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