Today I cleaned my brayers, palette and workspace. Sometimes it is nice just to start fresh, clean brayers and fresh ink and different stencils.
I was surprised that the surface of my plate developed tiny holes overnight. I actually love it when my plate starts to deteriorate. I dug through my stack of stencils and found a few that I wanted to work with, but they were not holding and transferring the ink the way that I wanted.
So I pulled several prints experimenting with different techniques. I got a few interesting mark, but I decided to give my stencils a quick coat of white acrylic paint. Maybe that will help the stencils to hold and release paint in the way that I desire.
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