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