Hand Printing
Rubber stamps are an obvious choice for printmaking.
But cut foam or cardboard, and even potatoes, make
good prints too.
Print with transparent paint over opaque.- Use light paint over dark or dark over light
Blurring- intentional or not-can be exciting. - Apply very little paint, so that large areas of the
letters are skipped.
And remember-neatness isn't necessarily a virtue! Aim
for that handmade look.
Simply draw the letter (rough/y or neatly) onto the surface of the
material and cut around it. In the case of absorbent cardboard, it
can be helpful to glue the character to a thicker cardboard base,
and then apply a foyer of matte medium to seal the surface. Ink or
paint applied to the surface will be more easily transferred to the
painting surface.
These old wooden letters were found in an antique toy store. They
can be pressed into wet paint and used as stamps.Try repeated printing of a letter in almost the same spot, but
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