I’ve been exploring many painting and drawing techniques over the course of this brief but barely experimented with any printmaking opportunities.
This week I wanted to use my charcoal line work to create new pieces. I decided on a line drawing of The Girl With a Pearl Earring to create from.
I was very lucky to have Sarah willing to teach me screen printing techniques as she has been doing a lot of screen prints for her minor. Taking this design, I prepped a screen with Sarah’s help, then did a series of prints on fabric. I experimented with centering the print as well as printing at odd angles or overlapping my prints. NOTE: I will attach images of these when we are out of lockdown and I can take photos of the finished prints.
My plans were to try create a series of prints similar to Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe pop art works. I hope to layer multiple colours of this line work onto one piece for an abstract bright look once we can get back into studios.
I was really excited to experiment with this medium so it was disappointing to be put into lockdown just as this experimentation began. I hope to explore other forms of printmaking I may be able to do at home and will chat with Luca about how I could do this.