Lucy Print
Saturday, February 5th, 2005
This is the full linoleum block print that I did of my dog Lucy. It’s actually twenty-five seperate prints on the same piece of paper, in four different colors. I like the way all the colors except the yellow, which just doesn’t have enough contrast with the white lines. That’s is a pity, because the yellow prints are among the most crisp. I haven’t done a print in forever, since sophomore year when I took printmaking, and I didn’t think I’d go back to it. However, it worked for this particular project and it was a fun change from painting and drawing. It’s 
tedious, though–I always forget how much physical work printmaking is. Anyway. Pretty happy with the way this project turned out, especially given how far from my usual it is. Since I did this on amazingly crappy paper, I got it drymounted onto foamcore, which adds a lot of stability and makes it look a lot nicer. (linoleum block prints, 20×30″)
This is a close-up on just one of the prints. Each one is 4×6″ and two colors. As you can see, I had problems registering the layers of the print properly. While I’d drawn a light pencil grid on the paper to get the first colors down straight, that didn’t help much for the second color, and the sheer size of the paper made it that much harder to eyeball. Oh well.
