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Crossing Over Mediums: Experimentation With Watercolor And Printmaking, Alyssa Spjut
Crossing Over Mediums: Experimentation With Watercolor And Printmaking, Alyssa Spjut
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
My interest lies in creating strong compositions that incorporate color, abstract lines, and shapes. Color is my main focus and I am interested in how the colors in my watercolor sketches translate into my printmaking work and vice versa. The comparison of the more spontaneous and organic way of working with watercolor, in contrast to the printmaking process, which involves strategy and planning, could end in some unusual and unexpected results.
My thesis is based on my exploration of merging or translating my watercolor paintings with my printmaking work. By using and combining formal elements such as line, shape, texture, …