Last year I found the 100 Day Project really valuable and actually made 100 little gouache monotypes. It was an intro to printing processes for me; very exciting and has made me want to incorporate printing and more mixed media in general into my artwork.
I want to take a run at the 100 Day Project again this year, but don't think completing something every day is a goal I can sustain. Instead, I am aiming to get myself out of a slump by committing to do something every day, working on giving life to old pieces that failed or were not completed for some reason. I have drawers full of work like that! It would feel really good to rescue some of them.
Lately the printing process I've been experimenting with is somewhat related to gelly prints, using a silicone baking surface instead of the gel plate. These can be transferred directly on to old watercolor paintings or on to tissue paper for collage. Today I prepared several "plates" for printing.
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Here they are, with different types of marks on each one. A limited palette seems like a good way to start, so these all include a good amount of burnt sienna. That should make it easy to use them together.
The plan is to do my day-to-day documentation here and on Substack. I'm hoping to go the distance again this year and to learn as much as I did doing this project in 2025.
