Collagraph: Color

"Rainforest"

This piece is from an artist by the name of Belinda "BillyLee" NYE. She was a former photographer, yet not so long ago she was introduced to the art of printmaking and just completely fell in love with it! Belinda is an active member of the website known as RedBubble ,and although many of her teachers have a hard time understanding why she uses it, she mostly uses it for marketing. A lot of her work is shared on this page ranging from prints to oil paintings as well as her portfolio and her recent work is also updated by her there. 

Her collagraph up above was made of loads of paper cut outs and glue on top of foam board. It was than shallaced, yet she found herself wanting to add more character into her print. She re-inked the board with Graphic Block ink and then rolled it up with the color black. She then placed the board onto the same prints she recently made creating what is called a Collagraph/Relief print; thus, resulting in this beautiful image up above.

Not too long ago did I want to try a relief print with a drypoint project we were doing in my printmaking class. However, now my class is working on collagraphs and I'm hoping to experiment more with color and relief prints. 

Belinda's piece is an amazing example for the use of great value placement with color which not only gives the print an astonishing look, but also amounts for the great detail shown. 

http://www.redbubble.com/people/billylee/works/1409421-rainforest-collagraph-relief-print