MY FIRST LITHO:

From sketch to drawing on the stone - not exactly what I wanted it to look like, since I hardly ever draw anymore.


From test prints to nearly finished print - at this point I was so worn out from rolling the ink over and over again, that I just had to call it a day.

THUMB'S UP FOR LITHOGRAPHY:

Lithography is seriously HARD WORK! My muscles ache, I have a blister on my thumb and all that for 3 prints that are just O.K..
Good work-out at least!

DIGITAL SKETCHING:

Next up in printmaking is lithography - a technique where you draw or paint on a stone. I prepared my stone today, grinding it for over an hour. So I'm a bit anxious to draw on it, knowing that once I start it is impossible to erase it! At least I made a half decent sketch in photoshop, so we'll see how it goes..

PRINTMAKING:

I'm finally here! In Rotterdam, for my exchange at Willem de Kooning Academy. For my minor I'm doing printmaking, which basically means I have one day a week where I get to learn all the printing techniques I want. I started off with silkscreening, since that is something I know - but screenprinting on paper is quite different from printing on textiles. The best thing is, you can get much more detailed images and it is much quicker! Here is my first print: