18 February 2007

Underprinting

I've carved an "icebergs" block and wanted to experiment with laying down some light undercolors before I print a dense blue for ocean. Here's how the print looked after three colors were printed, yellow, green and red: 

 
Then I added the first layer of blue on top: 
 
 
 Here's a closeup. 
 

I expect to go much denser with the blue in subsequent overprintings, and I'm curious to find out how much these undercolors will show through.

2 comments:

Diane Cutter said...

Nice rich colors, Annie... I look forward to seeing this progress!

Ellen Shipley said...

Lucious colors. 8-] I can't wait to see what it leads to either!