Now that summer is here I have more time to devote to my artwork. I did some printing this week on paper. The plants in the area are really growing well now so there's lots of colour in them. I used some of my Tagetes or Tickseed flowers from the garden to get some good prints. Here are the flowers in the garden.
Here is a set of prints print with these flowers in it. They're on 9 X 12 inch watercolour paper. The one on the left has the flowers, some horsetail and wild grapes in it. The one on the right has some eucalyptus leaves on it that I had frozen last fall. Yes, the Tickseed flowers turn orange/red when you print them! This is one of the best reds you can get in this part of the world. If I lived in a warmer climate where eucalyptus grew it would be easier to get red colours from plants into my eco prints.
Here's another set of prints below. The one on the left is a Buckthorn branch with sumac petals and the one on the right is believe it or not a tulip (faintly visible on the left side). I added some other leaves and some osage orange flakes.
Here is another set below. In the left print you see the Tickseed flowers. There's horsetail in the middle and I added some wild grapes. The print on the right is Blueweed and some asters. Also some grapes in this one. I froze the wild grapes last fall. By the way, I haven't yet made anything with the woad because I realized that it would be a very long process and probably I'll get a very small amount of natural blue dye. But I'm still thinking about it. Thanks for stopping by!
