Mt. Fuji Print: Hokusai's Print, Part 5

In this demonstration, we will start to use the ink. Remember, we only have black ink and white paper. That is all we have to work with as far as ink and the white of the paper goes. You will want to wear an apron as it can get messy or you can wear dark clothing.

You will need the following:
-a roller
-newspaper or other paper so that the surface you are working on does not get dirty or messy
-registration paper (same size as your print)
-printing paper (your final print, again needs to be the same size as your registration paper)
-black ink (Speedball printing ink)
-a small glass of water (optional)
- a paper plate or you can use the newspaper (the newspaper needs be at least two pages or two layers)

Although I didn't say this in the demonstration, your registration paper and your final paper, I cut a 9 x 12 in paper in half so it was 3 x 6 for both the registration paper and the final paper. You can also use 8.5 x 11 inch paper and cut that in half.

In essence, when you cut that piece of paper in half (I would recommend using a ruler and either straight scissors or an x-acto knife) your paper will be the following
1. one half is your registration paper
2. the other half is your printing--final print paper

You will take your Speedball black printing ink and squirt it either on the paper plate or on two layers of newspaper. Then you will use your roller and roll into it. You want that silky look. Not too covered. There is a demonstration on too much and too little and what that looks like. Next, you will see that the ink is pretty even on the roller. This is the point where you are now ready to ink up your matrix.