January 29, 2016 - pig 3

I am savoring my water soluble Daniel Smith relief inks in primary colors and take great care to use the ones I have sparingly because they are no longer in production (much to my dismay!)  As you can see in the picture below, the mixed color of the ink is the same color as the Speedball block material - bubble gum pink.  This is one of those experiments in manipulating colors for effect.  The images below have been printed using the Daniel Smith black relief ink.  The technique for inking is the same, regardless of the color, however.

Preparing and inking the carved block.  In the uppermost portion of the picture, two colors of Daniel Smith water soluble relief ink have been added to the mixing plate and combined to form pink.  The new color has then been rolled to the proper texture and viscosity and rolled onto the relief pig image on the blocki.

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Inking the block with mixed pink Daniel Smith water soluble relief ink using 2" speedball brayer

Relief print of pig inked in black Daniel Smith water soluble ink.  Print has been hand painted with FW acrylic ink.

Relief print of pig inked in black Daniel Smith water soluble ink.  Print has been hand painted with FW acrylic ink.  (FW acrylic ink colors used are different in the two prints shown above.)