A tiny heart will be the focus of this valentine, carved and ready for the first color.
I am now ready to print over the first color layer and add a bit of text.
What a gorgeous purple using rubine red, process blue, and transbase inks.
The image is transferred. This will be a two block reduction print. Therefore, I carved off the entire background from this block and left Pooh.
The sky is carved away in order to remain blue in the finished print.
The second color (green) is printed over the areas I left when carving away the sky.
The carved key block. I am now printing the fourth run through the press using a black-gray.
The print is complete! I will now add the text.
I often begin a new year by designing and printing cards. This frequently includes a valentine. Here is a look at my endeavors for the start of 2020. Each one is a reduction relief print with text.
The heart is printed. I will now carve away for the second color.
I was pleased with how placing the text above and below the heart brought it all together!
I then printed a card using some text from A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh; a favorite character from my childhood. The imagery was my interpretation of Pooh pondering the text.
The two blocks are ready for printing. One contains Pooh. The other block will be the background surrounding Pooh and will eventually become the key block.
The first color is printed - sky blue.
I switched the blocks in order to print Pooh. I printed him in a peachy-orange.
I then carved the rest of the key block leaving the linear details.
I used 12 pt Garamond for the text to complete this card enabling the sender to reach out to a friend or family member.
On Wednesday, when the sky is blue,
And I have nothing else to do,
I sometimes wonder if it’s true
That who is what and what is who.
And I often wonder…how are you?
-Winnie-the-Pooh