Smile…
smile
© 2011 linda germain
3″ x 3″ relief print
Do I stay in the studio or go to the beach? There are only so many good beach days…. Can I do both? enjoy!
relief prints
Simple relief prints, rust prints and more
Untitled 2011
screen print on rusted paper
© linda germain 2011
I have been playing with foam relief prints in preparation for some kids classes and experimenting with rusting fabric just because I love it. Today I was playing with a blocking fluid screen print. With so many experiments it is hard, no impossible to see the top of any of my work tables.
what I have been up to board
24″ x 36″
© linda germain 2011
I really like to play with out having to end up with a product. Is that strange? Sometimes I think so and then get into a rut about having to have great finished work.
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Printmaking, Drawing and Walking
This is a soft block print of Rye on the Rocks, our family cottage at Rye Beach. I have wanted to do a series about the cottage, my grandmother, the weather, the emotions and mistique of the tiny place. Today I used a speedy cut block and it was very easy to carve with inexpensive carving tools. That is very satisfying.
On another note, the state of our country is getting me down and I usually live a very “protected” live – something is changing. I feel relationship to the chaos and crisis that they talk about in the news. Movement that is what I am using to get me through the day. I started with a walk this morning and in the studio I am moving from piece to piece, moving on, moving through just moving. 
My walk took me past the Spatial Relations exhibit @ the ArtSpace @ Bentley Library. It looks great.
My walk took me past the Spatial Relations exhibit @ the ArtSpace @ Bentley Library. It looks great.I have several drawings of Kip going and I am just making the marks, letting things flow, letting stuff out. I came across a book by Fred Babb last week. “go to your studio and make stuff” that speaks to me. I like the open endedness about is. It is freeing. It feels good. But I get to my studio and I start to impose restrictions and expectations on the stuff I make. That is no fun and stops the flow of anything good.
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Prints, Puppies and Discovery
It was a fine day on the farm today. I worked on cleaning perenials for the winter. This drawing of Kip has been evolving over the last few weeks. It is fun to work on it as the moment moves – or as she moves. I do like these colors. 
I played with the idea of self-portraits and simple printing plates. I did a very quick sketch. I cropped the image to fit on to the plate, and then transferred the image to a styrofoam plate. I think this will be a great process from the class that I will be teaching at the Newburyport Art Association this winter. It is fast, flexible and satisfying. For this process less is more and gesture drawing work wonderfully. You can experiment with colored papers, multiple ink colors, masking certain areas and it is so fast and easy that you could make several plates from one drawing depending on how you crop it. I am hopeful that the kids with like it as much as I do. I have tried printing these plates as intaglio plates and have varied results. I think that I will try this with the presses at New Hampshire Institute of Art next friday. http://www.linda-germain.com/
I played with the idea of self-portraits and simple printing plates. I did a very quick sketch. I cropped the image to fit on to the plate, and then transferred the image to a styrofoam plate. I think this will be a great process from the class that I will be teaching at the Newburyport Art Association this winter. It is fast, flexible and satisfying. For this process less is more and gesture drawing work wonderfully. You can experiment with colored papers, multiple ink colors, masking certain areas and it is so fast and easy that you could make several plates from one drawing depending on how you crop it. I am hopeful that the kids with like it as much as I do. I have tried printing these plates as intaglio plates and have varied results. I think that I will try this with the presses at New Hampshire Institute of Art next friday. http://www.linda-germain.com/ Prints, Puppies and Discovery Read More »
Puppy Love – soft block relief print with an eraser
Today I played with the image of the puppy and came up with a small eraser sized stamp that I am happy with. I experimented with rice paper, sulphite paper and book pages. I like the book pages the best. I used Daniel Smith water soluble relief ink. 
I realized that I am looking for a printmaking process that is compatible with loose scribble like drawings. I think that Pronto plates may be my best bet so far. So I am going to play with some pronto plates and see what happens. Only thing is I have to use oil based inks for that process and my can of litho ink is very soupy. I learned this week that for me it is best to create an image that is mostly shapes for a block print. Also that I do not like to struggle in the creation of a line or image. Carving linoleum is a struggle for me and there is always the fear of removing too much. One goal I have is to figure out what printmaking process is best for what kind of image.
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