New prints & the process behind them
A look at the three pieces I finished this month and the tools I used to get there.
Three new prints finished this month. I want to talk about the process more than the output, because the output is just the artifact — the interesting part is how I got there.
The first piece started as a gesture drawing I did during a 20-minute warmup session. I liked the negative space in one corner and built the whole composition around it. That doesn't usually work for me, starting from a corner, but this time it did.
The second one I threw away twice. The third version is what you see. I kept the color palette from version one (a warm ochre against a desaturated teal that I mixed and re-mixed six times) and the composition from version two. Frankenstein piece. It works.
For tools: Procreate for the initial sketches and value studies, then I printed a transfer and worked on Fabriano hot press with gouache. The texture you see in the shadows is from a silicone brush I almost never use — I was experimenting and it stuck.
The third piece is the quietest. Just two shapes and a lot of white space. I almost didn't share it because it felt too minimal, but it's the one I keep looking at.