this week

a mixed media collage and painting 

using one of my sketches

and another with my sketch...

or half a sketch :)

kitties painted on a post card

a friend snuck a photo

while i set up on the print press

printed grape leaves and curly ques 

i received these beautiful gifts 

a stunning atc from the so very

talented mixed media artist annie hamman

and this charming atc and lilting poem 

from mariette herbert

and my fellow corita kent enthusiast,

jacki long so generously gave me this 

bag with a corita quote 

and a booklet full of her postcards.

if you don't know of corita, which i have

learned, many do not,  she is a sours

of endless inspiration.

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thank you for visiting today and 

have a lovely weekend.

although i have never met you, 

thank you to eva and kristin for hosting a weekly community

for artists to share there work at paint party friday

i have been printing with a small group for less than 

a year.  i have not found my way with this technique.

this summer i worked with the talented printer, public artist and 

educator, caryl levy at her chinatown  studio.  

we learned to mix our oil based printers inks inks

to a creamy consistency,

and learned how to listen to the brayer when we 

roll through the ink spreading it evenly on the brayer.

how to soak the paper, blot it dry so it is no longer shiny

and is ready to accept the ink.  then rolled it through this press.

here are a few of the pieces i printed.

sold

i have been printing with water based inks. 

i fell in love with the rich colors that result from the oils inks.

while most of the steps were not new to me working for two 

days with a skilled teacher gave me  more confidence

in approaching a blank sheet.  i hope to do this again 

and am in search for a local press i can use.

the day started like this.

two hours later....

already!

it is going to be a hot one.

sending cool thoughts to paint party friday friends.

grateful to kristin and eva for creating this weekly community.