What developments are there with making my latest images look less cheap?
Well… I had a very hard think to myself over the weekend in how I will go about doing my two layers to make my scenery image look less cheap and better… And… I have managed to come up with the way of doing this technique of layers. All I had to do was render the image more to make the last layer which will be known as layer 2 and will be printed in black. The second layer is the latest layer that I created over the weekend which has more rendered detail on it than the normal first layer I done last week.
So the first layer silkscreen stencil that I already made will be grey in colour so that you have the different contrast tones. White is obviously gonna act from the paper colour which will act as the light that shines on the surroundings. grey will act as the middle blending and black will be the shadows of the trees, buildings and anything else in the image.
Why am I wanting to do this?
Since the last post that tells you all about how my prints may have looked quickly churned out as in cheap, it has basically kicked me sideways and left me wondering what to do next…… So… I wanted to devise a way of not just making a one layered image but maybe two or even three layers if the second proves to be successful. So hence why I have mentioned the above with exactly what I am trying to plan.
Glen the technician has shown me some examples of his lino cuts with the use of white, greys and blacks colours in which he uses for his prints. I am trying to change that into my own technique through silkscreen instead of using lino cutting. I want to try to do my own creations in something that maybe has not been heard of much before and I wish to try do this contrast mono tone idea through printing my scenery images through silkscreen.
Next part of the process is…
To print the second layer tomorrow which will be the black as I have already printed out the grey layer and looks neatly done. Although the fabriano paper is not as flat as it should be in the student shop so this would have to act as the experimental prototype rather than the real finished print… After all I have treated this as an experiment anyway until I have perfected this idea and then I will start printing seriously!
So with any luck the second layer will align on top of the first grey colour well and will hopefully workout for me. It may seem all sudden quick process but I was the one who came up with this idea when I do not have to spend hours, weeks and months trying to cut into the lino when I can get exactly the same finish that I am looking for. If people do not like the way I do my processes quickly, they do not have to like the way I do my work because I have earnt my right to do it this way when I have spent almost 2 months trying to work this method out and finally I know how to now. I am sure it will pay in the end…
