Helen O'Hara – Community Artist – Joondalup, Perth, WA

Sunday, 29 March 2015

Printing on Fabric


These prints were made with a Gelli plate onto white cotton fabric. I used acrylic paints to build up layers of prints. More layers of paint were added over the top with commercial and hand-made stamps. Later I'll sew over the top.




Saturday, 28 March 2015

Print Making With Traci Week 4


Week 3 of "Bold, Expressive, and Unconventional Printmaking" with Traci Bautista from Strathmore Online Workshops was about using Gelli prints to build up a layered background.



 




Print Making With Traci Week 3


Week 3 of "Bold, Expressive, and Unconventional Printmaking" with Traci Bautista from Strathmore Online Workshops was about printing using a plastic sheet protector. 



We also made these acrylic skins to use in collage.


Drawing Over Prints


I've used markers and Inktense to draw some images over these 2 prints from last week.


Sunday, 22 March 2015

Print Making With Traci Week 2


Week 2 of "Bold, Expressive, and Unconventional Printmaking" with Traci Bautista from Strathmore Online Workshops was about printing circles and ovals. I haven't had time to add anything yet to these basic prints. Watch this space. 




Winner


This weekend I entered some of my art into Camden Show. I managed to scoop a 1st, 2nd and a Highly Commended!


Monday, 16 March 2015

Print Making With Traci - Week 1


I'm currently taking the free class "Bold, Expressive, and Unconventional Printmaking" with Traci Bautista from Strathmore Online Workshops. You can still join in the workshop. 

Here are some of my prints from week one. I used a Gelli plate with home-made foam, lino and glue gun stamps, commercial stamps, acrylics, ink pads and India ink applied with a pipette. All instructions on how to make the stamps and prints can be found in the class link above.