Studio blog: drypoint printmaking

I had a fantastic day at PrintFest in Ulverston on Saturday, where I attended two workshops taught by Alex Jakob-Whitworth.

The morning workshop was a drypoint workshop where I worked on a scene local to Ulverston, a view looking towards Hoad Hill from Canal Foot.

I really enjoyed the process and can see lots of possibilities to add more tone and texture by manipulating the ink on the drypoint plate. I had time to make two prints on the workshop, and you can see from the images that different effects can be created according to how the ink is applied and removed from the printing plate.

I don’t think I’m quite where I want to be with this print yet, but I can experiment more in the studio and see what I can come up with!