Progress on "Cascade Falls" Print and Welcome Autumn

 I've been busy working on the current reduction block print of the Cascade Falls trail in Waterville Valley, NH. There are so many leaves, rocks, and other textures to carve away, that it's taking a long while to fully complete! It seems that the more prints I work on, the more complex and intuitive the process becomes. I'm fully hand printing each layer, which allows for more control of pressure in specific areas, but it also slows down the printing of each stage of the image. I have also been switching to a slightly heavier and whiter BFK printmaking paper, that holds up better to multiple color layers.

Here are a few photos of the ongoing progress.

yellow tones added to background

mixing ink for a layer of green

more green

The printing plate with brown ink

The brown layer

more green

This is the state of the print today. I have to carve away all the areas that I want to stay the current colors. I think there will be just one more layer of a dark neutral gray, which will define all of the darkest shadows.

Sunflowers blooming in the yard! Happy Autumn!