One of the advantages of relief printing is the opportunity to use the same base image and try a variety of color with each printing. I left the first bee prints black, but wanted to experiment with bright, acrylic inks.
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| Bee - first pull with color. Daniel Smith black relief ink and Derwent Inktense pencils activated with water. |
I tried pale colors with Inktense pencils for the first pull and liked the dimension it gave to the bee and the flower. I wasn't happy with the wings, however. I actually like the textured effect of the gelly print showing through the layered relief print on the example in yesterday's post. Time for try 2 with more intense colors.
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| Bee - second pull with color. Daniel Smith black relief ink and Derwent Inktense pencils activated with water. |
Additional color to the wings gives them an extra dimension. I also added more color to the body and legs of the bee. This rendering better captures the essence of the bee, but I think it still needs more color.
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