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Making a collagraph plate

1/11/2021

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I start with a plein aire watercolour painting of the image. 
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I compare it to the photo and alter aspects of the design. I decide the background trees in my painting are too uniform - they need more differentiation in terms of sizes.
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I use tracing paper to transfer the image from the painting to the card (my collagraphs use a mountboard matrix).
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I then draw the image, and paint liquitex gloss medium where I need the white of the paper to show through. ie the sky and the water.
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I cut into the card with a dremmel to make grooves to hold the ink. I make the trees and the bridge this way.
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This is a dremmel - noisy but efficient.
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I make masking tape stencils of the areas that I want to put tiling cement for the rocks.
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This is the tiling cement
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I apply the tiling cement and make the textures of the rocks.
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I peel off the masking tape and repeat the process until all my "rocks" are complete.
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I gently sandpaper the rocks then paint highlights with liquitex and the darker areas with AKUA carborandum.
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I then varnish the plate with shellac varnish made with shellac flakes and meths. The plate is ready for printing. I will make bleed prints. the paper will be cut to the size of the rectangle drawn on the plate. I am printing using an xcut xpress as Edinburgh printmakers is shut - printing bleed prints maximises the size of print I can make with the xcut. The print will be 13x38cms.
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Isobel Urquhart
1/12/2021 12:29:17 am

Thankyou for this detailed visual account of your process. Really helpful - and a grand image too!

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  • About
  • Reviews
  • My fine art prints
    • Birds, butterflies etc.
    • Edinburgh
    • Scottish Islands
    • Highlands of Scotland
    • Artist’s books
    • The Scottish coast
    • Scottish landscapes
    • Knotwork, Standing stones
    • Geology
    • Mountaineering/ski-touring
    • Trees
    • Cornwall
    • Home
    • Conceptual Art
  • Buy
  • Blog
  • Framing
  • Contact