So after a year of researching and creating mezzotint prints I have decided to get back into lithography. These prints are the beginning of a new series dealing with the role of Christianity in contemporary political America and the loss of the ideologies attached to Christianity.
After finding an amazing dark grey stone and graining, the first step is transferring my image mock-up to the stone.
It's been a while since I've drawn with litho crayons on a stone so I started with a small area to get back into the swing of things.
Now I'm having fun!
I forgot how amazing it is to draw on a super smooth stone!!
The brown stuff you see is autographic ink...this will ink up completely black...hopefully. I use this as a way to obtain solid blacks without using a thousand crayons.
The image rolled up in black on the stone.
The image printed in "Trophies Brown" on Somerset Satin paper.
Now for color work...
Using sharpie flat methods, I printed two antique browns.
Then a skin tone.
The light blue highlight on the side of the female figures face also overlaps the skin to create a second skin tone and also fills in the eye.
Three reds are printed for the hair...a dark red and a light red to medium red blend.
Brown jacket pink lips.
The yellow for the banana also overlaps the blue in the eye to make green.
The second brown in the figures jacket also becomes the shadow are of the banana.
A bright orange to dark orange fills in the fire.
A toner wash from a photo plate gives more dimension to the flames
Using sharpie flat methods, I printed two antique browns.
Finished! 13 colors that actually create an 18 color print!
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