Printmaking at Charukala – 1 – Lithography

Time is short and I should be packing but I've been sneaking across to the art college to take a few prints. After I was told that there will be a drought as far as printmaking is concerned in Colombo, I couldn’t stop myself. Rokeya Sultana, a well known artist and a friend teaches at...

Shaky : Illustration Friday

Shaky beginnings.   Test prints of my first two woodcuts.   I still haven't been able to wrap my head around the fact that what is positive in drawing is negative in relief prints. I'll get there someday 😛 For the first piece I've mostly followed the wood grain and I like the feel and flow. ...

Projects & a Drypoint

(drypoint photos - cleaned plate, inked plate, first proof on the press, first proof) April 2nd, 2009 - I'm looking at working on a few plates during the two month printmaking course, at UODA, with Shahid Kabir. This piece is a drypoint and is to keep me busy while waiting for some zinc plates to...

A Hoard of WIP’s

Being a pack rat makes it easy for me to hoard. The one which I'm not at all happy with is my growing collection of WIP's. This here, is the first in a long, long time that has been taken further. Hopefully it should happen to more of them soon. Managed to take a couple...