This is a ghost print that I liked, but it had a big empty area that bothered me. I added a quote about autumn and didn’t like the way it looked, so I covered it with a lacy mulberry paper scrap and found a word I liked. There are lots of options to continue working on these if you just think of it as a drawing or painting.
Nice balance with the dark, light and word.
Les
This composition works really well. The stems and leaves lead my eye around the painting right through the “imagery”. I like the way all the leaves are going off the edge of the print, giving them the feeling of floating.
Is a ghost print a second run?
Yes, what’s left on the plate. I put paint on for a new print but the background I was aiming for had this on it, so I kept it. I usually like them better than the first print.