G–O!

Behold the next instalment of my risoprint alphabet cards!

There are thirteen days between the completion of the letters A and O, and now that I see these arrayed like this, it’s very interesting to review the evolution of my style. The first six letters are quite stylised, with only minimal tonal shading, but with O especially I have gone all the way experimenting with the ‘wet on wet’ riso brushes, to more painterly effect.

I have tried to stick to minimal colour palettes on each illustration, to maintain the verisimilitude of real risoprinting, and the number of colours on each card ranges from 3–5. This is unlike the potato pancake recipe, which utilises about 12 colours, at least two of which aren’t ‘real’ riso ink colours, and would not be possible to recreate in a real risoprint. A purist might turn up their nose, but I am okay with that.

Eleven more to go!