Challenging Colour Palettes in Printmaking
I’ve been taking part in a weekly print challenge happens at this time of year call printer solstice. This year it’s been all about colour and we’ve had a different colour combination to test each week.
The first prompt was “absence of colour” which was by far the easiest one so far!! They progressed to complimentary colours, analogous colours and so on. Each week has been a lesson in colour theory too!!
As most printing techniques require different blocks for each colour, this is particularly challenging. I chose to concentrate on printing with recycled packaging and all my prints were created with cereal boxes, tetra pack, and frequently monoprint backgrounds.
I haven’t managed every week - increasingly I’m too busy - but I really enjoyed it and it’s really push me to think differently about how I mix my colours, so I’m really glad that I’ve joined and as much as I could.
