkL7daurfLtJVacMKF8WfXRmiEI0dFq81e95W_hqFiRJssRGo-rrtA/s535/tools.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAJF8ojHVOqHmxd-Us5MbLwH5lnaGSAk7Meg-hI6RBh-TQzBUL7ae5L_u7wFTfs6kEaWRgRd7hhMiPolF86Xrep_6qkoZ7ONDXlX0EecQxejOThjUFL01Zo_IlUd_RI8Cder0wkL7daurfLtJVacMKF8WfXRmiEI0dFq81e95W_hqFiRJssRGo-rrtA/s16000/tools.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-60771824327814978672022-10-13T09:49:00.001-04:002022-10-13T09:49:11.987-04:00The September Rollercoaster<div class="separator">It's been too long since I've shared anything here at <i>Brush and Baren</i>, but, ooph. What a rollercoaster of a September I had! Put your hands in the air and ride along with me....</div><p><b>The UP:</b> </p><p>I was able to attend the opening of <i>Birds in Art</i> at the <a href="https://www.lywam.org/" target="_blank">Woodson Art Museum</a> for the first time since 2019. I knew it would be good to be at this superb venue with the tribe of bird artists gathered once again, but I don't think I realized just <i>how</i> good it would be. My poor pandemic-weary heart got a much-needed energy boost. </p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsqAAJN6EkxecAv3VwMl5xmis4FA9BG1lRxPu61QtDk1tvdvBbiAlhSiSZ-CkPFZfGPfmqPIQqimEv2rAP97EDuJZ9JtTdhJk06uviYAXt5nwTOuSahV3FlDkxO8TmXWmHhe8zWXcpYyaibIQCbsBJMJKagF_Z9p4jDsr095X2xJ7jMpc1d0o2MnmoQ/s16000/LYWAM%20entrance.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.lywam.org/" target="_blank">Woodson Art Museum</a> entrance</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutOsNHQMnPfTPazOOi9TciEkoDWRN3gd-iX8LghyI0kLP7ixrdxt-LxKFg5kmz_Tc_vWd0kbI6zGMxYFl2fX5JG62rk0dKVt72WhT8va58Y3DC3xRD3ulq2zSF3GogOk5iw_asK3YPMFetj_J7dy5ThBYaeQIoqMZg3f1kSkOWEliYIZ2IHr3D2h88g/s500/BIAwall.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutOsNHQMnPfTPazOOi9TciEkoDWRN3gd-iX8LghyI0kLP7ixrdxt-LxKFg5kmz_Tc_vWd0kbI6zGMxYFl2fX5JG62rk0dKVt72WhT8va58Y3DC3xRD3ulq2zSF3GogOk5iw_asK3YPMFetj_J7dy5ThBYaeQIoqMZg3f1kSkOWEliYIZ2IHr3D2h88g/s16000/BIAwall.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Visitors taking in the view at Birds in Art</i></div></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>The DOWN:</b><div><br /><div>Unfortunately, the day after I returned home I realized I felt a bit... odd. Achy and congested. Sure enough, That Wretched Virus had caught up with me. My symptoms were never terrible... I've certainly had much more difficult respiratory/sinus infections in my life. But holy cow, the fatigue! I couldn't do much more than sleep for the first week, and it was four weeks before I really felt myself again. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>The UP:</b><br /><div><br /></div><div>Luckily I was feeling probably 80% by the end of September, just in time for the reception for my solo exhibition, "Moments & Reflections," on view now at the <a href="https://www.wendellgilleymuseum.org/" target="_blank">Wendell Gilley Museum</a> in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The next day I also enjoyed getting together with some enthusiastic participants in an introductory relief printing workshop. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvh2gCcBOTuIz3VtV6s-cPyl1AmrhmuUqDraD4MLZQCZ6rnVRjzVOVJYxnE9oBlFufRtPwdMjDvgnVFsk2vpJfwJOkd1YG2ArrciINkOYsTC_RPwPnUPeTKKZXZkxhA9B8TN-RR_YDHXV-q0iNLxr6dcrakNc0GG8vx2K_AuYNXuKEPVBudj3i-tTsw/s500/GilleyShow1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvh2gCcBOTuIz3VtV6s-cPyl1AmrhmuUqDraD4MLZQCZ6rnVRjzVOVJYxnE9oBlFufRtPwdMjDvgnVFsk2vpJfwJOkd1YG2ArrciINkOYsTC_RPwPnUPeTKKZXZkxhA9B8TN-RR_YDHXV-q0iNLxr6dcrakNc0GG8vx2K_AuYNXuKEPVBudj3i-tTsw/s16000/GilleyShow1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Exhibition views at the <a href="https://www.wendellgilleymuseum.org/" target="_blank">Wendell Gilley Museum</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWCEfslpy3PEsbpizsY_gQ0x4_uwJgzAkNQaYvsV1jS6LL2rSMdUkos47u3Z7ZHA-86HJFsd05zZXXvwvFoYA91qVwNiDrChxU7SFVI4y-GKfV_-s9TJTEBYFPTE46PK0qEAiHTdY4Kplwt56OxxfzDLeVydg8h4DUUQ99sJv7sOuTmzbJNoeyEAPmA/s500/GilleyShow2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWCEfslpy3PEsbpizsY_gQ0x4_uwJgzAkNQaYvsV1jS6LL2rSMdUkos47u3Z7ZHA-86HJFsd05zZXXvwvFoYA91qVwNiDrChxU7SFVI4y-GKfV_-s9TJTEBYFPTE46PK0qEAiHTdY4Kplwt56OxxfzDLeVydg8h4DUUQ99sJv7sOuTmzbJNoeyEAPmA/s16000/GilleyShow2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><b>The DOWN:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I intended to dawdle a bit around Mount Desert Island before I headed back home the following day, but unfortunately the weather turned quite windy. There was also a known issue with my car that was scheduled for repair the next day, but of course it decided to act up again and I decided the best plan was to just bolt back down the coast. (Plus I still wasn't feeling entirely up to par.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The UP:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>This week I am finally feeling more or less myself again... just in time to enjoy some spectacular autumn color here on the Pemaquid Peninsula. The manic nature of summer is finally giving way to a more measured pace (although somehow my calendar isn't getting any less busy) and I am looking forward to some good time in the studio over the next few months. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdlyEwg8Sd0KzbSsR9ZVOZmAvVJBB2g3IH3qV5OrulbdH-Dl_UxtppiC3cZdCLSPLeiverThhDUhaO-U_annvQtKPMVXpa_G3aaOH7dQslMPr4vClatmldTzbh3aTUcCaIcjqhdlXVpAk_KU4f8_-1OldwSrCq6tF0pGmNT3fS275dyduYdD4WMuMIw/s500/Bristolcolor.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdlyEwg8Sd0KzbSsR9ZVOZmAvVJBB2g3IH3qV5OrulbdH-Dl_UxtppiC3cZdCLSPLeiverThhDUhaO-U_annvQtKPMVXpa_G3aaOH7dQslMPr4vClatmldTzbh3aTUcCaIcjqhdlXVpAk_KU4f8_-1OldwSrCq6tF0pGmNT3fS275dyduYdD4WMuMIw/s16000/Bristolcolor.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Autumn color on the Pemaquid River.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784292642337662930.post-50220723989801121082022-08-27T16:10:00.002-04:002022-08-27T16:10:41.706-04:00Linocut in Progress: Remember when this was going to be a simple single-color image?Yeah, it was a thought, anyway. <div><br /></div><div>But that ship has left the harbor, as they say, so there's naught to do but complicated it all a bit more before wrapping things up. </div><div><br /></div><div>I think by now you can see there has been an intense amount of carving to this point. It's a lot to keep track of! But here we are, ready to print Step 6 (colors, um.... 12 and 13, I think). </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigGc0BZuQt-UIRwdw35mz4dweADq7-WWu31W3tWlpBnRDhvQEVdsql7A3CmwnjtTFfrdoWtHWFTFQPrFXI9KGzod97xLg0jy3h5Vy3zocKkzZcBYi3zyrAzKhpRNZ-DsYcexMaR9jwmVYee8hMjx7dG00wl92dIkzCwoRKOQvfcJ-q-ZxrGIWSjArxg/s667/step6-rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigGc0BZuQt-UIRwdw35mz4dweADq7-WWu31W3tWlpBnRDhvQEVdsql7A3CmwnjtTFfrdoWtHWFTFQPrFXI9KGzod97xLg0jy3h5Vy3zocKkzZcBYi3zyrAzKhpRNZ-DsYcexMaR9jwmVYee8hMjx7dG00wl92dIkzCwoRKOQvfcJ-q-ZxrGIWSjArxg/s16000/step6-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In this photo the dark value for the rockweeds looks very blue, which indeed it was. After I took this photo I corrected the color a bit and toned it down before I pulled any more prints. Here's how it all looked after that correction:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBaV3LfzfQa3SgrV7VgVFdoNDL8c-cmWV4ULcwIF2foqOmFArWrOHwJ_WODOjTU7u1TTBFQIbuHKQo9RjpjZVa6qExc-WoYZ4YQcgTCLTUTB6Qw1ov8Gm0NqQxEkPYMJqkUMk3eC1skzrOkdUA_JjF5eo01A3qEJNkxetj-Om2OMr672QIiUirYAbPg/s653/step6-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBaV3LfzfQa3SgrV7VgVFdoNDL8c-cmWV4ULcwIF2foqOmFArWrOHwJ_WODOjTU7u1TTBFQIbuHKQo9RjpjZVa6qExc-WoYZ4YQcgTCLTUTB6Qw1ov8Gm0NqQxEkPYMJqkUMk3eC1skzrOkdUA_JjF5eo01A3qEJNkxetj-Om2OMr672QIiUirYAbPg/s16000/step6-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 6 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I'm feeling good about the rockweed, but the crab is a bit behind because of printmaker neglect. (Although notice how even though the color looked intensely orange on the rollup, the crab now looks a light peachy color. That's the effect of putting a bright transparent color over a semi-transparent white that was printed over gray. Are you confused now?) </p><p>What else should I fuss over? Oh, of course. The periwinkles (little sea snails). There are a few in this image, but they've gotten lost. I'll try the semi-transparent white ink trick again to see if I can't lighten them up.</p><p>Here's the roll up, spot ink only, on the press:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFGa6JlDPO5yWWKz0nLmf8uskn-EDnjU4a4jgPp2JQ9F9xuOFVcSBvdcBCE03Be3mpm1DbJZLVs47tmbHrIvFnCbaKDVfUMZqZVEV1EC_QQ5wpDpoEwAYIYMdFT1oBQSTayKHE-YWTdQwlDS4abQyPIytGpOVX9lz2rM1FwcwcCXQiBs3R34bXxV41g/s667/step7%20on%20press.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFGa6JlDPO5yWWKz0nLmf8uskn-EDnjU4a4jgPp2JQ9F9xuOFVcSBvdcBCE03Be3mpm1DbJZLVs47tmbHrIvFnCbaKDVfUMZqZVEV1EC_QQ5wpDpoEwAYIYMdFT1oBQSTayKHE-YWTdQwlDS4abQyPIytGpOVX9lz2rM1FwcwcCXQiBs3R34bXxV41g/s16000/step7%20on%20press.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 7 spot ink (colors 14 and sort of 15)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>You can probably tell I was doing this late at night (note the dark window behind the press), which is no doubt why I didn't take a photo of the print at this stage. And of course I forgot to go back and do it in the daylight before I went on to the next step. </p><p>Not much changed, although the periwinkles became alarming. Fingers crossed I can tone them back down in the next pass.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBpFJCNzNp6g8mkjM1cmrywOf7ZqRL3TiOU7eGAEblj3GDdaq6V9uvtelU9N7WmnRO0RhrfO37Y83sCXQfsofDPbH3IRQzHGeHTGoCiddIPqmwdegaRSafKoi6mtdyACWeFYIF9ojifHHMXWxa2nfcRwQ3mdxCml4FbUBTGKKJdZ6AycQm6sjM5O9aw/s500/step8-rollup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBpFJCNzNp6g8mkjM1cmrywOf7ZqRL3TiOU7eGAEblj3GDdaq6V9uvtelU9N7WmnRO0RhrfO37Y83sCXQfsofDPbH3IRQzHGeHTGoCiddIPqmwdegaRSafKoi6mtdyACWeFYIF9ojifHHMXWxa2nfcRwQ3mdxCml4FbUBTGKKJdZ6AycQm6sjM5O9aw/s16000/step8-rollup.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 8 rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Which iiiiiis... press pull Step 8 (colors 16 and 17). This time it's a nice crabby brown and a dark gray made from sepia and leftovers of the previous too-blue dark. (Always save and use your ink leftovers. They can create a tasty color!)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCRBGp4_Z1XkRl5o84ijapR6Rxkh3f5k5nLhFL9G8qEqtQb8SiUUkn4DCYvp4omsCAjvUoI4KIwxjMIloT6ijVns2OUrXg0uwVWurzB6mn6Roiqm5B0f1UHGCuRMRnVlsVzGShMWjHZWb-w0pn_gehGMA_yCrwKSmXt9Z1bOuCtTynWSk758jt9wQJg/s667/step8%20%20on%20press.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCRBGp4_Z1XkRl5o84ijapR6Rxkh3f5k5nLhFL9G8qEqtQb8SiUUkn4DCYvp4omsCAjvUoI4KIwxjMIloT6ijVns2OUrXg0uwVWurzB6mn6Roiqm5B0f1UHGCuRMRnVlsVzGShMWjHZWb-w0pn_gehGMA_yCrwKSmXt9Z1bOuCtTynWSk758jt9wQJg/s16000/step8%20%20on%20press.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 8 on the press....</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>You can see here that the areas of the block that define the rocks have been mostly carved away by now. I'm thinking this will be the final stage of dark for all of the image except the crab. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9NkJBotlJMyTmxIUO5OzgvqIP7Kl1XGChgtayQwtM4WQNjXIsBRJjd_TLuOrB5-b14hbjHaXHwieGSGMbA-mk9U_bJ6ECr5TFe_jjQW2GNIeLnqjdsIRxCNLe64ALhcDy_HM4MHr8jenz-WGZAnJWk-5mWtdeD2UeqI2dipI0zVkNF-y3kReLVwhmQ/s655/step8-printed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9NkJBotlJMyTmxIUO5OzgvqIP7Kl1XGChgtayQwtM4WQNjXIsBRJjd_TLuOrB5-b14hbjHaXHwieGSGMbA-mk9U_bJ6ECr5TFe_jjQW2GNIeLnqjdsIRxCNLe64ALhcDy_HM4MHr8jenz-WGZAnJWk-5mWtdeD2UeqI2dipI0zVkNF-y3kReLVwhmQ/s16000/step8-printed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 8 printed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We're in the home stretch now! I'm still not thrilled with how the periwinkles are standing out (even more predominantly here), so they'll get spot inked with one more dark. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JgIM4ssQG3_ETcTvkJuwAxKN7T_TkhDYwVViRdLA4DQWnvC8eMn-XMZcq5Qa-yzgPglxDUVXiu2OpvE66UvFXGGbHhr8TacVyBlYGc6dou9W72vkJwSQzrO_-W55BDmp7_n4MEONb8BUXtd_3IdRPhCHmsLQtOlaZ06ZU-hpg5wZXYWBMkdR1m8Kyg/s667/final%20step.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JgIM4ssQG3_ETcTvkJuwAxKN7T_TkhDYwVViRdLA4DQWnvC8eMn-XMZcq5Qa-yzgPglxDUVXiu2OpvE66UvFXGGbHhr8TacVyBlYGc6dou9W72vkJwSQzrO_-W55BDmp7_n4MEONb8BUXtd_3IdRPhCHmsLQtOlaZ06ZU-hpg5wZXYWBMkdR1m8Kyg/s16000/final%20step.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Step 9 (color 19) rollup</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Aaaaaannnnndddddddd</i>.....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3fdy6MUfqeYjBymhJSrfZQg6zOx-EEDl3dpYzuhRa2HuUedtPvC3BFgvhykee5tYvOOoYiKPfzzwAiIpM-3XZKA2OrT3Sfl89wikzwV1OyjNPMGbs2xkkj3gO9igfElyEiQpKVtMoPV-SrmqEX9j4hI2vTMdxa_TIPfLbSAlhdQBXQJbX-Cm6BayVA/s791/untitledrockweed-final-600px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3fdy6MUfqeYjBymhJSrfZQg6zOx-EEDl3dpYzuhRa2HuUedtPvC3BFgvhykee5tYvOOoYiKPfzzwAiIpM-3XZKA2OrT3Sfl89wikzwV1OyjNPMGbs2xkkj3gO9igfElyEiQpKVtMoPV-SrmqEX9j4hI2vTMdxa_TIPfLbSAlhdQBXQJbX-Cm6BayVA/w486-h640/untitledrockweed-final-600px.jpg" width="486" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>All done! This image slightly embiggenable with a click.<br />As-yet-untitled <a href="https://www.sherrieyork.com/reduction-linocut-process" target="_blank">reduction linocut</a>, 24" x 18" Edition of 10.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Whew. </i>That was definitely more than I thought I was headed for, but I'm not mad about it. In fact, I am weirdly inspired to jump in to another piece with similar subject matter. I'm a huge fan of an <a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/intertidal-zone.html#:~:text=The%20intertidal%20zone%20is%20the,extend%20for%20hundreds%20of%20meters." target="_blank">intertidal zone</a>, and there is so much to explore!</p><p>But first I think I need a nap.</p></div>Sherrie Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967844327055630854noreply@blogger.com9