Ghost Print of Mountains with Sky and Grid (Monotype)

Ghost Print of Mountains and Sky with Grid (Monotype) Originally uploaded by randubnick

This is the second of three prints that I made in Tuesday night's printmaking class at Red Brick. After I made the first print (Mountains and Sky with Grid, posted here yesterday), I could see that there was still a good amount of ink left on the plate, so I decided to try making a ghost print from the plate. (A ghost print is a print made from the ink remaining on a plate after it has been printed). This is the result: the same imagery with softer colors. I was experimenting with adding texture. I created the grid with pieces of netting, and the pattern remained on the plate after I removed the net. I didn't know if the grid pattern would show up in the ghost print, but I was glad to see that it did.