AT THE MOMENT I’VE BEEN WORKING ON CREATING MORE PLAYFUL ARTWORK, AS ITS THE SORT OF THING I LOVE TO LOOK AT BUT SEEM TO STRAY AWAY FROM. INFLUENCED BY MY PINK ALIEN THAT CAME FIRST, I STARTED TO SKETCH OUT A NEW DAPPER CHARACTER:
SOMETIMES WHEN I HAVE A NEW IDEA I CAN GET OVERWHELMED BY ALL OF THE OPTIONS I HAVE TO REALISE IT, DO I WANT TO MAKE A PAINTING? DO I WANT TO MAKE A HUGE SCULPTURE? THIS TIME I DECIDED TO TRY THESE LITTLE GUYS OUT AS PRINT TILES, THINKING EVENTUALLY ONE OF THEM COULD GO TOWARDS THIS YEARS 20:20 PRINT EXCHANGE WHICH I DID LAST YEAR AS WELL!
IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE, I TRACED THE SKETCHES ON MY IPAD SO THAT I COULD THEN CREATE A SCREEN FROM THEM. HERE ARE A FEW OF THEM:
THE ONE with the flowers IS The ONE I CHOSE TO PRINT first AS I FELT IT WAS THE STRONGEST due to the extra colours.
i printed out each layer on printer paper and oiled the paper to make it translucent. this can then get placed onto a screen and developed!
here are some progress pictures of the screen printing so far:
Amy Watson Portfolio 