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Using the eye dropper, I create a digital palette by sampling each of the colours. The matches are good but not perfect and quite adequate to work with.
Creating a digital palette
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Transferred onto plate:
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The original drawing ready for transfer to the plate using carbon paper. This needs to be ‘back to front’ in order to print the right way round.
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#tableauxofdreams – exploring other avenues
I don’t specifically work at finding new ideas, but I do feel them forming in my mind, and I started thinking about this particular project some considerable time ago. What I am not at all sure about is why now is the right time to make a start.
Planning the order
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Colourways – working out possible colour combinations in my sketchbook helps me plan the order in which I lay down the paint.
Verging on the abstract, a swan feeding.
Hindu medicine at the Welcome Institute
The Dutch House, Royal Palace at Kew
A seat, but not for sitting on, where else but Paris?
Trace down:
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The traced image, showing areas to be scratched away ready for etching.
The finished palette
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This palette does not follow any accepted convention, I make it up as I go along. Pleased with the result I can see ideas taking shape in my mind. I am ready to scan it into the computer.
