How To Achieve Brush Strokes In Collagraphs 🖌️
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- In this video I will show you how and what media you can use to achieve brush strokes in Collagraphs!
Through this technique and a little bit of inking magic, I'll show you how to convey the natural randomness and fluidity of brush strokes onto your collagraph prints.
🎬 TIMESTAMPS
00:28 Introduction
00:58 Introducing materials
01:48 Applying Akua Plate gel
02:10 Applying micaceous iron oxide paint by Golden
02:58 Applying Acrylic paint
05:01 Applying carborundum grit
05:44 Applying Acrylic Matt Medium
07:14 Inking up
08:15 Wiping ink off
09:22 Running through the press
09:48 Discussion
🎨 MATERIALS
Violet Akua Ink
Paint brush
Akua Plate gel
Micaceous iron oxide paint by Golden
Carborundum grit
Extra heavy body acrylic matt medium
Acrylic matt medium
Acetate sheet
120g watercolour paper
Baby wipes
Newsprint Paper
Old newspaper for wiping etc
Scrim
Polymetaal Press HS-35 Tabletop Etching Press
Join me on an artistic adventure as we dive into the wonderful world of collagraphs in my latest video, "How To Achieve Brush Strokes In Collagraphs". In this unique and insightful tutorial, I'll be your guide, showing you step-by-step how to harness the versatility of this printmaking technique and replicate the elusive allure of brush strokes.
Imagine the world around you - the subtle texture of wallpaper, the intricate patterns on leaves, the tactile fabric, the sticky tapes and threads - they all can become an integral part of your artwork. In collagraphy, we use these everyday materials to create textured plates that, when inked and pressed, result in prints of astonishing depth and tone variation.
What sets this video apart, though, is our focus on achieving a 'brush stroke' effect. Through my personal techniques and a little bit of inking magic, I'll show you how to convey the natural randomness and fluidity of brush strokes onto your collagraph prints.
The beauty of this process lies in the subtlety of controlling the ink and press pressure. Like a dance, it requires intuition and practice, and I'm thrilled to share my own experiences and tips to help you perfect this technique.
So, whether you're a newbie to the printmaking scene or a seasoned artist looking for new inspiration, come along on this journey with me. Together, we'll redefine the boundaries of printmaking and discover the beauty of brush strokes in collagraphs. See you in the video!
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Your experiments are really great!
Thank you 🤗
...oh! that's amazing!! Using the brushstrokes themselves as the print!. Very clever.
Thank you SO much for showing the labels for the products used in this video. It makes identifying and finding the products easier. I appreciate your videos because they always contain so much helpful info as well as many inspiring ideas.
You are very welcome and thank you for watching 🤗
Always very interesting when you trial the various mediums you can use. Quite the difference between the darkness achieved as well as the delicate brush strokes.
It could make a very interesting plate, just using those gels and brushes. I need to try it out 😎
That really is a wonderful technique.
Really wanted to see such experament❤ You save me time! Love the vid!
Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed it 🤗
Liquitex gesso also works well for dark granular brush strokes in collagraph. And cheaper than a lot of textured mediums! The clear version can be mixed with black paint so you can see what you're doing.
Thank you Steven, that's a very interesting point, I've used gesso before but more for texture affects rather than brush stroke, I haven't thought of using it for that!
...I discovered this by accident by using standard acrylic paint on the moulds I'd made. I loved the effect I got by painting around one side of the folder and then pressing it. Yet another thing I discovered without actually intending to. I've since made a whole set of collagraphs inspired by your films!
Thank you, so glad to hear it 😀
I had a similar experience being curious how this textured paint stay would print! This had no carborundum in it tho, Ann
But still very interesting
If you used a fan brush or maybe a stiffer square brush I think you might get better definition, ...just a thought. 🎉
Oooh thank you, great thought 💭 🙌
This is of great interest to me, so thanks! Do you know what size grit you were using? I’m planning on doing a comparison of 3 grades with medium , and then ratios of medium to grit ; I find so far it is hard to have the grit mixed in and brushed on with consistency…. So I want to see if perhaps there are differentiating qualities among the three grit grades?😊
I think the finer the grit the better, I use the finest you can get. I think my favourite was the akua plate gel
Hello Marta thank you for this video how many times can you draw with a rhodoïd
Hi here you are very welcome! Do you mean how many times I can print on the acetate? I think you could probably get quite a lot of prints as it is very durable
Do you know the best wt and type plastic one can use? All the plastic types are confusing!
@@katmcgee9516 I know what you mean! You can actually buy drypoint sheets in art shops, which are designed specifically for scratching into. It’s basically Perspex, something not too thick so you can easily get it through the press. If you are mono printing on top, dura-lar is great as it’s easy to wipe, very thin