Past Printing Prompts – A new activity for the NPS is called the “Printing Prompt.” Members will periodically be emailed a ‘prompt’ of a theme for printing along with a deadline. See below for past printing prompts.
Click below to start the 2024 Summer ‘Orange’ printing prompt gallery.
Click below to start the 2024 Spring ‘Black and White’ printing prompt gallery.
Lori Loftus, gyotaku direct method collage
Chris Dewees, Shiner Perch, 1969
Mridula Vichitra, clay with ink stamp pad
Sonja Larsen
Michael Reimer, Bluegill 2
Jane Evans, Swan Feather, white and black acrylic ink on Xuan paper
Jill Marks, Myotis Marimba
Michael Reimer, Bluegill
Lori Loftus, Seahorses
Karen Gillard, Daffodils Takuga
Pura Vida, gyotaku I
J McAuliffe, Gliding Beneath the Moon
Marty Flora
Chris Dewees, Pacific Sandfish, 2001
Liz Rollingson and Nate Garrett, suminigashi class, Coleen O’Connell, octopus class, 2023
Cindy Marlow, Immersion Ecoprint on Wool Felt
Liz Rollingson
Marty Flora
Mridula Vichitra, clay with ink stamp pad
JoAnn Campisi
Jane Evans, Anglesey Sea Bass Duo, sumi ink on Chinese Xuan paper
JoAnn Campisi
Lisa Madson, feather prints with suminagashi, 20 x 30
J McAuliffe, Sumi Ichiban
Liset van Dommelen, Squirrel from Sweden
Liset van Dommelen, Bestiarium
Thea Swanson, Lily of the Valley
Ginny Zanger, Gelli Monotype
Pura Vida, gyotaku II
Dwight Hwang, Out of Darkness
Don Jensen, Ling Cod on Sumi
Click below to start the 2024 Winter ‘Purple’ printing prompt gallery.
Chris Dewees, Halibut Chasing Octopus
Lynda Goldberg, Purple Sweet Peas
Mridula Vichitra, Pressed Petals 2, 2018
Lynn McKinney with thanks to Lori Loftus, Eco Dyed Scarf for Purple Challenge
Elizabeth Rolinson, Find the Insects
Lori Loftus, Eco Dyed Silk II
Cindy Marlow, Reduction on Purple Napkin
Susann Ely, Purple Beet
Michael Reimer, Bluegill
Catherine Stacy, Orchid Blossoms
Hallie Bond, Long Lake Lilies I
Sharon Bippus, Wildacres 2024
Patti Anderson, Purple Flowers
Lynda Goldberg, Dance I
Cindy Marlow, Aspen Leaves Mask
Catherine Stacy, Wildacres 2018-08
Carla Bratt, Victorian Spring
Mridula Vichitra, Pressed Petals 1, 2018
Thea Swanson, Colchicum the Giant
Marilyn Skinner, Jelly Fish
JoAnn Campisi, Monotype 2
Carla Bratt, Tideline
Lori Loftus, Eco Dyed Silk
Sue Fierston, Poppy, woodcut
Michael Reimer, Bluegill 2
JoAnn Campisi, Monotype
Ken Dara, Rooster Fish with Bait
Arlene Bandes, Collage
Chris Dewees, Surfperches
Jill Marks, Surgeonfish with Seafan
Elizabeth Rollinson, Dragonfly Flypast
Marilyn Skinner, Moon Jelly Fish
Lisa Madson, Steamed Paper
Hallie Bond, Long Lake Lilies II
Click below to start the 2023 Fall ‘Red’ printing prompt gallery.
Dwight Hwang, Octopus Color Study, created in France
Sue Fierston, Fraser Magnolia and Fish 1
Bill Voigt, Strawberry Grouper
JoAnn Migliore Campisi, 1 Red
Jill Marks, Bats
Cyndi Lanier, Fiery Feathers
Bill Voigt, Hog Fish
JoAnn Migliore Campisi, 2 Red
Liz Rollinson, Red Octopus
Lori Loftus, Dungeness Crab Crawl
Sue Fierston, Three Ferns, Sassafras Red Maple
Chris Dewees, Spot Shrimp 2006
Lisa Madson, Fall Fire, steamed, colored paper
Nora Terwilliger, Cancer Antennarius Carapace and Alga
Jill Marks, Octopus Old Chop
Ruth van Doren, Handmade Collaged and Printed Book 2
Ruth van Doren, Handmade Collaged and Printed Book
Lori Loftus, Algae – West Coast
Mridula Vichitra, Hibiscus, pure pigment print by steam press
Dwight Hwang, Brown Trout in Red Tones
Janie Moltrup
Joe McAuliffe, Fish on Fire, Flame Snapper 15
Thea Swanson, Colchicum in Red
Joe McAuliffe, Double Happiness
Michael Reimer, Kokanee Salmon School
Liz Rollinson, Making a Scene
Click below to start the 2023 Summer ‘Green’ printing prompt gallery.
Marty Flora, Fish
Dwight Hwang, Sneaking Past Dorado, detail
Michael Reimer, Green Sunfish
Marty Flora
Lynda Weischowsky, Fused Glass Nature Print Soap Dish
Connie Jacowitz, Two Ferns with Stencil
Dwight Hwang, Sneaking Past Dorado
Eileen Kahan, Leaf Study
Kay Young, Two Perch in Sunlight, 12 x 12, acrylic gyotaku collage
Marilyn Skinner, China Cambodia 2
Joe McAuliffe, Abundance
Bee Shay, Oak Leaf
Connie Jacowitz, Pipevine
Bill Voigt, Pacific Barracuda
Carla Bratt, Fig Leaf
Sue Fierston, Foamflower – Redbud
Troy Bassiri, Striped Seaperch, direct print on Unryu
Lori Loftus, Green Leaves
Lori Loftus, Walleye, Northern Pike
Carla Bratt, Chard Leaf
Cindy Marlow, Discharge Tshirt
Mary Jo Lomax, Fun with Cottonwood Leaves
Ken Dara, Snook
Cindy Marlow, Eucalyptus and Ginko with Metal Paint
Mridula Vichitra, 1 Natural Pigment Print
Sharron Huffman, Lizard on a Leaf, paper clay
Mary Jo Lomax, Happy Accident
Mineo Yamamoto, BIG Scallop
Don Jenson
Joe McAuliffe, Lurking Beneath the Lilypads
Michael Reimer, Brook Trout
Bill Voigt, European Green Crab
Ken Dara, Salmon
Mridula Vichitra, 2 Natural Pigment Print
Bee Shay, Snake Skin
Click below to start the 2023 Spring ‘Yellow’ printing prompt gallery.
Nate Garrett, Lookdown
JoAnn Brand, Strawberry Leaf, 4″ round, on handmade paper
Mridula Vichitra, Pressed Petals, collage on black paper
Ken Dara, Yellow Tail, 8 x 10
Catherine Stacy, Wildflower
Mridula Vichitra, Mandala Phlox, pigment transfer
Sue Fierston, Hickory Leaf
Jessic Felby, Lemons
Bee Shay
Catherine Stacy, Sweet Fuji
Mineo Yamamoto, Japanese Amberjak
Charlotte Elsner, Yellow Spring
Lisa Madson, Firefly Evening
Joe McAuliffe, Yellowtail Synchronized Swimteam
Bill Voigt, Tiger Rockfish
Chris Dewees, Revillagigedo Sea Chub
Mineo Yamamoto, Dolphin Fishes
JoAnn Campisi, Yellow Leaf
Arlene Bandes
Joe McAuliffe, Point of Focus
Ken Dara, Pompanito
JoAnn Campisi, Sycamore
Bee Shay
Ginny Zanger, Gold Lit Forest
Chris Dewees, Revillagigedo Sea Chub Yellow Color Morph
Nora Terwilliger, Sunshine 4
Michael Reimer, Three Crevalle
JoAnn Brand, Strawberry Leaf, 5 x 4, on handmade paper
Nate Garre, Ginkgostt
Michael Reimer, Three Lookdown
Lori Loftus, Nature Printed T-Shirts Made into a Jacket
Diane Frost, Rotated
Charlotte Elsner, Out of the Earch
Lori Loftus, Sun Print on Cotton
Jessica Felby, Golden Turbot and Ginkgo Leaves
Sue Fierston, Three Wildacres Ferns
Arlene Bandes
Click below to start the 2023 Winter ‘Blue’ printing prompt gallery.
Cindy Marlow, Dragonfly in Blue, discharge t-shirt
Diane C. Frost, Hide
Ruth van Doren, Blue Jay Book, Kraftex gelli printed cover, zig zag binding, handmade paper – rotated
Michael Reimer, 3 Bluegill
JoAnn Campisi, Blue 2
Diane C. Frost, Paint with Light
Nora Terwilliger, Windows in Your Heart
John Doughty, Cyanotype Apron
Ruth van Doren, Blue Jay book, Kraftex gelli printed cover, zig zag binding, handmade paper, rotated
Nora Terwilliger, Blue Moon Dance
Kim Workman, Queen of the Ocean
Lori Loftus, Octopus, Gyotaku Collage
Catherine Stacy, Feathers Blue
Kay Young, Deep Blue
Amy McGregor, Radin Box o’ Berries, white line woodcut on kochi paper, 5 x 7
Cathy Driedzic, Simple Cyanotypes, Seaweeds and Landweeds
Rachel Reeve, Annapolis River Shad and Small Mouth Bass
Michael Reimer, Bluefish and Pinfish
Cindy Marlow, Ginkgo on Blue, discharge t-shirt
Lisa Madson, Cyanotype on Cradle Board with Silkscreen Overlay, 24 x 30
Rachel Reeve, Two Embrace
Arlene Bandes, Reduction Block Print with Gel Plate
Lynda Goldberg
JoAnn Campisi, Blue 1
Lynda Goldberg
Jill Marks, Rhinoptera
Kim Workman, Room with a View
Lisa Madson, Cyanotype with Silkscreen Overprint, 8 x 10
Sharron Huffman, Free Fall, paper clay
Marc Porrini, Blue Fish II
Bill Voigt, Blue Crab
Cathy Driedzic, Landfall 2, block print over nature print
Kay Young, Whimsical Sunfish, Gyotaku Collage
Mridula Vichitra, Hibiscus, pigment transfer
Lori Loftus, Octopus, Gyotaku Direct Print
Marc Porrini, Blue Fish
Sue Fierston, Deer Tongue Ferns on Blue Paper
Bill Voigt, Atlantic Spadefish
Arlene Bandes, Grebe Family, gel printed ferns, collaged
Catherine Stacy, Wet Spring
Joe McAuliffe, Ancient Body Plan
Mridula Vichitra, Periwinkle, pigment transfer
Click below to start the 2022 Fall ‘Your Favorites’ printing prompt gallery.
Janie Moltrup, Placemat
Lori Loftus, Cards, Gel Plate Prints
Connie Jacowitz, Ferns Touching
Carla Bratt, Delicate
Lauren Milana, Early Years Printing II
Ruth van Doren, Pressed Flower Prints – rotated
Sue Fierston, Fried Egg Poppy with Versatrex ink, 8 x 8 – rotated
Ruth van Doren, Gelli Print with Kelp – rotated
Ruth van Doren, Gelli Plate Print
Coleen O’Connell, Fern Forest, 2 x 3 ft.
Sue Fierston, Fried Egg Poppy with Versatex ink
Biill Voigt, Tiger Rockfish, indirect
Mridula Vichitra, Living Fossil III
Janie Moltrup, Placemat
Catherine stacy, Wildacres Apron
Carla Bratt, Summer’s Garden
Connie Jacowitz, Aspens at Windows
Deb Conrad, Bleach Printed Shirt
Marilyn Skinner, Marbling Potholders
Lauren Milana, Early Years Printing I
Mridula Vichitra, Living Fossil IV
Michael Reimer, Bluefish Blitz
Deb Conrad, Cyanotypes, Watercolor, and Ink
Lori Loftus, Bat and Moon, discharge with softscrub on eco dyed cotton with black mondo berries
Michael Reimer, Black Crappie Splatter
Coleen O’Connell, Fern, 18 x 20
Click below to start the 2022 Summer ‘Show ‘N Tell’ printing prompt gallery.
Michael Reimer Studio, PA, Walleye and Shiners
Kay Young, Two Blue Gill, acrylic gyotaku collage, Studio: Port Clinton, OH
John Fade, Print for Rotary Flip-book Gif Machine Mutoscope
Lauren Delamater, Weeping Willow with Maple Leaves, 26 x 32
Lauren Delamater, Sunflower, 22 x 28
Michael Reimer Studio, PA, Smallmouth and Shiners
Lori Loftus Studio, Saluda, NC, Hydrangea
Mridula Vichitr, Toothbrush Spray 2
Mridula Vichitra, Toothbrush Spray 1
Julie Maziarka, Indigo Dyed Silk Scarf and Lined Napkin at Lori Loftus Studio, Saluda, NC – rotated
Dianne Cutler, Wildflowers, Elizabeth Studios, Chattahoochee Hills, GA
Kay Young, Two More Perch, acrylic gyotaku collage, Studio: Port Clinton, OH
Click below to start the 2022 Spring ‘Spring Forward’ printing prompt gallery.
Lori Loftus, Eco Dyed Wool with Eucalyptus, 2015
Sharron Huffman, Blue Plate Special, indirect print, 1999
Mineo Yamamoto, Three Cs with Fishes in My Studio
Mridula Vichitra, Fossil, direct ink print, paper weight
Bee Shay, Fluke, gelatin plate acrylic II
JoAnn Campisi, Plant Stencil Monotype
Mridula Vichitra, Leaf, print with stamp pad ink, Paper Weight
JoAnn Campisi, Etching Press Print, inked plate, flowers no ink
Sue Fierston, Fossil, indirect, print silk, caligo ink
Kim Workman, Window to Eden, frangipani on blue rice paper
Cindy Marlow, Color Extraction, Napkins
Mary Schwartz, Embroidered Direct Squid Print
Bee Shay, Fluke, gelatin plate acrylic I
Mineo Yamamoto, Long Dress with Happy Fish Prints
Thea Swanson, Farnpflanzen
Thea Swanson, rotated
Cindy Marlow, Quaking Aspen
Mineo Yamamoto, Stairway to Heaven of Fishes
Lori Loftus, Journal with Wool and Eco Dyed Cover, 2020
Kim Workman, Flyers Among the Ferns, church window on paper
Click below to start the 2022 Winter ‘Old and New printing prompt gallery.
Diane Frost, Old: The Hide
Carla Bratt, Old: The Squash Leaf
Dwight Hwang, Koi, 2009, Koi, Bonsai, 2022
Diane Frost, New: Painted with Light
Chris Dewees, Sacramento Splittail, 2021
Carla Bratt, New: Upcycled Botanical Solar Print Wood Bookmarks
Chris Dewees, Shiner Perch, 1969
Click below to start the 2021 Fall ‘Top Prints’ printing prompt gallery.
Ken Dara, Yellowfin Tuna Tail, 10 x 10
JoAnn Migliore Campisi
Cindy Marlow, Ginkgo in Maroon and Gold
Michael Reimer, Kokanee School
Cyndi Lanier, Triple Play
Diane C. Frost, Gyotaku Brown Trout – rotated
Genny Anderson, Gyotaku Indirect on Silk, Kona Crab, 12 x 12 inches
Genny and Shane Anderson, Gyotaku Indirect on Silk Moroteuthis Squid, 60 x 30 inches
Gift print for Mr. Robert DeNiro, printed by Mineo Yamamoto
Lynda Goldberg, Underwater Dance
Ken Dara, Longfin Pompano, 5 x 7
Mridula Vichitra, Green Bean Seed Pod
Diane C. Frost, Gyotaku John Dory – rotated
Sharron Huffman, Just a Prawn in the Game
Simon Bossy, Fish Print
John McCurley, Lone Poppy, California Poppy, walnut ink dyed paper
Shane and Genny Anderson, Humboldt Squid and Opah, gyotaku indirect on silk
Phyllis Jean Fulton, Woodcut from a Dogwood Blossom
Gift print for Mr. Robert DeNiro, printed by Mineo Yamamoto, 1 of 2
Lynda Goldberg, Underwater Life
Cindy Marlow, Ginkgo Leaf Print
Don Jenson, Grayling
Latifat Apatira, Autumn Sycamore
Marty Flora, Pottery Plate Collection
Kate Baker-Brown, Charleston No. 3, detail
Gift print for Mr. Robert DeNiro, printed by Mineo Yamamoto, 2 of 2
Shane Anderson, Oilfish, gyotaku direct, on paper with coffee wash, 20 x 30 inches
Matthew Monohan, Trout School
Lori Loftus, Gyotaku Indirect on Silk
Marty Flora, Gyotaku with Suminagashi Trout
Don Jenson, Derby Winner
Melvyn Rettenmund, Cosmos Flower, monotype print
Michael Reimer, Ladyfish School
Sue Fierston, Allium and Mint, cast in Unical plaster
Click below to start the 2021 Spring ‘Mixed’ printing prompt gallery.
Chris Dewees, Sea Horses in he Kelp
Chris Dewees, Imagined Meets Reality
Marc Porrini, St. Pierre CIBL
Lisa Madson, Snow on Canvas
Lori Loftus, Dancing Crab, collage
Kay Young, Sheepheads Return
Bee Shay
Marty Flora, Ginkgo
Lori Loftus, Octopus and Algae, collage
Paul Blake, Into the Light
Marty Flora, Fern
Marc Porrini, Merlan FCL
Cathy Driedzic, Leaping Lizard
Diane C. Frost, Art Book
Sue Fierston, Ta-ape Weke Palani
Bee Shay
Cathy Driedzic, Roadside Tapestry
Diane C. Frost, Cyanotype
Paul Blake, Into the Dark
Elizabeth Rollinson, Cock-a-Leafy
Click below to start the 2021 Summer ‘Littles and Smalls’ printing prompt gallery.
Hebe Bartz
Jenna Bullock, PMC print
Mridula Vichitra, White Hoya Wax Flower
Jenna Bullock, Fern, PMC Print
JoAnn Migliore Campisi
Hebe Bartz
Michaelann Tostanoski
Michael Reimer, Three Shiners
Mineo Ryuka Yamamoto, Longhorn Beetle
Mineo Ryuka Yamamoto, Vespinae Wasp
Eve Adams, Butterfly
Mridula Vichitra, Lantana Leaf
JoAnn Migliore Campisi
Click below to start the 2021 Winter ‘Awakenings’ printing prompt gallery.
Latifat Apatira, Spring Goldback Fern – Penta Gramma Triangularis
Andrew Jensen, Baby Octopuses
Rachel Ramirez, Tulipa, direct gyotauku watercolor
Matthew Monahan, Trout
Carla Marie Bratt, Maple Leaf
Ryan Casper
Sharron Huffman, Awakening to New Territory
Dwight Hwang, Awakenings 2
Bee Shay, Awakening
Dwight Hwang, Awakenings 4
Rachel Ramirez, Tulipa, detail
Andrew Jensen, Albacore Tuna
Duncan Berry, Lamp
Lori Loftus, Sweetheart
Bridget Benton, Encaustic Nature Print
Lisa Madson, Wisteria and Sweet Gum
Lisa Madson
Janie Moltrup
Lori Loftus, Winter’s Treasures, eco dyeing
Lauren Milana, Spring Awakening Jasmine 2 – rotated
Diane C. Frost, Cyanotype Feathers
Michael Reimer, Dawn Octopus
Vicki Schumacher, Matisse
Kenneth Dara
Andrew Jensen and Faith
Duncan Berry, Fern on Woodcut
Duncan Berry, Matsutake Mushroom
JoAnn Brand, Nautilus
Sue Fierston, Leaves under Ice
Andrew Jensen, Redtail Surf
Ryan Casper, Atlantic Lolido
Dwight Hwang, Awakenings 1
Duncan Berry, Giant Pacific Cricket
Ryan Casper, Botanicals 1
Lauren Milana, Spring Awakening Jasmine 1 – rotated
Diane C. Frost, John Dory Scroll
Rachel Ramirez, Tulipa, detail 2
Ryan Casper, Botanicals 3
Click below to start the 2020 Fall ‘Skeleton Themed Prints’ printing prompt gallery.
Carla Bratt, Skeleton Print 3
Rachel Ramirez, Leatherback Sea Turtle, 2020
Rachel Ramirez, Leatherback Sea Turtle Bone
Don Jenson, Snake Skin
Sue Fierston
Rachel Ramirez, Leatherback Sea Turtle
Vickie Schmacher, Fall NPS Prompt
Rachel Ramirez, Sea Turtle, 2020
Carla Bratt, Skeleton Print 2
Mineo Yamamoto, Skeleton print
Carla Bratt, Skeleton Print 1
Rachel Ramirez, Leatherback Sea Turtle Bones
Rachel Ramirez, Leatherback Sea Turtle Bones
Don Jenson, Dead Bird
Sonia Larson
Cindy Marlow, Skeleton Leaf
Cindy Marlow, Skeleton Leaves
JoAnn Campisi, Fall Printing Prompt – rotated
Sonia Larson
Bee Shay, Hydrangea Print
Sonia Larson