I tried something different with my lily pad photos last week. What do you think of these? I like them, especially the watercolored one. I do like to mix things up a bit once in a while so my brain doesn’t turn to much and I hadn’t done a new linocut in a while. They are now available in my etsy shop.
Lily pad linos
28 Feb 2021 2 Comments
in artwork Tags: block printing, block prints, lily pad, Linocut, linocut print, linocut prints, linocuts, linoleum block prints, lotus flower, original art, original print, water lily, water lotus
Dragonflies in black and white
12 Dec 2012 2 Comments
in artwork Tags: abstract art, dragonfly, dragonfly print, insect art, Linocut, linocut print
I was away for about 5 days last week so there wasn’t much work done in the studio. While I was gone, I had the idea to do a dragonfly linocut. I spent yesterday afternoon laying it out and then transferring it to the block. I let it sit a few hours to decide what I wanted to do in the background and then did the basic cut out. I am in the midst of deciding on the details, especially in the wings.
I think one of the reasons the linocuts are appealing to me now is the positive/negative space that it deals with. Same as with the pen and ink, I have to balance to two. I can’t do it in fine lines like I do with the ink, so I have to do it with texture. Even if I add a bit of watercolor I still have to like the play of the ink and paper.
On the surprising side, the watercolor eraser I bought from Cheap Joe’s worked on the daisy painting. I was able to lift enough of the yellow “mistake” to put it up for sale. I am sure it took a little bit of the paper surface off, but I was very careful and it looks fine.
I will move back to the architecturals after I finish this linocut. I have picked out a Nashville photo and will work on a little smaller scale for the next few.
Rocking horse print
27 Sep 2012 4 Comments
in artwork Tags: linocut print, linocuts, rocking horse, rocking horse print
As I suggested in my last post, I made a lino print from another found object from my house. I have a little decorative rocking horse that has spent its entire life adding a bit of color to a shelf in my guest bath. I found him several years ago at one of the box decorator stores and bought him because I liked the size and the primitive aspect.
After I cut the plate and printed it, I added some red watercolor. I had always meant to color in the saddle and bridle, but after I looked at it, it seemed necessary to add color to the rockers. Since I made this print, I have removed some of the background around the rockers to help delineate them more. They seemed a little lost unless I painted them. I also made one up in yellow accents instead of red. I rather like the effects of the added watercolors on all of the cuts I’ve done so far. Maybe when I have a better feel for the positive/negative spaces the reverse cutting makes I’ll be more satisfied with the monotones.
I have one more block from the set I bought, but I haven’t decided what to cut yet. I think I like the bird the best so far, but we’ll see. My next piece on the board is actually an architectural of a stone grinding mill with a waterwheel.I have been thinking of doing it for a while and the time seems right.