We went into the printmaking studios with the intention of creating some etchings. I had never done etchings before so I found this whole session really interesting and an insightful way of another way to make drawings. I learnt how to do the whole process. This first picture is of my first etching. I used a needle tool and a flatter piece of metal to create larger parts for shading. I printed this and felt it was too light and that it needed more depth within the piece. So I cleaned it up and worked back into the piece of metal. I used wire wool in the bulk of the nectarine in order to make a textures surface there. I reprinted this both on a plain piece of and over the top of my original print. These prints were better as it has more contrast in it, however, I believe that I used too much ink and it would have looked better if I had not used as much - some of the detail was lost were the ink merged (middle picture). (One on the right) The one in which I printed over the original piece was not in line as it went through the press, which led to an even darker print. I decided to then go over this in the studio with white pastel to bring back some of the highlights within the piece. I believe that this improved the composition and brought back the shaping of it, making it look more realistic.
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April 2016
Kerry FosterThird Year Fine Art Student at Falmouth School of Art. Fellow artists: |