Posted by Dave Bull at 4:39 PM, November 15, 2007
Continued from [Seacoast in Autumn - 10] | Starting point of the thread is [Seacoast in Autumn - 1]
Here we go ... with the final three impressions!
Impression #19 - Foam on the beach ...
This was the most difficult impression of this print - making a gradation along the length of such a narrow area is tough. Doing one is no problem ... get 100 of them to look alike certainly is!
But isn't it neat how this simple strip of colour makes foamy waves appear all along the shore!
That impression by itself (on scrap paper ...) :
Impression #20 - Gradation on upper beach area ...
The previous impression 'tied' the sea to the beach ... this one ties the beach up to the mountain side ...
That impression by itself (on scrap paper ...) :
Impression #21 - Red 'spatter' on vegetation ...
And just to finish it off ... a bit of bright red spattered on the leaves here and there. I used a very short-haired flat brush, and simply banged it down on the block in places, leaving light blots of pigment scattered about. I then printed it with a very light touch of a sandpaper baren.
That impression by itself (on scrap paper ...) :
All done ... I think she looks fine! Please check out the Slideshow of this printing procedure.