Here is one of my prints that "didn't work." It's of corn drying out in a corn crib. What went wrong? Well, my guess is that it might be too detailed for it's size (4X6in). Also, perhaps a keyline plate would help. There seems to not be enough separation between the various tonal values to show the various structural elements. It was printed on a basswood board, and one of those boards has a beautiful warp to it. Yep, disasters seem to be endless with this print. Anyway, what do you think could be done to save this print?
posted by Nels at 4:18 PM
6 Comments:
Hey Nels,
Not knowing what this was I thought it was a mermaid swimming with a bunch of monster fish!!!!
I think it looks cool even if it doesn't look like what you want it to.
More later....M
Nels,
I think this is a successful image, you could make it more identifiable with color...the only confusing part for me is he center top, the angled light area seems indefinate. You could add another grey with a second block as a sort of key block...but I too like it as it is.
Barbara
i think this piece is incredibly beautiful. so often what we as artists see and what viewers see are two different things. i love it!
brad
Hi Nels. Not yet anything but a offline watcher on Baren after a Moku class. The most interesting print is the corn cobs. The black is too dark a contrast with the other values but otherwise it is an interesting piece that would benefit greatly from some color.
Similarly the corrected oops on the boat print.. (I can see the boat lines corrected there may be more) aren't necessarily an improvement. The handwork of wood carving its one of its inherent qualities and give the work some spontaneity..especially if you're working from photos as a starting point.
good luck.
andrew.
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Hi Nels,
I knew right away that this was an image of corn. I like the degree of abstraction you've achieved and I find this piece beautiful. I know the experience, though, of finishing a print only to have it feel "not right." I don't know quite what to make of that, especially when other people seem to like the print a lot. For me, the "not right" feeling is serving as an impetus to keep on pushing myself, but I'm not throwing away any of my "not quite right" prints yet!
It might be fun and interesting to try printing these same blocks with some color as others have suggested. Would you blog any experiments you do? Would love to see them. Annie
Dear Nels.
I like the print a lot. It is just on that border between reality and abstraction which I find very interesting, as there is so little information about the corn, but enough to understand. So I actually would not add a keyblock, as it would make the image so clear and reduce abstraction. As Andrew meant, I think it maybe would be better to stretch the greytones more evenly from light grey to black.
Greetings!
Eva
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