This is the monoprint I created last Thurs evening in class. Wasn’t expecting to work in this medium so it’s based on my mushroom studies which luckily I had with me. I left it in the print studio to dry and picked it up Fri before we went to VA.

First Monoprint for class

I tried 3 different drawings on the plexi plate and my second printing of each one showed the best texture and of the 3 this is the first and the one I like best. The others had moments but they were more about experimenting as I tried to see what else I could do. (I was also working with torn cardboard as a mark-maker and an old brush found in the studio.)

In preparation for tonight’s class, I have carved a second test woodblock trying to get the organic lines I want. If I can print this tonight I can plan the next step.

Second woodblock test.

The first test woodblock was printed by hand. I hope to print this on the press. We’ll see how it goes.