Tiger Moths - A Reductive print

 A Reductive print uses only a single printing block, which is printed in stages, each time cutting more form the block. I decided to continue with the moth theme for it, this time choosing Tiger moths.

For my first layer I printed a "rainbow roll", that is, a blended multiple colour layer.

Mixing and rolling out colours.

The first print.

I printed out 7 copies, as I wouldn't be able to reprint them after starting to cut into the wood.

I realized that I should have cut out the white first, but I remedy that later by printing a layer of white!

Next I cut out a grassy background, remembering that what I cut out would stay the previous colour I printed.

The wood after cutting.

I printed a dark to light green rainbow on this layer.

A nice warm red I made by mixing Rubine red and Apricot inks.

Red moths!

The white that I didn't add earlier, actually is a nice cream colour, which is better I think.

The final layer is a mixed black made from ultramarine, apricot and rubine red.

The final print can be seen here.