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