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Checkerboards

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Leslie

I paint a lot of checkerboards. I think they are a little more interesting with some kind of irregular pattern over them.

orange-blue-checkerboard-2sm

These were made by staining some rough paper with a blue wash, painting in the checkerboard in orange watercolor, then I dipped a bolt in watered down black ink, and rolled it around on top.

orange-blue-checkerboard-1sm

 

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Storm clouds

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Leslie

I’m not great at prints, but once in a while I get lucky. These were made by smearing some kind of thin paint around on a piece of glass and pressing black construction paper onto it. They are very evocative of storm clouds, I think.

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handmade paper background

handmade printed paper

 

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