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Printing at Home with Ruth Ander @UCGJpQIO1hntbvihbqjFyhkg@youtube.com

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If you’ve only used a gel plate to print at home, you’re missing so many creative possibilities! The best mark-making tools are free and probably in your kitchen! Do you make technically good prints, but they often seem to be missing that spark? Join the wait-list here: https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/781426/137975012576462730/share What to do when you don’t know what to do. Just a tweak can sometimes be all it needs. So you want the flow of working on a series, but not the bore of making multiple editions? I get it You want to make layered art on paper, but you don’t want complex new processes? No energy to learn a complex new process? Keep it simple then- integrate into your current practice. If you’re print curious, it doesn’t mean you have to pivot your art- keep it simple and at home. Yes, it’s true, a lot of what I do isn’t strictly printmaking- but who wants to be strict anyway? So you’ve always loved printmaking, but you don’t know where to start? I say, simply, and at home. Discover the freedom and joy of printing. With paper you can rip, fold, wrap as well. Mmmm, that lovely velvety monoprint line- you can’t get it any other way! Hand monoprint is a beautiful mix between painting and printing- you can have your cake and eat it! My go-to to transform an artwork (or cover up!) is collage. Music License code: B76P59ZCN7RQUJHJ Why use tissue paper for hand printing? Find out in the full video! #printmaking #tissuepaperart The magic of tissue paper - it picks up every little mark you make! From finger-marks and mis- alignment to gallery ready. Let me show you how I make my art on paper look great, ready for mounting, photographing and framing I love the serendipity of roller marks! Low pressure, easy win art making for tough days. Two print techniques for the price of one, with tetrapak drypoint plates. Upcycle your old juice cartons to make stunning prints! This is called a 'colour shaper' and it's great for blurring misprints! You can make your own rice glue for tissue paper collage! Sometimes all it takes is one mark to make a piece come together and shine! I keep my plates simple so my prints can be complex. From rough lines to refined prints- here's how it all comes together! Who knew a wallpaper brush would make my collage work so much simpler? It's amazing what printmaking tools you can find in your recycling! I love adding little birds to the composition! I'm using a homemade stamp here. Always check your roller! It can sometimes yield unexpected little prints! Have a look around you- you can make so many stamps from things at home! #stampingup #printmaking Making a little stamp for one of my favourite motifs- birds in the sky. #printmaking My favourite fake etching tools are a soft graphite pencil and charcoal pencils. Juxtaposing drifts of colour with harder lines with a simple mask. You're a painter, but you love to print too? No problem, just do a painterly hand print! I love making delicious, transparent layers straight onto the paper with a roller! #printmaking Adding a little line of intense colour can really make all the others sing. Finishing off prints by hand isn't cheating- at least not in my book. Every print can be saved! Who says printmakers have to make editions? I often draw into my prints making them all unique. Love Ultramarine Blue at the Moment! Amazing what a bit of colourful collage will do! finishing off small Drypoints with drawing Simple hand print technique on one of my workshop demo pieces. Love that orange! Cropping Prints Can Be Transformative! I love the way collage transforms a piece in seconds! I'm using hand printed tissue here. 2 free live online hand printing sessions with me when you buy any course or bundle in June.
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