![]() Print-with just a few blocks and not many colors-but by manipulating In the light green foreground, oneīlock was used to print this area in a light color, another (with a fewĪreas removed to mimic a watercolor sketch) a little darker to hint at I also made use of overlappingīlocks to add a little complexity. The sky, where the purple ink was applied from dark to light from top toĪ rough brush was also used to highlight the brush Technique called bokashi-or gradation-printing. "trunk" and green "tree" were inked together-the colors blending in a Loosely inked the trees themselves with multiple brushes, so the brown Trees for a "daytime" effect, I'd have to carve another block of the sky But if I wanted the sky to be darker than the I can change the sky color-purple or pink, light blue or The "sky" so I didn't have to cut out the trees from the backgroundīlock-the sky is printed across the whole paper and the trees printed In this case, I knew I wanted the trees in silhouette-and darker than Little bit differently-and so they are all unique. The same, but I opt for a looser approach and every print is inked a Pigment (color) to different areas of the block-and hence the print.Įach copy in the hands of an expert printer can be made to look exactly ![]() As pigment is mixed directly on the blocksĭuring the printing process, I can add more paste (transparency) or These are carved, I'll have a block for each area to be printed.Īlthough some blocks will be printed multiple times to deepen the color Here I've highlighted with orange the wood and printing area Glued down to new blocks and serve as the templates for the color And from this I print multiple copies on very thin,ĭRY paper, one for every color block planned, and these are now each Key block cutting you can see the paper photocopy, glued down that I'm using to see where to cut. Will allow all the blocks and papers to align with this one). The wood is cleared away leaving just my registration corners (that Of the shapes and maintain exactly the lines of my drawing which will print and reproduce my original sketch. Toh-a specialized knife particular to Japanese cutting to outline all I carefully cut this block using the Hangi Just a thin layer of paper that I can see through and the drawing layer Once dry, the paper is carefully lightlyĭampened with a fingertip, and the paper backing is rubbed off, leaving This copy was pasted FACE DOWN (reversing the image) to Sketch was elaborated to add a border and I adjusted the size with myĬomputer to produce a photocopy with a laser printer to the size I I knew I was going to work loosely and have the trees in silhouette and try to make the color of the sky the focus. This was a 1" x 4" scribble from my sketchbook. In this example: "November Cypresses", it was a small, ballpoint pen scribble of a row of cypress trees. Sketchbook, sometimes a carefully planned product of many drawings. My prints start with a simple sketch-sometimes a doodle from my Here are three sample prints with some explanations of how they were made: Reach the level of even an apprentice in the days of the Ukiyo-e, but I'm enjoying the challenges that It takes a lifetime to learn and I'm already over 50, so my work will never Meant for possibilities and solutions of remarkable beauty and splendor. However, teams of craftsmen making use of multiple blocks, multiple pigments, changing the order in which theīlocks were printed, adding mica, ground seashells, gold leaf, silver leaf, lacquer, etc Just a block of wood, color, paper and one could rub with a wooden Infinitely more complicated than it sounds as in its simplest form, it's Image onto damp (usually Japanese) paper. Rice paste are applied directly to the block with brushes (instead of a brayer and oil-based colors in western relief printing), and they are printed by hand with a baren, a disc traditionally made ofīamboo and paper that is used instead of a printing press to imprint the Individual blocks (usually one for each color), watercolor pigments and Used to refer to woodblock prints made using the Japanese method there are ![]() Moku Hanga means simply "wood print" in Japanese so all woodblock
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