It’s been a while since I’ve managed to update this site as it’s been a very busy time for one reason or another…
Having completed the Red Circle exchange, I moved onto another exchange, this time held by Crown Point Press. I had a small mezzotint plate & I decided to have another go at creating something (the first time saw me create Flight w/Chine-Collé). This time it was a rather precise portrait affair in the form of my eye. It threw up several challenges, primarily how to get strong definition in the lines & creating shadows. All in all it was a practise piece that inked up easily enough, with technical improvements. Not my best piece of work visually but a good opportunity in understanding mezzotint nonetheless. I toyed with the idea of a ‘clever’ title; Perspective, Eye of the Beholder, Sense, Sight etc but bandied them about so many times that I finally settled on ‘Untitled’ (original, I know). In hindsight, Chine-Collé would work well in this piece too.
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