Touch of Turkish #3

Because the shadow and contour lines are so pronounced in this image, I wanted to try a couple of different printing options, including printing on a colored paper AND adding very minimal color with patterning. 

Whimsy Pot - Black Ranger ink on gray 300 series Strathmore paper.

The image above is bold and might work on something that will carry a lot of text.  It almost suggests a one-color run of a business card or add for a Turkish coffee house.  With the addition of a very simple pattern, the "flavor" of the image can move toward more whimsy, as it's name suggests.

Whimsy Pot - Printed with Daniel Smith relief ink and hand-painted with FW acrylic inks on 400 series Strathmore printmaker paper.

Sticking with very a monochromatic palette, I decided to add the details in patterns and not in colors or in significant shading.  Because the shadow lines carved so heavily into the relief block, additional shadows seemed very heavy-handed.  I am sure over time, I will try variations of color-added.

Whimsy Pot - Printed with Daniel Smith relief ink and hand-painted with FW acrylic inks on 400 series Strathmore printmaker paper.

Once again it is fun to experiment with multiple copies of the same line print and alter the hand painted colors to change the image.  As you can see in the second painted teapot, the purple of the first painting is now gold and rust.....from cartoonish to far-Eastern with a little color change.