Walkin' Blues part 14

 Next up in my printing for the print fair is Walkin' Blues, which I think was the first one completed.  But while I have printed that image area a few times (including one sale), I have never printed one with the lyrics.  I proofed the lyrics by themselves recently just to have a layer of ink on there, but I need an actual print.  

There had been snow in the forecast for today, but then the storm changed direction.  We may still get the back end of the storm tonight, but that doesn't affect me going to the Studio and getting a little work in. The block has been printed before, even the lettering now, and I used a gouge to clean up a little recently, so I figured I could get this in before things got bad.  I brought the rock/pop book of discs with me today, thinking I would decide on what to listen to when I got there.  

No Molly present, so I had the music to myself.  Decided to listen to the Beatles' Abbey Road album, maybe because a few days ago we had the 50th anniversary SNL show, and McCartney closed things with the last 3 major songs of the album, ones he wrote I guess. (you shouldn't need my past write up to know about this album)  I had saved a little ink from the last can, in folded wax paper, so it didn't take long to get ready today.  The block was in my rack from the recent cutting, and the paper was in its usual box.  Inking seemed to go fast, but then I found during printing that I needed to do a lot of re-inking, so in the end, it was like all the other sessions.  But when I was done, I seemed to have another proof.  Results from today are below:

One thing I noticed even while still printing was a tiny bit of stray ink appearing in the left side margin, Very noticeable in that white area.  I may be able to fix this after it dries, which would be good because I don't really want to print it again.  As I finished printing it, my disc ended, and I decided to follow it with another Beatles album- Beatles For Sale.  First of all, you never need an excuse to listen to a second Beatle album.  And even though this one is considered by some to be one of the band's lesser albums (there are some high bars here), I have always liked it, at least well enough that I burned a copy to keep in the Studio, which is why I have it now.  Printing was done, but then comes the inevitable cleaning, my palette, the tools, etc.  With that all done, I could put away everything and go home, well ahead of any snow.  The print went in my rack to dry with the others recently printed, and can stay there until next week, when it should be warmer, and no snow is expected.