first print, without any agitation, 1 layer

brief watercolor on watercolor paper (finally!)

/edited

print print print

print making again

this time with colours haha

first layer colour: blue
second layer: red
third layer: purple
fourth layer: black

the first layer paint. had to mix it cause there wasnt any light blue. the ink is not normal paint. its meant for wood printing? didnt see the bottle carefully but its sticky, v sticky (which partly explains why the ink transfer isnt that well. well, i dont really know how to make a full smooth print. perhaps making the paint less sticky? add some chemical? never tried so i dont know. there were limited materials but i guess making using a less sticky kind of paint works? gotta try it next time hehe)

(white is the paper colour haha)

so first you draw whatever pic you want on a foam board. then you use carving tools (like the wood carving thing we did) to carve certain parts you want. the part that you carved out will be the paper colour, meaning it wont have that colour when you roll the ink over. it requires a little planning but not much is needed. you can just roughly print and work as your design goes.

i forgot to take pic of the first layer :/ so here's the second layer and the final layer. too engrossed to remember taking pic of the 3rd layer

as you can see at the bottom, this is print 3/3
meaning its the third print and in total there are 3 prints.
since in print making, there wont be exact same results unless you are using a machine to print. so all 3 print will vary, which i find it interesting

this is the first print, as you can see, the ink transfer is quite bad (red ink) 

so i used more ink on the 2nd try and it turned out quite nice haha

for the 3rd print i tried lessening the amt of paint but using a little more than the first one

foam shavings. 

MY FINGER SERIOUSLY ACHED. PAINFUL!! T-T

but it was worthwhile

so the 3 pieces below are the final. but of course they are different. so each piece is unique :D

i like how each of them turned out.

if possible i would try different colour combinations haha

but it was fun :D

print print print

more of printmaking!! its abit unproportionate. its cause of the angle at which it was taken haha


medium: printing ink, acrylic paint with mixing medium, colour pencils, black marker



on a side note: I NEED A CONCENTRATION PILL ARGH.

bits and pieces

pictures of sydney! taken during cca sydney trip using my cam, and i used my phone to take the picture on the cam, if you get what im trying to say

my friend's nails!! so cute! taken using phone

happy birthday singapore!! taken using phone

print making!

print making

EXAMS ARE COMING SOON.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IM DOING THIS NOW,. ARGHHHHHHH
AND I NEED TO CHIONG NYAA!!!!

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this is how art can be found in our daily lives. LOL. halfway through eating yammy yoghurt! and this is a flower bud!!!!!!!! hahahaha

the few pics below are snapshots of print making, using acrylic sheets and a shoon (isit?) to etch on it/scratch it. the tone depends on the pressure used to scratch it.  its a picture of london town, from when i went to london for the aep trip(i miss the trip!!!)

first try, testing print. its kinda light

2nd try, its darking cause i used more strength to scratch the acrylic sheet (make improvements based on the previous print)

3rd try, its darker than the second print. same thing, adjusted the tones based on 2nd print

this is the final one.

basically, its about the same as wood carving but not really the same. because this is a transparent acrylic sheet, first we sketch the drawing on a piece of paper, brief outline, the tones just do straight away on the acrylic sheet. then tape the drawing behind the sheet then start scratching! then using the printing ink, the one we use for wood printing, just roll it over (everything will be black cause the scratches are too thin) then using a cloth (bundle it) wipe the ink off(this is a tedious and tiring process cause the ink is super sticky, must use strength!!!) there will be ink in the scratches, and then wet another piece of paper and dry it slightly with a cloth, place the wet paper over the acrylic sheet, put it into the roller thingy (we have it in the art room, the big manual printer) and done.

this 2 piece are another way of print making, monoprints, if im not wrong

take a normal piece of acrylic sheet and roll a thin and even layer of print ink. then place a paper over and just draw on the paper. then ink will be transferred onto the paper, its v easy :D
for the camera shot (based on a badge design) it was only after printing that i realised that the words are laterally inverted, so for the marine lobsters print, i had to write out the inverted words first haha, in case i write wrongly. oh ya, these prints are a one time print. means if its not nice, too bad, redo. haha"

update: this form of print making is called drypoint!!