The Lucky Dip Art frame on our stall pulls people in and causes curiosity and excitement.
This run of Lucky Dip Art is an exploration of space and colour and it is also me experimenting with ways of producing art in a productive manner. These prints started of as four A5 sheets. First, I printed the background colours, then drew a grid and laid the clear Gelli printing plate over the grid. That acted as a guide as I added some darker tones. This was interesting as now and then something would overlap with the piece next to it.
Then the scary but fun bit. I cut each A5 down to four pieces of A7. What I was hoping for was to end up with 16 interesting compositions. I was very happy with the result. In A5 size they did work as one large composition, but once cut down everything became more concise and impactful.
I decided to highlight areas of the composition with circles, ovals and other things. I drew onto the Gelli plate first and let it dry, covered the Gelli with clear medium and placed the A7 backgrounds on top and let dry.
Lifting them meant transferring the acrylic painted circles from the Gelli on to the prepared background. Doing it this way (compared to just drawing direct on the backgrounds) resulted in something stronger, cleaner and more defined.
These will be part of ‘Lucky Dip Art’ this Sunday. If you buy one (they’re only $3), thank you in advance! In a way, you’ve almost crowdfunded this little experiment. The only difference is that I made it first and then asked for your support!