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Subject: Dominos
Posted by: Andrew Stone

Well, enough of all that etching silliness. TIME to get back to woodblocks! I like to use my woodblocks as a sort of home study course. I've had trouble getting really dark and rich blacks and the subject of the next print is really just a pretext for this task. Here's one of the original doodles. The domino originated as a white ivory tile with black pips (ebony wood) but for my purposes I went with the black version--usually black painted wood with white dots. I wanted something black, that I could print in a varied way and still have it be interesting. My original sketch was of a domino with a six and a one but then, at the food store I saw this....and was crushed. I thought about changing paths/ideas--especially as this one is a bit thin, content-wise. But after waffling and postponing, I finally just charged ahead. Drinking some of the bottle helped. It's not bad. So I went back to the sketchbook and tried again: This is the preparatory drawing for the blocks, colored in with colored pencils. [Long item has been trimmed at this point. The full blog entry can be viewed here]

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