Tag Archives | Imaginary Birds

Blue Bird of Bewilderment

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Strange Little Phoenix III

Yesterday’s bird was just a bit too garish, so here is a second stab at it… and this one is settling a bit better for me.

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Strange Little Phoenix II

I kept trying to get a version of this quirky fellow, but couldn’t get my inks right, or perhaps I just hadn’t seasoned the paper enough. None of them turned out well. But I am having fun modifying those not-very-satisfying prints. I got a little carried away with color here, but if you can’t be gaudy on occasion — well, who’s writing the rules, anyway?

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Strange Little Phoenix

Print with overpainting

This didn’t start out as a ghost print, but rather as one where the paper didn’t take the ink well. I liked the image and decided to try to save it by painting over it. It came out with a sort of medieval tapestry feel, or perhaps a tweaked flare of the early renaissance… The original print is below.

Original primt

 

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Dark Night Submerged

This is a ghost print from yesterday’s “dark night,” worked over with a bit of sumi ink on paper never meant for sumi…which brings an interesting texture to things. And in the end created a certain underwater look…

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Dark Night

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Joy

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Chubly Takes a Walk

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Celestial Egg

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Old Soul

I love the marks that you can get with monotype…

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