Woodblock Wednesday - layer 2 of Waders

10am. Ready to roll - paper damp, paint mixed, nori at the ready - and block reduced somewhat to get the second layer overprinted -

Three hours later, layer 2 (payne's grey) lies on top of the davy's grey of layer 1 - in some prints, the layers lie beside each other. Bad registration -

Nor does the wateriness of the reflection come through - perhaps the area, thumbnail size for the small birds. In the original photo it was more like thumb-size -

the original photo (detail)

Here's what I printed this time -

the prints

the postcards

The postcards are some pages from a Pink Pig sketchbook (white) and heavy cartridge (135 gsm; cream) from a large sketchpad. There is show-through on the pink-pig pages but very little on the cartridge -

I'm not sure either are thick enough to function as a postcard.

The group's whatsapp discussion during the session included the matter of colour gradation and "which sumi ink", solid block or liquid?

Katsutoshi Yuasa used those gradations of colour from sumi ink to print this -

It's a metre square; here he shows how to register and print large work.

Once my little birds are done, what will be the next project? Either the bigger birds, which are drawn out ready to cut

24 x 16 cm

or some travel lines, like these, which were drawn on a smooth train journey and a bumpy bus journey -

screenprints, 2011

with a view to using them with stencils ... just a hazy project at the moment, but based on my daily walks.