More transfer attempts — less success

These transfers went even less well than yesterday’s transfers. Part of it was the paper, which is the Superfine Letterpress (I think) that is part of the first signature of this journal. It buckled and didn’t want to take the images. The top image, of our plum tree, wasn’t a total failure … until I kept rubbing until the pigments started to shift around with my finger. The left middle image — a bouquet of pen-made flowers — turned out surprisingly well. The image of an old worksheet from a workshop with Ann Hechle (great workshop!) was a disaster, although the bits that did work yielded very clear, tiny letters. The bottom image, Boy with Accordion, worked in places but mostly not. Interestingly, it was very unpleasant to write with pen and watercolor on the matte medium areas of the paper. The paint didn’t want to leave the pen and the paper didn’t want to take the paint. W/N manganese blue and ultramarine, plus some other brand of cadmium orange. And colored pencils in the same colors.