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