At Swansea Print Workshop we do a lot of recycling and any prints that people leave behind after teaching sessions, ones they were not happy with, are reused in some way. Some that have a clean side are bagged up and sold on for drawing, sketching and proof prints. I bought a bag to use for life drawing but I prepared them first by using a squeegee to put down a thin layer of acrylic for a mid-tone (Daler Rowney System 3 with screenprint medium). The embossed print on the other side showed through, which I really liked. I drew with a 6B graphite block then added white acrylic highlights using a small piece of stiff card to scrape the paint across the areas I wanted. I’ll continue working into this with a stronger black medium to strengthen the lines – maybe a carbon block.
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