Some time ago I took part in a workshop where we were shown how to turn leaves and fruit of different types of trees into natural inks. First we took a walk through the outskirts of town and picked the material, then we produced the inks and tried them out on paper. Among others we used fruits of maple trees, mahony or elder berries.
While traveling through Greece this summer I did these small sketches of my impressions. Places visited were the monasteries of Meteora, the south of the Peloponnes as well as the islands of Chios and Hydra.
Combining the spontaneity of watercolors and the controlled outline drawings of fine marker pens can lead to quite interesting results…
These prints were made using rubber carving blocks and special inks for block printing on fabric. I might print some of them on shirts and little notebooks for my next craft fair in spring…
Of all printmaking techniques lithography is probably the “queen”. Printing on these heavy slabs of stone requires not only patience and knowledge of the printing procedure but also some physical strength. But once you prepared your drawing on the stone, you can print a series and enjoy this special form of art.
I´m currently doing a printmaking workshop in a papermaking museum. These are some monotype prints, done with oil-based inks and a printing press. Tomorrow we will do lithography which I haven´t done for ages. I´m really curious about the results…
I have always loved the airy quality of watercolour and enjoyed painting with them back at school. Now I´ve started again…
