Drypoint on Envelopes

I thought I would try something a little different now.  I like to use tissue paper in my prints to add colour but sometimes the tissue doesn't stick very well to the paper and comes off.  This gave me the idea that I don't HAVE to print onto watercolour paper ( which is the paper normally used as standard) but onto maybe a piece of tissue paper itself.  I did try it onto tissue paper but I found it dodn't work on such a large image, so then I thought of these envelopes, which I am planning to use for an artist book (really small dinner money envelopes), and I think they have worked really well!  Some came out quite grainy, but I think this works as well, just gives them an older look to them.

Lino Printing - Time For Tea!

I used a variation of cutting away from the lino and mixing 2 colours of ink to get these prints.  So that even though the second print shown is a single layer print the change of tone in the center of the print gives it a bit more depth.  Where as the first print gets this depth because its two layers of print, one darker than the other and inbetween printing these layers I cut away at the lino so the original colour would show through still.

21/12/08

The question that came up today was, 'Where do all of our letters to Santa go?'.  I told my friend that I wasn't too worried because I always sent mine up the chimney like you're supposed to!  She'd been posting them through the letter box so was slightly worried/intrigued about where they might of got to!