So I've been doing some silkscreen prints lately. here's they:
this is an image I call "Right Turtle 2", based on the left turtle series of drawings, and the right turtle woodcut print mentioned in a below post. with this I worked hard to maintain fidelity with the original right turtle image, and simply translate it to the silkscreen as best I could.
using two screens and colored paper as a vehicle for a third color, I experimented with different combinations. and by not being too particular about the cleanliness of the screen as it pertains to colors from previous prints I was able to both avoid the straight-up primary colors I was working with, and instead find subtle color depths that are intriguing.
on the first few prints I used thread and scraps of paper between the screen and paper to achieve temporary effects good for a single print. the results were okay, but the best prints came out with a sort of legacy rusticification (new word. patent pending) that benefited all subsequent prints. the blue/cream colored one you see here is my first sale of the batch. others (including some not pictured are also for sale on my
etsy site
for $20 each, plus shipping and handling.
next we have this screenprint. I call it Arm Draped because I could never come up with a satisfactory name for it. I based it on an image I created in white ink on brown matting board (seen below as Sleeping Satyress), which was itself based on a drawing I did at a figure drawing session. for this as well I tried to maintain fidelity with the source image, but I also made some minor corrections to it as well.
furthermore, I expanded the abstract shapes somewhat to fit the differing parameters of the screen, and reversed some of the negative space. this is a one-screen print. I made alot of them in black on colored paper, which I intend to use for collage purposes, but the ones I did mixing colors on white paper turned out the most interesting, so I think I will leave most of them untouched. some of these are for sale for $15 (plus s/h) on my etsy site as well.
this is an image I call "Right Turtle 2", based on the left turtle series of drawings, and the right turtle woodcut print mentioned in a below post. with this I worked hard to maintain fidelity with the original right turtle image, and simply translate it to the silkscreen as best I could. 
using two screens and colored paper as a vehicle for a third color, I experimented with different combinations. and by not being too particular about the cleanliness of the screen as it pertains to colors from previous prints I was able to both avoid the straight-up primary colors I was working with, and instead find subtle color depths that are intriguing.
on the first few prints I used thread and scraps of paper between the screen and paper to achieve temporary effects good for a single print. the results were okay, but the best prints came out with a sort of legacy rusticification (new word. patent pending) that benefited all subsequent prints. the blue/cream colored one you see here is my first sale of the batch. others (including some not pictured are also for sale on my etsy site
next we have this screenprint. I call it Arm Draped because I could never come up with a satisfactory name for it. I based it on an image I created in white ink on brown matting board (seen below as Sleeping Satyress), which was itself based on a drawing I did at a figure drawing session. for this as well I tried to maintain fidelity with the source image, but I also made some minor corrections to it as well.
furthermore, I expanded the abstract shapes somewhat to fit the differing parameters of the screen, and reversed some of the negative space. this is a one-screen print. I made alot of them in black on colored paper, which I intend to use for collage purposes, but the ones I did mixing colors on white paper turned out the most interesting, so I think I will leave most of them untouched. some of these are for sale for $15 (plus s/h) on my etsy site as well.
