Today I carved a tiny stamp – “Believe” I thought I might use it to add a little something to  some ornaments that I am working on. I had originally made a thermofax screen of the word, believe. I test printed it and could not get it to print consistently.

The style of the mark may be too primitive to go with the style of the ornaments. But I was impressed that I could even carve such a small and detailed block.

Is it nice to have the confidence to just jump in and make a block, screen or stencil when I want a new design to play with.

I say give it a try! Just jump in and make the printmaking matrix that you need, be it a screen, a drawing, relief block or a stencil. You can do it!

Today, for day 27 of the #SEEdrawprint challenge, I picked up some dried Queen Anne’s lace on my walk and did a wax rubbing monoprint.

These flowers were quite dried and brittle. I tried to flatten the branches to separate them and make an interesting print.

I used a wide black crayon to make the monoprint on rice paper. I like the quick and experimental nature of this process. Again I am realizing that I like to skip the “draw” part of the process and find ways to print without having to draw to make prints.