Riso Printing - 24th November 22

My Favourite Chair


Planning for the Riso I knew that I wanted to use bold colours so after sketching out the chair a couple of times, I added colour. Knowing I wanted to add something ese, I then created little overlays of the options I chose, a pillow, a cat and book. I then took photos of the arrangements I liked,.



To get the bold colours I wanted I chose to use the darkest option on most of the image.


I believe this is one of my most successful workshops and would love to do it again. I even like the unintentional overlays and accidental texture on the legs of the chair.

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