Camping In Michigan - First in Edition

"Camping in Michigan"

Here we go. This is the sixth pull of this print and the first of the edition. It will probably be a limited edition, but I haven't decided the final number yet. I am going to keep the background the same and change the color of the tent on each one. With a large edition, it will definitely have repeats in the color combination, and I am anticipating only about 5 or 6 different variations.

On a side note, I've ordered some oil-based ink for future pulls. I will probably switch over to that once it gets here. Although, with a bit of a steady hand, it's added a bit of interest in the spots where I allowed the block to slightly run into the color. I've also ordered more Tombow brush markers - the earth color set.

Watercolor and ink.

Artist's Proof #5

"Camping in Michigan"

This is the 5th Proof. I'll be keeping the first 5 pulls as Artist's Proofs. In this one I've finally worked out how I want to color them. The big issue has been the water-based ink that I used. It tends to run in to the colors if I'm not very careful. On this one I've used mostly watercolor pencils. The knots in the trees and the blue sky were done with Tombow brush markers.

Watercolor and ink