Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere... Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I sure didn't want to do it but I did- my pop-up class was last night in West Palm. I had to get down there by 6 and heard about the main road down there was closed for train track construction, plus it was drive-time so I left early 'just in case'. Turned out to be a great class- we did mono prints and collographs, and there were only 2 of us working plus a great nice guy teaching. It was the kind of class I like best- one of those where an overview the info is presented and demoed and then we're on our own to mess about. Of course I turned out 2 of the ugliest prints imaginable, still in the back seat of my car. The other student was methodical and directed and did it all the 'right' way ending up with practically a portfolio of work.
But I learned that you can print with water based inks for a few rounds, let it dry or use a hairdryer, and then swing into oil inks on top of it- HEY, I sez- Hey, that's just like wall paints- you can paint with latex paint over oil paint but never the other way around. That's just like encaustics...'fat over lean'. Oops, it's OPPOSITE of all the rules I ever followed (circa 1966!) And then he was showing us a quick mono print technique with oils and used the yukkiesy old metal-tube dried up paints you've ever seen but pulled out a can of PAM as his thinner or medium. That alone was worth the price of the class.
I also realized that I am not a very good finished printer but I can print a monotype, scan it into my system and print my monotypes on cloth. SO, as soon as I finish putting stuff away, vacuuming up the bug cemetery, and learning the ins and outs of my new uber-qbilting machine, I'm set for life on new ideas! Not that it's ever been a problem.
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