80 Percent Done

Long night spent drawing on the stone. Plan is to finish my drawing, etch my stone and tear my paper.  Tomorrow I will roll-up the first etch. I'm trying out some different brands of Senefelder's Crayon Black, will try the Handschy/Hanco brand (I normally use Graphic Chemical Crayon Black).  After the stone is rolled up I will do a second etch, wait a couple of hours and print my edition.  As I've mentioned before I print the black first.  This is the opposite of sequence that most lithographers do.  I use transparent based inks so that I can print over the black "key" image.  I may to a couple of other colors after the black.   Right now it is a race against time.  I have another edition due at the same time but will try to stagger work on both.  

I'm still hearing about some sad events going on in town about politics.  Hope everyone learns how to breathe. Just breathe.  Try to be more tolerant, patient...