Yesterday rocked. At the Thursday workshop I printed the Apocalyptic Weed background in Tri Colors. Prussian Blue, Black and Burnt Sienna. Foreground weeds were Yellow Ochre and a bright orange. Came out good. Second print was kind of muddy, that's when I simplified to a Prussian Blue background and the yellow wheaty color in the foreground. Came out awesome.

Today I worked on a two color scheme. Phalo Green with a little Phalo Blue for the background. Yellow ochre and process magenta for the foreground. Disaster. Turns out the Wrights Copper Cream I used yesterday stripped the aquatints. Had to re-etch the plate. When I got the plate out of the acid I went back to printing, adding prussian blue to the background ink and staying with the ochre and process magenta for the foreground.

Brilliant!

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