Posted on November 28, 2009 [Permalink]

Continued from [Forest in Winter - 7] : Printing continues ... | Starting point of the thread was [Forest in Winter - 1] : Time to get started!

Another two impressions today ... the paper is getting a bit too damp in places, and I had to break to let it settle down ...

Impression #6 - Second snow 'shadow' tone ...

The impression by itself:

Giving:

Impression #7 - General tone block to deepen some areas to brighten snow in others ...

The impression by itself:

Giving:

Tomorrow morning, if the paper is ready again, we'll put the sky in place ...

The thread continues in [Forest in Winter - 9] : Next two impressions ... ...

Added by: Barbara Mason on November 29, 2009

Dave,

I love the way you sneak up on the colors with such subtle changes, this is why your work has so much depth. Beautiful.

In printmaking less is always more and two thin layers give you three times as much as one heavy layer. It only took me about 20 years to really learn that

My best

Barbara