A little while ago I mentioned how I had borrowed a stuffed duck from a pub called The Marquis of Lorne. In order to take the duck I had to give them something in return for the time duckie spent with me. So my little soft toy lamb, that I saw in a junk shop in Northcote, and couldn't resist, sat dutifully on the shelf in the pub for almost a month. I bet it was the time of his little soft toy lamby life!
So, Duckie became my model, I drew her, painted her and finally made a plate. A large perspex dry point plate. Almost didn't fit on my press!
It took a lot of rubbing and wiping to ink up this large perspex plate. Perspex isn't as nice to work with as copper is, I find it takes extra effort to get the ink just right on the plate and it's confusing because you can see ink on the back of the plate too.
I inked up in sepia brown tones with black rubbed over the top in areas. I rubbed the ink clean in areas I wanted white and then over the wing I inked in a mixture of turquoise and black to give that flash of metallic green. That part of the duck has a special name, my mum knows what it's called, but I can't remember. Anyone else know?
And here is The Marquis Of Lorne's Duck. She'll be in my Exhibition next Thursday!
And here is The Marquis Of Lorne's Duck. She'll be in my Exhibition next Thursday!
7 comments:
Great post! Love your model :)
Oh she's beautiful Bridget...
this is a happy duck, lovely.
I just love your duck print Bridget! Great work!
gorgeous. your drawings are amazing.
I did a little post about your sale on my blog this afternoon after purchasing a few of your prints.
You can view it at www.helloowl.blogspot.com if your interested in having a peek.
This print is beautiful! I like how you have used subtle lines to capture what seems a cryptic (as is natural) appearance of the Grey Teal.
I also want to add, how much people love the red and blue Featherstitch Fantail brooch I bought from you at the Rose St. Markets recently.
That is just so beautiful!
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