What do you think of my recent etching? It is two etched colour plates (Verni Mou/ Softground etching) and a monotype for the background colour.

a bit too ambitious. I wanted to make the cover of A Court of Thorns and Roses print for the midnight release party of A Court of Splintered harmony. I was planning to give out prints to the ppl there. Yay or Nay??

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I’m looking to try out some more exciting paper if anyone has any uk based recommendations.

I’m switching from using the green easy carve stuff to the traditional burlap backed stuff in my classes to help reduce some of the obscene plastic waste my classes produce.

For image transfer, I normally photo copy a kid’s drawing, have then go over the photocopy in 6b pencil, and then have them rub the back of the photocopy to transfer their drawing.

I tried staining the lino with diluted India ink and doing this transfer method today, and the image barely appeared. Even using one of those super toxic transfer marker with a photocopy didn’t take.

Ink stain was fully dry.

If anyone has better stain and transfer methods, I’d love to hear them!

*Title should read stained lino

I take a free printmaking class for veterans. We have ink, plates, and presses, and about three hours to see what we can come up with. I have arthritis, so I don't do much carving, but I've really enjoyed experimenting with monoprints.

I see the work shared here and I'm blown away by how beautiful, clean, and detailed so many of your prints are. I genuinely admire the skill and patience behind them.

My own work is pretty simple. Mostly just me pushing ink around, playing with colors, trying not to muddy everything, and seeing what happens.

I've realized that my artistic fingerprint just doesn't seem to leave that kind of mark.

I am texture. I am messy. I am rough and visually agitating. I am, and I like it.

I guess there's a little vulnerability in sharing something that looks so different from the work I admire. But there's thought and feeling in what I create, even when it looks chaotic or unfinished.

I'm really happy to be part of a community of such talented people, and I'm proud of what printmaking has helped me discover about myself.

Any thoughts or tips are always welcome!

I am really feeling defeated, I cannot work out what i’m doing wrong with my lino printing process. I think my first problem might be the water based ink i’m using, it dries so fast which means i tend to over ink. But i cannot tell if i’m pressing down too hard or not hard enough. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance ☺️