"Sam"

One of our SLC members, Vita, has an adorable, sweet dog named Sam. I had just received my order of new printmaking inks, so I thought I'd use Sam as the model for my next print.

After planning colors and transferring the image to the block (on right), I cut away the areas that will remain white.Next I mixed up the gray background color.

And printed the first layer for an edition of 22.

Next is the yellow ochre layer.

Then a darker tone of yellow ochre and burnt umber mixed together.

I finished with a layer of dark brown.

I hope Sam likes his portrait!