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