For the first step I placed my dry point plate on top of the sketch I drew. I then used the dry point inscribing tool to carve any parts I wanted to be black in my image into the plate. Next I began the printing processes. I first filled a plastic bin with about an inch of water and placed a piece of watercolor paper into it. I let the paper soak for 8 minutes to make the paper more absorbent of the ink. While I waited for the paper to be ready I began to prepare the ink. I placed a small amount of ink onto my plate using a palette knife and then used a spreader to spread the ink across the plate. Afterwards I started to rub the ink into the crevices using pieces of newsprint. I also used to newsprint to rub away any excess ink so the lines would be clean. After I took the watercolor paper out of the water and pat it dry using a towel. Then I placed a piece of newsprint into the roller and placed my plate on top of it. I then centered my watercolor paper on top of the plate and ran it through the roller. Once I made the print, I added water color to it.
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Experimentation When making my dry point I experimented with many things. One thing I experimented with was the amount of ink I used. For the first print I made I used a very small amount of ink. This caused lots of my lines to show up very lightly or not show up at all. After this I began to use more ink when making my prints. I also experimented with what parts of the print I wanted to be water colored. At first I tried to just color in the flowers to emphasize their importance, but I felt this looked a bit strange. I then tried to add color to the hair and skin to make the piece look more finished. I decided to make the hair a blonde color because I felt the yellow on the daises was very small and hard to see.
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Similarities -Included Flowers and foliage similar to both Mucha and O’Keeffe -Used vibrant colors similar to many of O’Keeffe’s pieces -Made a female the central image in the same way as Mucha’s pieces -Used line work similar to Mucha’s pieces Differences -Flowers are not zoomed like in Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings -Mucha painted for the purpose of advertising products |