How to Print a Collagraph without a Press, and Add Color After the Ink Dries

Subscribe to my Art Blog for more Downloads and Tips: https://www.belindadelpesco.com This video is a beginning to intermediate printmaking demonstration of a collagraph created on scrap mat board (You can get the supply lists here: http://bit.ly/CollagraphSupplyList), printed in a single color. Several prints from the edition were then hand colored with watercolor, colored pencil, charcoal and oil pastel. If you need help creating titles for your art, check out this effective, speedy online course I've assembled to share tips and tricks harvested from two decades of titling watercolor paintings and printmaking: bit.ly/titlemyart Visit my Etsy Shop to see work for sale from my studio: http://bit.ly/bdelpescoetsy Subscribe to my art studio newsletter for exhibit news, discount codes and art announcements: http://bit.ly/DelPescoNewsletterSubsc... Leave any questions you have in the comments below. Materials: Your own reference photo, and THIS TUTORIAL VIDEO on how to make a collagraph plate: http://bit.ly/1JaJN48 For a subject, select something with simple lines and curves. Example: a plain coffee cup with a few tulips in it would work well... but a cut-crystal vase of daisies might be a bit too much to carve, at first. :) Mat board http://amzn.to/WGhqoi Rubber Gloves http://amzn.to/1bNmWvu spatula for mixing/laying out ink http://amzn.to/1sevJsW Akua Ink starter set http://amzn.to/1MXiA0J Akua MagMix (modifier to thicken the ink) http://amzn.to/1MXiQNm Akua Transparent Base http://amzn.to/1MXiLZR storage jars for leftover ink http://amzn.to/1MXiTst BFK Rives paper Heavier Weight (for use with a press) http://amzn.to/1lmHu0X BFK Rives paper (lightweight) for use with hand rub/transfer (recommended if you plan to add other media) http://amzn.to/1zeJ2S6 Kozo Mulberry paper (for hand rub/transfer, not recommended for adding water-media) http://amzn.to/1C97v9I Tarlatan cloth http://amzn.to/2iL4wBU Pointed Q-tips (for spot-clearing ink) http://amzn.to/1caphku Oil Pastels http://amzn.to/1A5jchs Colored Pencil http://amzn.to/1eyaZod Charcoal drawing set http://amzn.to/1F7FFPj Watercolors http://amzn.to/1vJkwrQ Watercolor Brushes http://amzn.to/1xw9yDn apron http://amzn.to/1fWXkIh Non-skid liner to secure your plate while inking & wiping http://amzn.to/1ggYcsv metal ruler with cork back for paper tearing http://amzn.to/1ATQx1f spatula for mixing/laying out ink http://amzn.to/1sevJsW Mylar sheets (tape one down to mix ink on, if you don't have a piece of glass) http://amzn.to/13iA73Z Takach etching press: this is the press I have in my studio http://www.takachpress.com If you have any questions about the process, please leave them in the comment section, and I’ll do my best to answer them quickly! Happy printing! #collagraph #collograph #printmaking You can find me here: https://www.belindadelpesco.com   / bdelpesco   http://www.etsy.com/shop/bdelpesco   / belinda.delpesco     / bdelpesco     / bdelpesco     / bdelpesco   (Note: This video includes affiliate links, which costs nothing to you, but keeps my art supplies stocked. Thanks for supporting my studio work, so I can share my experiments here with you!)