Author: Hggns
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Save the Orphans
Some “orphans” sit in my drawer at the studio because I don’t have time to figure out what to do with them. So I made time for a few on Monday. On the right is the first layer, from last fall some time. Then I did a second drop Monday. Now it’s finished, one small…
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More From Monday
Interior, 1/1, 15×21″ This is also from last Monday. Kind of a test run. It has pencil lines, because I love drawing and have wanted to include it in monotypes for a while. The different colored torn papery-looking elements are chine colle, loosely translated, that means “different colored torn papery process”. They are wheat-pasted on…
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One Last Gray Day
I ‘ve done a larger, vertical version of the Ridgetop theme. While the photo isn’t that good, I’m going to move on to some other ideas, so I decided to wrap up the gray-on-gray/negative space thread for now. The best of these can be found here, in a portfolio with commentary. Be sure to click…
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Obstructed View
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers. -Thomas Pynchon From the ridge top east of Colorado Springs, CO you get a view overlooking the little upscale city and the Front Range behind it, including Colorado’s most iconic “Fourteener”, Pike’s Peak. It’s so close you can seemingly…
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Gray Days
“Ridgetops”, Monotype, 15×21″ I’ll do a larger version Monday. I’ll lighten the far ridge, and adjust the scale and distance. I promised myself some more interiors, so I think that’ll be next. Nor have I done a “fun” Weekend-type post lately, so I’ll work up something of that nature.
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More Winter
“Winter” 30×22″ Monotype This is a larger version, from Monday, and it actually came out better than this rather amateurish snapshot might indicate. I wanted to post it simply to complete the progression I’ve been yammering on about. I’m getting it photographed for possible publication, and when I have that, I’ll post a complete portfolio…
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More Ghost Tales
I got very busy with a summer workshop proposal and a residency application, and almost forgot I promised to post a ghost of the last monotype. Here it is. I think you can see that the dark gray retains its graphic power more than the light gray. I still have options, though. I can print…
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Sketchy Business
The year seems to be getting off to a good start. I wanted to do more sketching as a way of adding focus and unity of purpose, and I wanted to keep the images minimal and make greater use of negative space. Those things seem to be happening here, in the print I did Monday.…
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Ghost Tales
That Tuesday posting ( below ) was actually the ghost of this print ( above ). If there is enough ink left on the plate after the first run through, you can put a fresh sheet of paper down, and run it again, and that is called a ghost. These are just quick snapshots, so…
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A Good Start
If there is such a thing as omens, then Monday’s printing would be a good one. I went slow and examined each part of the routine for changes I might like to make ( for example, I made a slight adjustment in paper size during tearing, because it might make the smaller pictures more compatible…
