End of the Line

Tonight was the last meeting of the latest woodcut series I've been teaching at the BAC.  Two things made this night different from the previous three.  One, this is the first Tuesday in a while with absolutely no rain, making all the various times loading and unloading the car worry free.  (though with the current heat wave, some rain would have been welcomed this afternoon)   Two, my two youngest students weren't there.  (I had gotten an e-mail yesterday telling me about two last minute events that they had to attend)  But that still left me with two students ready to work.

Wynn's project has been a multiblock print, an image of a chair against a wall with a rug underneath.  He was hoping to be able to pull a proof of the whole thing tonight, but he never got around to finishing the key block.  Still, he saw it as a good opportunity to learn more about printing, so I got out the color inks and we made the above proof.  (one thing he learned is that the quality of the ink makes a big difference in printing)  He was pleased with how this first stage turned out, which will give him the incentive to finish the other block and put them together in the final piece.

Mary brought back the block she's been working on over the past month.  She had brought in a hand colored proof last week, and may experiment with color more later, but for tonight she was pulling proofs on a variety of papers.  She liked what color can do, but also likes this image in black and white.  She felt that the proof below wast the best one of the night, and I agreed.

So, no woodcut class for a few weeks, but I'm planning to launch another series in mid to late July.  Should have some returning students, and I hope a few new ones, too.