Work In Progress: Miner’s Wives 4.

Last week I did 3 versions of my drawing of Miner’s Wives confronting the police (1984/85) onto Mark Resist film (see below). Today I chose the fine line drawing on the right to develop with Indian Ink and brushes. There’s still a lot to do before I expose it onto a photo-sensitised screen but I feel like I’m on my way now. I’m thinking of adding another police officer on the left and a couple more shadowy ones in the bus window.

I really like the haphazard way the ink washes spread randomly on the film. I can also work back into the inked areas like hair with a cocktail stick, scraping detail into it.