I feel like I had a pretty productive morning on Friday - I got to uni at 9.30 (despite having only got out of bed and 8.45... I was up late last night photoshopping) and worked solidly through till 1.30. I feel like I've come up with a few nice pieces, although I will be working into them a little more later on.
When I got there I wasn't entirely sure what I was doing, my plan was to paint onto an open screen with procion dyes and then push these through with the print paste, but onto paper rather than fabric. However I had no idea if it would actually work, thankfully though, we have the most wonderful technicians and Yasmin told me that this process actually works a lot better on paper - win for me!
Originally I only had 3 pieces of A2 card, but Yasmin also recommended using watercolour papers, as they are absorbent. The uni shop has a range, so I bought a few just to compare the results.
Bockingford watercolour paper - 190gsm
Waterford *hot press* watercolour paper - 190gsm
Waterford *cold press* watercolour paper - 190gsm
Somerset print making paper - 300gsm
dyes 0.5g/5ml water
charcoal - turquoise - violet navy - cerulean blue - tan brown
Originally I only had 3 pieces of A2 card, but Yasmin also recommended using watercolour papers, as they are absorbent. The uni shop has a range, so I bought a few just to compare the results.
Bockingford watercolour paper - 190gsm
Waterford *hot press* watercolour paper - 190gsm
Waterford *cold press* watercolour paper - 190gsm
Somerset print making paper - 300gsm
dyes 0.5g/5ml water
charcoal - turquoise - violet navy - cerulean blue - tan brown